SPECIAL STORY 56 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2022 AN ONLINE FORMULATION SOLUTION FOR ADDITIVE PRODUCERS “One of the main uses of a formulation tool is to help the raw material purchasers to take good decisions and pick the right additive. Considering part of the information are in the hands of the Technical Manager and the other part such as the ingredient prices and ingredient quality are at the disposal of the end customers it becomes essential to work on a common solution.” Why formulating? It is obvious that if commodities’ prices and qualities remain stable and the animal nutritional needs never change, working with fixed formulas could be sufficient. In this case, supplying the feed producers with commodities would be easy as pie. Unfortunately it is not the case! Indeed, one of the main uses of a formulation tool is to help the raw material purchasers to take good decisions and pick the right additive. Considering part of the information are in the hands of the Technical Manager and the other part such as the ingredient prices and ingredient quality are at the disposal of the end customers it becomes essential to work on a common solution. Recently A-Systems has launched an innovative solution enabling to feed additive suppliers to provide a shared formulation solution platform. Technical Managers and their customers can used the same webpage. It becomes easier to show the interest of additives in customer’s formulas. Formulation task become a collaborative work. A-SYSTEMS is the editor of the Allix formulation software used worldwide by feed manufacturers, additive producers and consultants wishing to benefit from the most advanced formulation software in terms of technology and functionality. The development of the Internet, which is about to be available all over the world, makes possible to imagine and realise tools which, until recently, depended on network infrastructures that were not always easy to roll out. Producers of additives and enzymes are eager to provide their customers with increasingly advanced technical support that will enable them to make the most of their know-how. However, integrating this know-how into the formulation matrices of feed manufacturers is not an easy task. This is why A-SYSTEMS has developed a webbased formulation platform: designed as a web extension of the Allix formulation software, it provides a complete formulation tool. Bruno Duranthon President / CEO A-SYSTEMS SAS
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