case study on E- Chopal -- An Initiative by ITC

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ITC - AN OVERVIEW
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ITC - INTRODUCTION

  • India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalisation of more than US $ 10 billion
  • Presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Greeting Cards and other FMCG products.
  • India's largest exporters of agricultural products.

E-choupal & How does it works?

  • Taking the Internet to the villages and empowering rural India with information at the click of a button is what best describes ITC's much acclaimed initiative - e-Choupal.
  • Places computers with Internet access in rural farming villages
  • Farmers can use the computer to access daily closing prices on local mandis, as well as to track global price trends or find information about new farming techniques - either directly or, because many farmers are illiterate, via the sanchalak.
  • Use the e-Choupal to order seed, fertilizer, and other products such as consumer goods from ITC or its partners, at prices lower than those available from village traders


How e-choupal helps in strengthening the agricultural business arm in ITC?

  • Single-largest information technology-based intervention
  • Direct marketing channel, eliminating wasteful intermediation and multiple handling, thus reducing transaction costs and making logistics efficient.
  • Created a highly profitable distribution and product design channel for the company
  • Preventing their expertise from being shared with ITC’s Competition.
  • It enables rapid, low-cost information dissemination and a trusted brand for introducing new Products, while minimizing the need for a traveling sales force.
  • E-Choupal also allows ITC to develop long-term supplier relationships with farmers and attain some degree of supply security over time.

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