Transforming Mooigezicht's Quality Control Process

Mooigezicht Estates, a prominent table grape producer in the Hex Valley, transformed its packhouse operations by adopting AgrigateOne’s OneQuality product. Operating across 10 packhouses, Mooigezicht significantly improved the arrival fruit quality of its lowest quality rated packhouse, enhancing both its market reputation and cost efficiency.

The Challenge

Mooigezicht faced several critical issues:

Manual QC Processes: Inefficient paper-based systems increased costs and delayed insights.

Lack of Real-Time Data: Without immediate visibility into fruit quality during packaging, decisions were reactive, leading to higher losses.

Poor Quality Performance: Consistently low scores impacted customer satisfaction and market perception.

The Solution: OneQuality's digital application and live dashboards

Digital QC App: Packhouse workers captured quality data in real-time using a mobile app.
Live QC Dashboards: Custom dashboards provided instant insights into quality metrics, allowing for prompt corrective actions.

The Results

Mooigezicht saw impressive improvements:

Early Issue Detection: Real-time notifications enabled immediate corrections.

Market Flexibility: They could reroute subpar fruit to less stringent markets before palletisation.

Top Performer: The packhouse leaped from second-worst to top performer in quality.

Improved Quality: Sound fruit arrival improved by 25% after implementing the OneQuality application and live reporting, allowing for quicker responses to off-spec or poor-quality fruit.