Seed manufacturer

Seed producers, breeders, and marketing organizations face complex challenges: multi-stage propagation processes, legally regulated approval procedures, strict quality requirements, and complete traceability back to the field. At the same time, different crops, varieties, certifications, and sales channels must be managed efficiently in order to be economically successful. A specialized ERP solution for the seed industry intelligently links all these processes: from propagation planning and official certification to batch-specific marketing to B2B and B2C customer groups. All data is recorded centrally, ensuring transparency, traceability, and compliance at all times. The solution enables efficient production and propagation planning across multiple stages and ensures legally compliant documentation in accordance with statutory requirements and certification requirements. At the same time, it guarantees complete traceability from the seed to the field or end customer. Marketing and sales management are also optimized so that different customer groups, crops, and varieties can be served economically and efficiently. The result is a scalable, transparent, and economically efficient seed industry that ensures quality, compliance, and process reliability along the entire value chain.

Centralized batch and lot number management forms the backbone of digital processes in the seed industry. Each seed batch is uniquely identifiable and linked to the variety, propagation stage, origin, treatment type, storage location, and current certification status. Throughout the entire life cycle—from the field to processing and storage to delivery—every movement is seamlessly documented and traceable. This not only meets the legal requirements for traceability and recall management, but also creates the highest possible transparency for quality control, inventory management, and the marketing of seed batches. With this centralized management, seed companies can efficiently control processes, reduce risks, and at the same time ensure compliance, auditability, and customer satisfaction.

Quality-related key figures such as germination capacity, purity, moisture content, and thousand-grain weight are recorded centrally in the ERP system and directly assigned to the respective batches, production sites, and test documents. Test plans, limit values, and measures can be defined flexibly and monitored automatically. Deviations are detected early, documented, and approvals are stored in an audit-proof manner. This results in a consistent, auditable quality management system that reliably supports both internal quality standards and external certification and control requirements. Companies benefit from maximum transparency, complete traceability, and efficient control of all quality-related processes along the entire seed value chain.

The ERP system from fab4minds supports the complete digital control of the official seed certification process – from application submission and field inspections to laboratory analyses and the final certification decision. All relevant data is recorded in a structured manner, documented in a version-secure way, and managed in a process-driven manner, ensuring transparency, traceability, and auditability at all times. Standardized REST interfaces enable information to be automatically transmitted to authorities, testing institutes, and certification bodies. This reduces manual data entry, minimizes sources of error, and significantly speeds up approval and release processes without compromising regulatory requirements. With this digital solution, seed producers benefit from efficient, legally compliant, and standardized processes that both increase productivity and ensure compliance along the entire seed value chain.