There is no reason why farming equipment should not make it to its lifetime warranty. AssetPool will give peace of mind to the owner of the farm as they have a complete overview of the condition of their equipment. It is not only the equipment on a farm that can be inspected with AssetPool, the condition of the crops can also be checked. We have a client who uses AssetPool to inspect the grape vines in their vineyard. Each day, an employee of the vineyard takes their phone and scans a QR code at the end of each row of grapes. The checklist is pulled up on their phone and they go through the checks. This information is now instantly available to the owner of the vineyard and if there is an issue it can be dealt with before it spreads. This type of inspection process saves time and money as faulty equipment or a failed check will notify the business owner.
If a farmer is looking to save funds they need to be focusing on how to reduce lost crops. A new WWF report shows that 1.2 billion tonnes of food produced globally is lost before it even leaves the farm. When a crop is ready to be harvested, it is time-sensitive. When inspecting crops manually, there is room for error. If a crop is inspected with AssetPool, the state of the crop is available to the farmer instantly. If there is a risk of bug infestation in a certain crop and it is caught quickly enough that can result in saved revenue. Another example of how AssetPool can be utilized in the farming industry is the inspection of livestock. When a chicken farmer is raising hundreds of thousands of chickens, they need to be sure that the state of health is maintained. The same issue is present when farming cattle. Each cow stall could have a QR code on it and when the farmhands are cleaning, refilling the food, or milking the cows, a digital checklist could be completed.
The amount of time that a traditional inspection takes versus a digital inspection can be a game-changer when it comes to productivity. The more time an employee can save on one task means that the overall efficiency of the farm will increase. What more could a business owner want? Increased productivity, increased revenue, and increased visibility over their assets. When you switch to a Smart Inspection Platform, you gain all of these benefits.
With AssetPool, each asset is uniquely identified, and it can be monitored by both live IoT data monitoring as well as physical data through inspection. Farmers who use AssetPool have the ability to issue a job to the nearest technician who is able to repair or inspect the asset. The technician opens the job and scans the asset using the application—who, what, where, and when are all recorded and the farm owner has this information instantly. The tractor repair is done, automatically documented, and stored in the cloud. Most asset management companies only offer a portion of the complete AssetPool offering; either the IoT device and the ability to monitor it on a limited platform, or they only provide the asset inspection component. At AssetPool, we complete the loop and offer it all through one easy-to-use application.
The ways in which IoT can be utilized in the farming industry are as follows:
In conclusion, AssetPool has the ability to give a full overview of your current asset’s health. The power of this visibility can mean the difference between being able to pass down your farm to your children or not being able to make it to another harvest season. Watch the below video that showcases how the farming industry can benefit from AssetPool.