RapsiApp supports the availability of domestic oil plants
Customer
Apetit
Industry
Commerce & Logistics
Services
Mobile
Technologies
React Native, Node.js, AWS, Serverless, JavaScript, Expo
Apetit, a Finnish listed company focusing on food solutions, wants to ensure the sufficient cultivation of oil plants in Finland. To aid farmers and facilitate trading, the company joined forces with Rakettitiede to create a mobile app.
When you last poured rapeseed oil into your frying pan, did you come to think that producing oil requires more than a bit of skill?
The rapeseed was first sown and cultivated by a farmer, who also made sure the crop didn’t fail. The farmer then sold the seeds. The buyer was most likely Apetit, which is the only company in Finland to have an industrial-level vegetable oil mill and which produces most of the domestic vegetable oils found in shops.
CHALLENGE
More information and better harvest: Apetit wanted to ensure the sufficient cultivation of oil plants in Finland.
“Growing oil plants is very demanding. Farmers need to constantly expand their skills and know what they are doing at each stage. We wanted to help them with that task. And of course, this project provided the opportunity to strengthen Finland’s food security as well,” says Jani Kielenniva, CIO at Apetit.
In its search for a tech collaborator, Apetit selected Rakettitiede as its software development partner. RapsiApp was created during the summer and autumn of 2020. The development of the application received funding from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Two developers from Rakettitiede and one external UI designer were included in the team.
The app was released to users in the spring of 2021. Kielenniva is pleased by the excellent end result. Feedback from users has also been very positive.
“RapsiApp is even better than we had imagined and planned. The application is clear, easy to use and beautiful to look at,” Kielenniva says.
SOLUTION
Interactive mobile application was developed to aid farmers and facilitate trading.
A new channel to support business
Apetit wanted to build a mobile application, as the information on their website was underutilised.
“We wanted to give this new channel a go. The project gave us an excellent first experience of how an app can support our business. For example, push notifications can be used to better distribute information,” Jani Kielenniva says.
“The app is also interactive. We provide a platform for farmers to anonymously share observations of pests. The farmers also receive information on purchase prices, which helps to make price comparisons.”
FINAL RESULT
The application is clear, easy to use and beautiful to look at.
It is also good for the customer to know their needs
There’s no doubt RapsiApp is a useful application. Best of all, its development was a breeze.
“We have been very pleased with the cooperation. We wanted to find people who don’t just freeze when the going gets tough. The project progressed as agreed and according to our wishes. The developers’ expertise really showed in their interactive and productive collaboration, which included offering suggestions throughout the process,” Kielenniva says.
He sees potential for further application development collaboration in the future.
Rakettitiede’s developers are happy with the cooperation.
The developers at Rakettitiede are pleased with the collaboration: “The client knew what they wanted. I’m not saying that the customer should always have all the answers, but with the RapsiApp the fact that the Apetit team expressed their wishes so well really helped with the process. It meant that we were constantly on the same page.”
Jani Kielenniva also gives kudos for the learning process:
“The guys from Rakettitiede really knew how to put themselves in a Finnish oil plant farmer’s shoes.”
“RapsiApp is even better than we had imagined and planned. The application is clear, easy to use and beautiful to look at.”
Jani Kielenniva, CIO, Apetit
