U.S., April 17 -- Olam International's Cocoa division, Olam Cocoa, is accelerating its digital initiatives by supplying its field and purchase managers with SCiO devices at cocoa collection points from Consumer Physics.
SCiO, which is a novel hand-held, connected smart sensor, will enable Olam Cocoa traders to review a full moisture range in cocoa beans, on location, in under a minute.
Vijay K. Karunakaran, Head of the Olam Cocoa Indonesia business said: "Olam Cocoa has been working with smallholder farmers across the value chains it operates in, for years. Due to the scale of transactions and complexity of field analysis of the produce, traditional intermediaries have had a role to play. But with technological developments, including IoT...