NOTE: Repeat presentations of this content will be given throughout the duration of the 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. tour, as each group rotates between tour stops.

Description of Innovation: Data can be used to tie together the operation of every department within a company from R&D, to Production, to Sales.

• Properly acquired data can unlock insight across various operations of seed production, including:

    o Value to pay a farmer based on quality and potential yield.

    o Determining a processing path. o Monitoring and tuning processing machines.

    o Automating quality checks and production documentation.

Why it Matters to the Seed Industry: VMek is striving to bringing a more complete solution to the industry; both the machines to collect the data and the software to empower meaningful business logic.