Use cases

Wherever goods
change hands.

The platform is the same. What we connect to it depends on the industry and the job.

Live

Agriculture.

Field programmes that start with the soil: sampling at fixed points, agronomic advice and a record for every plot, then inputs and harvest tracked through to collection.

  • Farmer identity and inputs issued
  • Soil sampling and plot condition
  • Harvest weight at collection
See the trial results and records
Two men in a field: one drives a soil auger into a bucket beside sample bags and a small reader on a table, while the other points at the ground among maize and bean plants.
Live

Logistics and warehousing.

Gates, stock, dispatch, transport and delivery, each recorded against the same shipment.

Exterior of a large warehouse with an open loading door, a forklift and pallets inside, and two people in high-visibility clothing beside a covered truck.
Two people in high-visibility vests beside a wrapped pallet in a warehouse aisle; one holds a printed label and the other a rugged tablet with a reader.

Inventory control

Stock is counted, labelled and checked against the record as it arrives, moves and leaves. Differences are flagged at the time, while they can still be traced.

  • Receipts checked against what was dispatched
  • Every movement recorded to a person and a time
  • Counts reconciled to the record
Two people in high-visibility vests beside a flatbed truck at a loading dock, one with a hand on a small reader placed on a wrapped pallet.

Transport and delivery

Dispatch, authorised handover and receipt are linked by one record, so a delivery can be confirmed against what left.

  1. DispatchThe load is released and the record opens.
  2. Authorised handoverA named person confirms the handover.
  3. ReceiptWhat arrives is matched to what left.

Store, monitor and sell at the source

Your stock stays near the source. You see it every day.

For food-security investors, importers and traders who hold stock in the countries where it is produced. FootprintTech verifies the warehouse, monitors the stock and keeps one record that the owner sees from anywhere.

  • KeepQuantity, condition and location, checked every day.Live
  • ShipThe stock arrives with its full record.Live
  • Sell at the sourceA buyer takes ownership of a verified lot. The goods do not move.Live
Diagram: stock in a verified warehouse near the source is monitored every day. The owner can keep it in store, ship it to its destination with its full record, or sell it to a buyer at the source. AT THE SOURCEDESTINATION One verified recordQuantity · condition · location · time Verified warehousenear the source Marketsignal Ship Destinationfull record on arrival Sell at the source Buyer at the sourceThe goods do not move. Keep
FootprintTech does not buy, own or trade the stock. The owner makes every sale decision.

Where it applies today

  • Robusta coffeeUganda
  • SesameTanzania
  • White maizeZambia

The same model applies to other stored commodities in the countries where FootprintTech operates.

Less loss in storeDaily checks of quantity and condition show problems before the stock loses value.
Better timingThe owner can sell at the source when the market price is high, without paying freight first.
Evidence for lendersA verified stock record can support inventory finance.
In development

Energy and commodities

Depots, bulk loading and custody transfer.

  • Stock at custody transfer
  • Loading, vehicle and seal
  • Delivered against dispatched
Planned

Industrial production

Raw material intake, batches and dispatch.

  • Intake weight and supplier
  • Batch output against inputs
  • Dispatch release