Abstract
The modeling of farm workflows, and the use of a business process management (BPM) paradigm, could enable improvement in the development of farm management information systems (FMIS). A rapid design of software applications could be possible and quick development, intrinsically service oriented, could be achieved through the use of a software suite for the implementation of BPM diagrams. As the first evaluation of this paradigm, an experimental FMIS was developed considering a “use-case” whose target was to develop a hardware and software solution for the traceability of milk. The outcomes of this activity have shown that the software application developed (O3-Farm) was able to provide all features of the database application previously used for the traceability of milk. At the same time, it was able to provide some new features such as increased usability, portability and efficiency. Also, the chance to integrate it with other possible software applications was increased as a result of a better sharing of agricultural data. This seems to suggest that a design, and a software suite, based on the BPM paradigm, could be a valid way for the development of FMIS also in line with the farm software environment models if its abilities to describe, use and deploy, workflows and software services are taken into consideration.
Highlights
In the last few years, many models of farm management information systems (FMIS) have been investigated [1,2,3]
In some cases, following a holistic approach, these models have become more complex and conceptual [10]. They are called farm software environments (FSE) and they have the scope to make farm informative systems more collaborative, linkable, interoperable and scalable [11], taking as an example what happened in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector with the development of heterogenic projects related to specific operating systems (OS), software applications, market places, mobile and smart devices, customers retention, etc
The software application developed (O3-Farm) was able to perform all tasks of the database application previously developed for milk traceability
Summary
In the last few years, many models of farm management information systems (FMIS) have been investigated [1,2,3] These models generally design a hardware and software layout that should improve the sharing of data and the availability of software functionalities [4,5,6]. In some cases, following a holistic approach, these models have become more complex and conceptual [10] They are called farm software environments (FSE) and they have the scope to make farm informative systems more collaborative, linkable, interoperable and scalable [11], taking as an example what happened in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector with the development of heterogenic projects related to specific operating systems (OS), software applications, market places, mobile and smart devices, customers retention, etc. Its main scope is to improve the efficiency of each process in order to reach a global increase in the effectiveness of the whole business organization
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