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Human Resources

Are you struggling to keep track of employee information and records?

SMART Agri allows you to store, manage and retrieve employee data, including personal details, contact information, and job history, in one centralized location. Onboard new employees and handle employee records efficiently, saving you time and reducing errors.

Features:

  • Employee database
  • Personal details management
  • Job history tracking
  • Onboarding process
  • Employee record management
Human Resources

Is leave management causing headaches in your business?

SMART Agri enables employees to request time off and manage approvals whilst tracking various leave balances. Ensure compliance and reduce errors with our automated leave management system.

Features:

  • Employee leave requests
  • Manager approval and denial
  • Leave balance tracking
  • Customizable leave types (annual, sick leave, etc.)
  • Automated leave calculations
Human Resources

Are manual calculation errors causing you stress when managing employee allowances and deductions?

SMART Agri allows you to configure, standardize, and manage allowances, bonuses, and deductions for employees with ease, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legislated Basic Conditions of Employment (BCEA) and global standards such as SIZA and Global GAP.

Features:

  • Allowance management and deduction management (e.g. transportation, UIF)
  • Bonus management (e.g. performance-based bonuses, etc.)
  • Automated calculations
  • Customizable allowance and deduction types
  • Employee-specific configuration
  • Authorization (i.e. consent deduction forms)
Human Resources

Are you having a hard time storing, retrieving, and or generating meaningful reports from your farm’s data?

SMART Agri offers customizable reporting options for social sustainability audits such as SIZA, payroll, attendance, and more. Filter, sort, and export data for easy analysis, reporting, and informed decision-making.

Features:

  • Customizable report templates
  • Data filtering and sorting options
  • Export to various formats (PDF, Excel, CSV, etc.)
  • Report scheduling and automation
  • Real-time data updates
  • User-friendly report builder
Human Resources

Are manual pay-slips, wages calculations, processing & batch payments causing errors, delays & demoralizing your staff?

SMART Agri produces individual pay-slips detailing accurate earnings, deductions, and net pay in accordance with the BCEA and Global Ethical Trade Standards such as SIZA. Generate batch payment files at a push of a button supporting electronic bank transfers.

Features:

  •  Automated pay slip generation
  • Detailed earnings and deductions breakdown
  • Net pay calculation
  • Batch payment file generation
  • Electronic bank transfer support
  • Generate fast and accurate wage calculations
  • Compliant with regulatory requirements and global market standards
Human Resources

Are manual calculations and submissions of monthly returns causing stress and potential compliance issues?

SMART Agri automatically calculates and generates statutory deductions like UIF, it also supports the generation of monthly returns to regulatory authorities such as SARS and global market requirements in SIZA and Global GAP.

Features:

  • Automated calculation of statutory deductions.
  • Generating monthly returns (UIF etc.)
  • Export to various formats (PDF, Excel, CSV, etc.)
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements (BCEA)
  • Generate fast and accurate deductions for monthly returns.
  • Reduced risk of accidental non-compliance, penalties and fines
Human Resources

Are you struggling to keep track of employee training and certifications?

SMART Agri helps you manage employee development, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as OHS and social sustainability standards such as SIZA’s training requirements on collective bargaining, freedom of association, child labour, fair and ethical wages.

Features:

  • Track training schedules and deadlines
  • Generate training records for each farm worker
  • Track and manage farm worker certificates
  • Receive notifications for new training requirements and regulatory changes
  • Client-centric and personalized training recommendations
Product Service Bundle - Pruning

SMART Agri allows farmers to focus on farming by rendering efficient and affordable pruning services.

At SMART Agri we adhere to industry-leading plant husbandry. Pruning is the removal of excess growth and dead branches. It requires a specialized skill to control and redirect the growth of a plant that stimulates growth and increases yields. To this end, we introduce the 10 Musketeers a pruning team made up of 10 well-trained, uniformed, and meticulous pruners.
The pruning team uses high-quality pruning saws which are kept diligently sharpened to manually prune fruit trees. The objective of the 10-person team structure, the use of high-calibre tools and well-trained uniformed members is to promote improved accountability and productivity.

Benefits:

  • The improved yield on orchards
  • Improved pack house productivity for increased pack-out ratio
  • Experienced and knowledgeable pruners
  • Verification of worker qualifications and experience
  • Screening candidates for competency and ideal job placement
  • Allocation of experienced supervisors All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations.
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client Product Use Options:

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors
  • Choice in team structure

Product Service Bundle – Picking Teams

SMART Agri allows farmers to focus on farming by rendering efficient and affordable picking services.

We at SMART Agri understand the vital role of experienced and productive fruit harvesters. Therefore, we partner with our clients to maximize productivity whilst driving down culling factors attributed to fruit handling. Pick 25 is a picking solution that includes 25 well-trained and seasoned fruit and vegetable harvesters. Our solution is founded on a piece work philosophy that incentivizes productive workers. The team structure is set up considering farm size, and availability of infrastructure, with the harvesters segmented into manageable syndicates of 6-8 members. The objective of these team structures is to improve productivity and incentivize productive workers.

Benefits:

  • Screening candidates for competency and ideal job placement
  • Verification of worker competencies and experience
  • Provision of experienced supervisors
  • Incorporation of experienced and seasoned pickers
  • Incentivised and improved productivity
  • Cost-effective and timeous recruitment, selection, and placement processes.
  • All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations.
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client Product Use Options:

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors
  • Allocation of sorters
  • Method of Picking

Product Service Bundle - Mulching & Wood Chipping

SMART Agri allows farmers to focus on farming by rendering efficient and affordable mulching services.

At SMART Agri we are for the natural environment. We provide an environmentally friendly mulching and wood chipping product service solution. The objective of the product offering is to ensure that dead and unproductive branches are pruned or removed and then disposed of in an environmentally sustainable manner including recycling. The wood chipping and mulching service can be combined with a mulching process to efficiently clear waste or reuse it in the application to the service of soil. Mulch will help the conservation of soil moisture and improve the fertility and health of the orchards.

Benefits:

  • Reduce material handling costs.
  • Reduce damage costs.
  • Save time and lower costs on orchard maintenance.
  • Reduction of environmental degradation
  • Experienced supervisors to manage projects.
  • All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations.
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client Product Use Options:

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors

Product Service Bundle - Staff Transport

SMART Agri allows farmers to focus on farming by rendering Safe, Reliable, and Affordable public passenger transport services.

At SMART Agri we promise a safe, reliable, and affordable staff transport service. Our diverse fleet offers tailor-made vehicle use options, equipped with trackers and safety features, all complying with South African Road Passenger Bus legislation. If our vehicle is late, the ride is free!

Benefits:

  • Roadworthy Vehicles fitted with real-time vehicle management systems.
  • Well-groomed and uniformed drivers
  • Valid operator permits. maintenance.
  • R20m public passenger liability insurance
  • Reduced transport expenses.
  • Reduced staff absenteeism
  • Drivers trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety protocol.
  • Level 1B-BBEE value-adding supplier.

Client Product Use Options:

  • Vehicle carrying capacity.
  • Vehicle time scheduling
  • Vehicle route coordination
  • Appointment of a transport coordinator

Why choose SMART Agri

Cloud-Based Excellence

Experience the power of cutting-edge cloud technology for seamless accessibility.

Tailored for Citrus Industry

Our app is crafter specifically for the unique needs of the citrus sector, ensuring optimal performance.

Productivity Unleashed

Unlock new levels of efficiency with features custom-built for the agricultural ecosystem.

Integration with Ease

Connect effortlessly with multiple account management systems to simplify your workflow.

Ease Of Doing Business - Paperless Data Capturing System

Are you struggling to keep up with outdated paper-based filing systems?

Say goodbye to picking sheets with our paperless Data Capturing System. Pay wages and manage production activities with one SMART-Agri Solution that is built specifically for labour-intensive industries.

Features:

  • Daily timesheet management
  • Create all activities online.
  • Use smart scan to tally up daily production.
  • Online summary report of all your daily activities, outlining total production per person/team and total wages earned for each worker.
  • Accurate calculations in accordance with minimum wage regulations.
  • Generate multiple and single payslips and files instantly.
  • Generate multiple and single batch payment files instantly.
  • In-app geographic locator shows you where these activities are taking place, i.e., sites and block numbers.
Ease Of Doing Business - Client Profile Management

Online cabinet that stores client-specific documents and files. The client has access to Contractor (TES) specific documents.

Features:

  • Online storage of Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
  • View client rates
  • View client invoices
  • View contractor’s statutory documents

Our Products

Our app is designed to streamline operations and enhance productivity throughout the citrus value chain.

Reliable Staff Transport Solution

At SMART Agri, we promise a safe, reliable, and affordable staff transport service. If our vehicle is late, the ride is free. Our diverse fleet offers tailor-made options, equipped with trackers and safety features, all complying with South African Road Passenger Bus legislation.
Benefits of engaging our service

  • Roadworthy Vehicles fitted with real-time management systems
  • Well-groomed and uniformed drivers
  • Valid operator Permits
  • R20m public passengers liability insurance
  • Reduce transport expenses
  • Reduced staff absenteeism
  • Drivers trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety protocol
  • Level 1B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client product use options

  • Vehicle carrying capacity
  • Vehicle time scheduling
  • Vehicle route coordination
  • Appointment of a transport coordinator

Pruning Teams

At SMART Agri we adhere to industry leading plant husbandry. Pruning is the removal of excess growth and dead branches. It requires a specialised skill to control and redirect the growth of a plant that stimulates growth and increases the yield. To this end we introduce the 10 Musketeers a pruning team made up of 10 well-trained, uniformed, and meticulous pruners. The pruning team uses high-quality pruning saws which are kept diligently sharpened to manually prune fruit trees. The objective of the 10-person team structure, the use of high calibre tools and well-trained uniformed members is to promote improved accountability and productivity.
Benefits of engaging our service

  • The improved yield on orchards
  • Improved pack house productivity for increased pack out ratio
  • Experienced and knowledgeable pruners and pickers
  • Verification of worker qualifications and experience
  • Screening candidates for competency and ideal job placement
  • Allocation of experienced supervisors All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client product use options

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors
  • Choice in team structure

Wood chipping and Mulching

At SMART Agri we are for the natural environment. We provide an environmentally friendly mulching and wood chipping product service solution. The objective of the product offering is to ensure that dead and unproductive branches are pruned or removed and then disposed of in an environmentally sustainable manner including recycling. The wood chipping and mulching service can be combined with a mulching process to efficiently clear waste or reuse it in the application to the service of soil. Mulch will help the conservation of soil moisture and improve the fertility and health of the orchards.
Benefits of engaging our service

  • Reduce material handling costs
  • Reduce damage costs
  • Save time and lower costs on orchard maintenance
  • Reduction of environmental degradation
  • Experienced supervisors to manage projects
  • All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client product use options

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors
  • Method of picking

Picking Teams

We at SMART Agri understand the vital role of experienced and productive fruit harvesters. We, therefore, partner with our clients to maximise productivity whilst driving down culling factors attributed to fruit handling. Pick 25 is a picking solution that includes 25 well-trained and seasoned fruit and vegetables harvesters. Our solution founded on piece work philosophy that incentivise productive workers. The team structure is set up considering farm size, availability of infrastructure, with the harvesters segmented, into manageable syndicates of 6-8 members. The objective of these team structures is to improve productivity and incentivising productive workers.
Benefits of engaging our service

  • Screening candidates for competency and ideal job placement
  • Verification of worker qualifications and experience
  • Provision of experienced supervisors
  • Incorporation of experienced and seasoned pickers
  • Incentivised and improved productivity
  • Monetary and time saving on the recruitment. selection and placement process
  • All supervisors trained in First Aid as well as Health and Safety regulations
  • Level 1 B-BBEE value-adding supplier

Client product use options

  • TEAM’s structure setup
  • TEAM’s target setting
  • Allocation of supervisors
  • Allocation of sorters Method of

Market Presence​

SMART Agri boats a well-established market presence in Eastern Cape with a presence in Addo, Kirkwood and Fort Beaufort. We also have significant presence in Nelspruit Mpumalanga. SMART Agri has exciting plans to development strong market into the SADC region.

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      What our clients say

      The Smart Agri solution is ideally suited for situations where the agriculture industry needs to ensure compliance with ethical trade practices. Initiatives like the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) offer a valuable platform for agricultural stakeholders to demonstrate their adherence to ethical and environmentally sustainable trade practices.
      JOHN CEO, SIZA

      We are happy with Smart Agrivate's Safe, reliable and Cost-effective staff transport services. Smart Agri has taken away the stress out of getting our staff to and from work, allowing us to focus on farming."-

      Gary Habata CEO, Habata

      “Smart Agrivate is a professional set up! They have contributed to alleviating pressure in our operations allowing us to focus on farming!  They offer productive human resources and payroll services that meet global market requirements for ethical trade as evidenced in their Platinum accreditation with SIZA.

      Frikkie-
      Sundays River
      CEO, SRCC

      “We are happy with the professional human resources services rendered by Smart Agrivate, we can recommend their services”

      Wium CEO, Sunriver

      “We are happy with the professional human resources services rendered by Smart Agrivate, we can recommend their services”

      Janus CEO, Visagie Group

      “We are happy with the professional human resources services rendered by Smart Agrivate, we can recommend their services”

      William CEO, Rogers Farming Enterprise

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