Case Study
Cargill
Empowering farm marketers to better communicate Cargill's offerings to clients in the field

Overview

Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, The company has grown to become one of the largest, privately-owned businesses, providing food, agricultural, risk management, financial, and industrial products and services around the globe.

Solution

OPI partnered with DKY to create a unique sales tool on the iPad that allowed farm marketers to better communicate Cargill’s offerings to clients.

Services

  • Enterprise Mobile iOS Development and Distribution
  • Secure Integration with Cargill Backend Systems

Technologies

  • iOS 8 iPad Targeted Development (iPad 2 and up)
  • Integration via Cargill Services SOAP-based API
  • CocoaPods Build Dependencies
  • ShinobiCharts for iOS Integration
  • iOS Core Data, E-mail, Quartz 2D for sketching, PDF Generation
  • XCode

Project Highlights

  • Interactive Charts to: Compare historical and current performance of Cargill grain pricing contracts, and walkthrough advantages for producers to market a portion of grain with Cargill ProPricing contracts
  • Secure access to customer data allowing farm marketers to review past ProPricing contract activity with the Producer and recommend new contract allocations
  • Built-In Contract Forms with signature capture providing Producers with “on-the-spot” sign-up for Cargill ProPricing Contracts
  • Instantly share results with Producers via the iPad