Real-time data collection is quickly becoming the gold standard for record keeping across all industries. And Agyle Intelligence, a provider of a real-time operational intelligence platform, is helping set this new standard in Agricultural and Ag-Food processing industries.

Agyle, which is based in Scotchfort Prince Edward Island, is a mobile software for data input and collection for supply chain management. It automates the slow and tedious process of manual data collection by instantly generating graphs, reports and other visuals from on-the-ground data entries.

Now, the company is finalizing a contract with the government through its Build in Canada Innovation Program to roll out its software to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a department of the federal government.

“When we first started we certainly weren’t going after the AAFC or government bodies,” said Agyle’s CEO, David McNally in an interview. “We were focused on making this work for industry, but this certainly opens up the doors for conversations with government bodies.”

Agyle had its proposal approved by BCIP and is now working towards delivering its software to multiple AAFC locations including Charlottetown, PEI and London, Ontario.

The BCIP helps innovative, tech-driven startups land its first government customer and earn up to $500,000 from that sale. How much of the $500,000 Agyle will receive is still to be determined but McNally said they plan to get things moving this fall.

The AAFC is one client on a growing list of Agyle’s customers. The company currently has eight clients, one of which is an industry-leader in poultry processing in the U.S.

Agyle’s customer base is primarily focused on agricultural or food processing because that’s where McNally’s personal expertise lies, but he said that Agyle can be applied to any supply chain process. 

“When we developed Agyle, we really had management in supply chains in mind,” he said. “In my experience, there was a lack in transparency and traceability throughout supply chains, from a processors' perspective down to the barn level. We designed Agyle to tie those knots and connect people from processors, to farms and beyond.”

McNally and a team of four contracted software developers built Agyle in April 2017. They managed to fund their work through undisclosed amounts from the Community Business Development Corporations and Finance PEI. The partnership with the AAFC will help the company branch into bigger markets and also improve on efficiencies for the industry.

McNally said Agyle also helps processors discover new insights about their production methods.

“Our approach from a supply chain management perspective is to work with the processors and allow them to see the value in the product, then work with those processors in order to open up additional insights in their supply chain where they might want to collect more information,” said McNally.

“If you can write it down on a piece of paper and collect data through that method, then you can collect it with Agyle.”