Platform

Dairy.com's industry-specific solutions are integrated, secure, and delivered as a service. Software as a Service (SaaS) applications are accessed via the Internet, and they provide a number of advantages over software that must be installed, maintained, and updated. SaaS application benefits and characteristics are discussed below.

Dairy.com is a pioneer in dairy technology. Under the guidance of industry specialists, our team of developers created a dairy-specific commodity management solution that is comprised of three distinct, yet seamlessly integrated, components:

• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Management
• Trading Exchange

Dairy.com applications are hosted at a SAS70 data center, ensuring the availability, security, and performance of our solution.

SaaS Summary and Benefits

Dairy.com deploys its industry-leading solutions as a service, which makes it easy for your business to adopt, lowers initial costs, and puts the burden of maintenance on the service provider.

The only criteria for accessing our solutions?
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Dairy.com's trading exchange, supply chain management, and transportation management solutions are available from anywhere you can access the Internet. There's no need for you to purchase expensive servers, install software, or back up your critical business data. Dairy.com takes care of all this so you don't have to. Although the benefits of SaaS are numerous, we'll highlight just a few of them:

• Maintenance-free: Because there’s no software to install, you’ll never need to install updates, upgrades, or patches. Dairy.com maintains its solutions; you’ll never need to worry about staying updated or scheduling maintenance downtime.
• Lower initial costs: In the past, sizable hardware investments and additional IT staff members were required to deploy a business-wide solution. Not only are the up-front costs minimal for using Dairy.com, the total cost of ownership is significantly less than the ongoing staffing, hardware, and software licensing associated with traditional, installed software.
• Ultimate scalability: As your business grows, you may find yourself rethinking a software purchase. On the other hand, SaaS applications grow with your business. There’s no limit to the number of users, transactions, or plants that we can handle. In addition, your business can access additional layers of Dairy.com functionality as your company expands.
• Ease of use: SaaS applications have a distinct advantage over installed software when it comes to adoption and ease of use. Most users are already familiar with using applications on the Internet and will experience a reduced learning curve with Dairy.com solutions.

Why IT Departments Love Us

If your IT department is tasked with updating software, upgrading servers, and resetting forgotten passwords, they may be relieved to know that you're considering Dairy.com. Your IT staff members are significant resources that can be re-deployed on other, more strategic tasks while leaving the hardware, software, and data backups to Dairy.com.

But What About My Back-Office System?

Your Dairy.com information can be integrated with other back-office solutions. Some of our customers currently integrate SAP, for example, with Dairy.com to manage financial and operational information with increased efficiency and security.

Need Help Deciding Whether SaaS is Right for You?

When business solutions are based on the traditional client-server model, the initial investment and ongoing costs of software, hardware, and IT personnel can be substantial. Consider these potential expenses associated with licensing software instead of accessing it through a subscription-based SaaS environment.