Herd and daily care management system
Employees receive maintenance tasks for specific animals or groups and record the result. Uncompleted work and important information is transferred to another shift.
In the systems of registration, herd, milking, feeding, veterinary, laboratory, breeding and accounting, information about the same animal or group is given in unequal detail and not always linked automatically. Employees do not see a single reliable animal profile, and decisions on treatment, feeding, reproduction and broking are made from partial information.
How the solution works
- Check which animal or group the entry belongs to
- Get the instruction needed for a specific job
- Designate the right employee and time
- Record the actual action
- Passing unfinished work and status change
Key challenges
- Animal health and productivity history disaggregated in different registers
- Staff tasks not sufficiently linked to animal priorities
Solution capabilities
Unit of account
The individual animal and regiment have different detail. Group division keeps composition according to time, not just the current list of members.
Task Purpose
The employee sees the information and limitations needed for the action. Several signals are only connected if they actually describe the same case.
The fact of performance
The assigned, accomplished and verified task has different meanings. The contents of the veterinary assignment are not changed at the discretion of the user of the daily list.
Transferring work to another shift
The unfinished task is transferred to the next responsible employee. Works registered without the Internet are later checked against the relevant group and assignment of animals.
Business context
- Animal health and productivity history disaggregated in different registers
- In the systems of registration, herd, milking, feeding, veterinary, laboratory, breeding and accounting, information about the same animal or group is given in unequal detail and not always linked automatically. Employees do not see a single reliable animal profile, and decisions on treatment, feeding, reproduction and broking are made from partial information.
- Staff tasks not sufficiently linked to animal priorities
- The work of milking, feeding, treatment, calving, moving, disinfection and checks are transmitted orally, by boards or by common lists. Critical tasks can be skipped, the work duplicated and it is unclear who and when performed the action.
- Day-to-day maintenance supports the continuity of farm production
- The need for a buyer depends on the consistently conducted animal care and reliable group history. Visible tasks and shift transfer help not to lose unfinished work. The farm team can better explain the events of a particular animal or group and their significance to the activity.
Core features
- Unit of account
- Task Purpose
- The fact of performance
- Transferring work to another shift
Key integrations
- Sources of herd, veterinary and feeding
- Data for a specific animal or group, designated action and a valid restriction.
Potential impact (%)
The ranges indicate an illustrative relative change in the metric under the stated assumptions. Results depend on the starting position and actual use of the solution. Percentages for different metrics must not be added together.
Number of required shift jobs without responsible employee
2–12%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that the controls described can address 10-30% of discrepancies. That share is assumed to fall by 20-40%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable share and the resulting change.
Counting the necessary tasks that have passed the deadline, but there is no confirmation of the employee's responsibility. Include work related to the animals transferred.
Daily Coordination Work
12–36%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that 30-60% of manual data entry and handover work can be addressed. That share is assumed to fall by 40-60%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable workload and the resulting change.
Measure shift working minutes for task states to be readjusted.
Conditional calculation scenarios. The assumptions have not been validated against client measurements.
When this solution is relevant
- The herd is maintained by several shifts that require the transfer of changes in the condition of the animals and unfinished work.
- Records of different registers are difficult to link to the same animal or group.
Implementation requirements
Animal and group codes are agreed and responsible care personnel are assigned. Changing shifts or group compositions must make it clear which jobs have been performed and who takes over the remaining tasks.
Further expansion
- Addition of additional groups by matching their identification, transfer and transfer of important maintenance work