How a Women-Led Dairy Cooperative Grew D2C Alongside Member Procurement on SalesPort
Industry Context
Women-led dairy cooperatives are among the most powerful vehicles for rural women's economic independence in India, channelling milk income directly to women members. Their long-term strength depends on capturing branded, direct-to-consumer value — not just supplying bulk milk. Technology that runs member procurement and a D2C business on one platform lets these cooperatives compete with private dairies while keeping the value with their members.
The Challenge
A women-led dairy cooperative carries a double mandate: pay its member farmers accurately and on time, and build a branded business that returns more value to those members. Doing both at once is hard. Procurement needs disciplined fat/SNF capture and fast, trustworthy farmer payments; a direct-to-consumer business needs subscriptions, last-mile delivery, billing, and a customer app. Run on separate tools, the two halves never reconcile — supply planning becomes guesswork, and the cooperative cannot see its procurement strength and its consumer demand as one picture. For a women-led cooperative competing against well-funded private dairies, that fragmentation is a real disadvantage.
The Transformation
What changed after SalesPort deployment
The SalesPort Solution
SalesPort gave the cooperative both halves on one platform: ProcuPort for member milk procurement, fat/SNF-based payment calculation, and cooperative governance records; and the SubsPort approach for the direct-to-consumer side — subscriptions, delivery routing, billing, and a customer experience. Because procurement and D2C share one data backbone, the cooperative can plan supply against real consumer demand and govern member payments and consumer growth from a single view.
Modules Deployed
Deployment Timeline
How SalesPort was rolled out
Week 1-3
Procurement digitised — collection centres, fat/SNF rate charts, and farmer payment workflows configured
Week 4-6
D2C launch — subscription plans, delivery routing, and customer app set up
Week 7-8
Unified view — procurement supply and D2C demand reconciled on one dashboard
Week 1-3
Procurement digitised — collection centres, fat/SNF rate charts, and farmer payment workflows configured
Week 4-6
D2C launch — subscription plans, delivery routing, and customer app set up
Week 7-8
Unified view — procurement supply and D2C demand reconciled on one dashboard
Results
Impact at a Glance
Measurable outcomes from the SalesPort deployment
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