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Agriculture & fresh produce · Custom workflow design

Connect changing availability, pack allocation and dispatch evidence

Coordinate harvest or supplier updates with customer orders, grades and delivery windows. Keep estimated availability separate from packed, accepted stock.

For Grower-packer, produce wholesaler or operations manager

Explore three real work situations ↓
How it could work

Start with a situation you recognise.

Illustrative designs to scope with your team. Select a scenario, then follow the normal path and the exception.

Weather changes tomorrow’s expected supply

Finished result

An updated availability view and owned decisions for affected customers.

  1. 01Read revised availability
  2. 02Separate estimates from ready stock
  3. 03Compare accepted commitments
  4. 04Prepare affected-order actions
When something does not fit

Expected yield falls after customer orders have been accepted.

What happens next

Present allocation or alternative-source options to the authorised commercial owner.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
A grower or packing team revises an availability estimate.
Before taking action
Keep source time, grade and readiness status attached to the update.
Measure the change
Update handling time and commitments changed after acceptance.

An order requires a specific grade and pack

Finished result

A traceable allocation matching the accepted specification.

  1. 01Match order specification
  2. 02Check eligible lots and packs
  3. 03Apply freshness and allocation rules
  4. 04Prepare dispatch instruction
When something does not fit

Enough product exists overall but not in the required grade or remaining shelf-life window.

What happens next

Hold the affected quantity and request customer acceptance of an approved alternative.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
A customer orders produce with quality, pack-size and delivery conditions.
Before taking action
Preserve lot traceability and customer-approved substitutions.
Measure the change
Allocation corrections and dispatch handling time.

A customer reports a quality or quantity discrepancy

Finished result

An evidence-backed claim with an approved outcome or named outstanding action.

  1. 01Match shipment and lot
  2. 02Collect receipt and condition evidence
  3. 03Compare accepted specification
  4. 04Prepare claim review
When something does not fit

A claim combines several deliveries or the photographs lack a clear lot reference.

What happens next

Request the missing linkage before proposing credit or replacement.

Inputs, checks and measurement
What starts the workflow
A delivery complaint includes photographs and a shipment reference.
Before taking action
Keep quantities, timestamps and the responsible review decision separate from assumptions.
Measure the change
Claim preparation time and verified credit or waste recovery.
Fit before features

When custom work makes sense.

Use specialist inventory and traceability software for core records. Custom workflows help when customer formats, grade substitutions and uncertain availability cross those systems.

Connect the records you already use

  • Harvest, supplier and packing records
  • Customer orders and grade specifications
  • Dispatch, traceability and claims evidence

Access, data quality and write permissions are checked during scoping. Integration availability depends on your systems.

Go deeper

The systems behind these scenarios.

Controls, responsibility and recovery

Agree who can change rules, approve exceptions and authorise each write. Keep a history of source records, rule versions and action results. Detect partial failures, reconcile before retrying and assign unresolved cases to a named owner.

AI can extract, classify and prepare information. Validated rules and agreed permissions govern consequential actions; missing evidence triggers review. Test normal cases, exceptions and recovery against acceptance criteria before launch.

Related operating experience

See the foundations running at G3.

G3 is our founder’s retail and venue business in Melbourne. Explore relevant capabilities and their boundaries; your industry’s rules still need their own design and validation.

Questions worth asking first.

Start with a sanitised example, the result you need and one awkward case. We will map a bounded first implementation.

Can forecast harvest volume be sold as confirmed stock?

It should remain an estimate until the agreed readiness checks are met. The workflow can distinguish forecast, harvested, packed and allocated quantities.

Can grades be substituted automatically?

Only within the customer’s approved specification and substitution policy. A different grade, pack or origin should not silently replace the accepted order.

How do pack sizes, grades and lot references stay intact through an order?

Agree the ordering, packing and billing units and their permitted conversions. Keep grade, lot, origin and relevant shelf-life requirements attached to the allocated quantity. A matching total weight is insufficient if the required pack or traceable lot cannot be supplied; route those differences before dispatch instructions are released.

What evidence would help process a quality or short-delivery claim?

Link the customer’s claim to the order, shipment, lot, quantities and dated photographs or receiving records. Separate an initial report from an accepted credit or replacement. Where evidence covers several deliveries, request the missing linkage and keep the commercial decision with the authorised reviewer.

Do we need an ongoing Canvo subscription?

No mandatory Canvo subscription. An agreed implementation includes 12 months of support for the delivered workflows, defects and minor compatibility changes to existing integrations. Optional proactive care and further development are scoped separately. Software, hosting and API costs remain separate.

Your operation, your rules

Bring the handoff that keeps going wrong.

Free workflow review. A$950 ex GST diagnostic. A bounded first deployment from A$4,900 ex GST, with 12 months of included support for the agreed implementation.

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