Production Manager

Oversee production planning across all farms, ensure farming activities are properly planned and allocated, coordinate Farm Managers and floating Operations Teams, and monitor daily progress, resource availability, irrigation, crop maintenance, spraying, planting, and harvesting activities.

Oversee production activities across all farms.
Work with Farm Manager to plan daily activities and ensure workers receive the necessary instructions.
Set up and manage farm structures, including farms, fields, field areas, rows, and plant quantities.
Plan daily and weekly farming activities, including irrigation, crop maintenance, spraying, planting, and harvesting.
Review irrigation schedules, EC readings, water measurements, and daily comments to determine whether watering adjustments are required.
Create and manage spraying plans, including selecting blocks, spraying dates, workers, tractor drivers, and equipment.
Monitor spraying schedules and identify blocks that are due or overdue for spraying.
Create and manage the seeding plan, specifying seedling quantities, crop varieties, expected arrival weeks, and destination blocks.
Ensure the seeding plan triggers the necessary plant preparation activities so blocks are ready before seedlings arrive.
Coordinate planting and plant preparation activities, including removing old plants, preparing growing areas, mixing growing medium, and allocating the required resources.
Create and manage the weekly Harvest plan, specifying farms, blocks, target crates, harvesting teams, and required transport.
Allocate floating Operations Teams to different farms and blocks based on planned activities.
Assign individual workers and drivers to spraying tasks where required.
Coordinate the allocation of tractors and other equipment for spraying, planting preparation, cleaning, and harvesting activities.
Create additional tasks and instructions when issues or new requirements are identified during farm inspections.
Monitor the progress of tasks across different farms and identify incomplete or overdue work.
Review farm dashboards to monitor worker progress, crop maintenance activities, irrigation issues, spraying schedules, and outstanding tasks.
Identify operational delays, resource shortages, and other issues affecting planned activities.
Review daily progress and use reported information to plan upcoming farm activities.

User Journey

1. Set Up Farms and Resources

Log in to DGOSA.
Set up farms, blocks, stations, and rows.
Configure plant quantities, crop varieties, planting dates, and irrigation information.
Assign Farm Managers to their respective farms.
Assign Area Supervisors, Crop Maintenance Supervisors, Tunnelmen, and Crop Maintenance Workers to their respective areas.
Set up floating teams, including spraying, planting preparation, and harvesting teams.
Manage workers, teams, tractors, drivers, and other operational resources.

2. View Production Overview

View all farms and their current operational activities.
Review completed and outstanding tasks across different farms.
View irrigation schedules, EC readings, water measurements, and flagged issues.
Monitor Tunnelmen activities and crop maintenance progress.
Review spraying schedules and blocks requiring attention.
View upcoming seedling arrivals, planting requirements, and harvesting activities.
Identify operational delays, incomplete tasks, and resource shortages.

3. Plan Daily Farm Activities

Select a farm and review its current activities and outstanding work.
Create daily instructions for the Farm Manager.
Plan irrigation, crop maintenance, and general farm activities.
Review previous EC, water, and runoff measurements to determine whether irrigation adjustments are required.
Assign additional tasks when issues are identified during farm inspections.
Communicate instructions to Farm Managers, who delegate the work to their respective supervisors and workers.
Review daily comments and make changes to planned activities when required.

4. Manage Spraying Planner

Open the Spraying Planner and view all farms and blocks.
Review previous spraying dates and identify blocks due for spraying.
Select the farms and blocks that need to be sprayed.
Schedule spraying activities based on the spraying cycle, weather conditions, and operational requirements.
Select individual spraying workers and tractor drivers.
Allocate the required tractors or drones.
Confirm spraying assignments for the day.
Monitor completed and outstanding spraying tasks.

5. Manage Seeding Planner

Open the Seeding Planner.
Record incoming seedling orders, including quantities, crop varieties, and expected arrival weeks.
Select the farms and blocks where the seedlings will be planted.
Review existing planting cycles and identify blocks that need preparation.
Use the seeding plan to initiate the required plant preparation activities.
Coordinate with Operations to allocate preparation teams, workers, tractors, and mixing equipment.
Monitor plant preparation progress, including completed rows, bags, and mixing loads.
Ensure the required blocks are ready before seedlings arrive.
Monitor planting progress once planting begins.

6. Manage Weekly Harvest Planner

Open the weekly Harvest Planner.
Select farms, blocks, or field areas scheduled for harvesting.
Specify the crop, harvesting date, and target number of crates.
Determine whether harvesting will be performed by floating Harvest Teams or assigned Crop Maintenance Workers.
Allocate the Harvest Manager and required harvesting resources.
Plan the trucks or tractors required for harvesting and transporting workers.
Confirm the weekly harvest plan.
Monitor harvesting progress and actual crates harvested against planned targets.
Review harvesting tasks signed off by Farm Managers.

7. Coordinate Floating Teams and Equipment

View floating teams and their assigned activities across different farms.
Allocate teams to farms and blocks based on operational requirements.
Assign individual workers and drivers where required.
Review tractor allocations for spraying, plant preparation, cleaning, and harvesting.
Identify resource shortages or overlapping requirements.
Adjust planned allocations when operational priorities change.
Monitor progress reported by the assigned teams and workers.

8. Monitor Task Execution and Verification

View the progress of daily tasks across all farms.
Monitor Tunnelmen tasks and crop maintenance activities.
Review completed rows, plants, and other reported work quantities.
Monitor irrigation measurements and Area Supervisor sign-offs.
Review spraying, planting preparation, and harvesting progress.
Check tasks verified or signed off by Farm Managers.
Identify incomplete tasks, operational problems, and outstanding work.
Follow up with the relevant Farm Managers and adjust instructions when necessary.

9. Review Reports and Plan Upcoming Activities

Review completed and outstanding work per farm and block.
Compare planned activities against actual progress.
Review EC readings, irrigation issues, and daily comments.
Monitor spraying completion and upcoming spraying requirements.
Review upcoming seedling arrivals and block preparation progress.
Compare planned versus actual harvested crates.
Review worker, team, and equipment utilization.
Identify work that needs to be carried forward or prioritized.
Use the reported information to prepare upcoming daily and weekly plans.

10. Monitor Customer Deliveries (Proposed Requirement)

View customer orders allocated for dispatch.
Review planned delivery destinations and truck allocations.
Monitor delivery progress across assigned trucks.
View which customers have received their orders.
Review proof of delivery, including captured signatures.
Identify outstanding or incomplete deliveries.

Important:

The Production Manager is responsible for planning and monitoring production activities across all farms.
Farm Managers oversee execution within their respective farms and sign off completed work where required.
Area Supervisors personally perform and sign off EC and irrigation measurements.
The Spraying Planner drives spraying execution through Operations.
The Seeding Planner drives plant preparation and planting activities.
The Harvest Planner is managed manually on a weekly basis.
Floating teams and equipment can be allocated to different farms depending on operational requirements.
Customer delivery monitoring is a newly proposed requirement and still needs to be confirmed with Tehan.