Progressive Beef

Digitizing Forms & Automating Feedlot Compliance Processes to Save Time & Effort

Problem

Progressive Beef was using manual and paper-based processes to perform tasks which were cumbersome and reactive in nature.

Need

They wanted to digitize their operations, such as helping teams and auditors to track feedlots’ productivity and make day to day tasks paperless.

Solution

Audit & non audit mobile apps, and an admin web app automated data entry processes and helped perform compliance audits smoothly, reducing human error and time to perform tasks.

About

Progressive Beef

Having partnered with the likes of Costco, Wendy’s, and Tyson Foods, the team behind one of the largest USDA-certified beef marketing programs has certified nearly 6 million cattle through the program and is known for encouraging the entire cattle raising and beef processing industry to follow the best practices as well as prioritize animal welfare and sustainability.

Understanding the Challenge

Paper-Based Processes Affecting Productivity

Manual workflows and processes were making it increasingly difficult to manage feedlot compliance tasks and adhere to different SOPs.

Managing paper-based documentation like SOPs was getting difficult for field workers, as referring back repeatedly was cumbersome.
Feedlot managers & supervisors were not able to track the performance of workers and performed tasks in time
Conducting audits were time-consuming and costly to keep track of SOP adherence.
Manual processes made it next to impossible to trace the meat back to the animal

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Why is Digital Transformation
Important?

Successful meat producers and processors in the 21st century need to be extremely productive, efficient, and resilient if they are to stand the test of digital, the data driven, revolution in the sector. It plays a pivotal role in driving optimum outcomes by controlling and managing data across the value chain.

Building the Solution

Automating Workflows & Tracking The Feedlot Management and Auditing Processes

Folio3 helped digitize the entire feedlot compliance management and auditing process with comprehensive compliance management web and mobile solutions. With our solutions, we helped the client entirely eliminate the paper-based system, which helped save time as well as effort.

Our Approach

Understanding The User Journey
We first went through a comprehensive discovery process to identify the client’s requirements and any challenges. We created user personas, delved into the requirements, to be able to deliver accordingly. This is also, where we realized the need for two applications: one for the feedlot managers and a separate one for the auditors.
Building Wireframes & Designs
We then built wireframes to conceptualize what we understood from the requirements and after getting them approved, we went on to the actual designs.
Development
Our developers then went on to build two separate applications catering to different users.
Deployment, Testing & Training
The MVP is launched in 7 months and then proceeded to train the employees while simultaneously making improvements.

The Solution

The Resulting Transformation

Eliminating Manual Processes & Maximizing Productivity

The solution offered by Folio3 allowed management to leverage a consolidated view of the work being done across all feedlots and also check if compliance is in order. Our custom solution helped add value to the business of the client and helped them overcome their challenges.

From manual to digital

Saved time and effort of the management as well as workers with the help of the digital solution. Paper-based processes are completely eliminated.

Increased client base

The client now caters to more than 80 feedlots, after starting with merely 10 to 15 at the time of implementation.

Increased transparency at all levels

There is an increase in transparency with a centralized reporting system and relevant permissions. Tasks stopped piling up because workers started responding on time.

Fewer missed tasks

There were fewer missed tasks because the workers knew their performance was being evaluated on the basis of their completed tasks and there was no way to get around it.

Increased efficiency and performance

Efficiency and worker performance increased by 100%.

Real time performance tracking

The management can now take immediate corrective actions real-time.