Attaining high levels of compliance doesn’t need to involve coercion. Leaders concentrate on building processes implemented by system-oriented teams that combine the processes with knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve desired outcomes. Dairies with this mindset focus on enhancing worker development as an opportunity to improve process implementation. Employees understand how to read reports and use tools to react, so they know how they contribute and perform, leading to lower employee turnover.
Is Your Plan Being Followed?
Compliance is the best way to measure how well a plan is being implemented. When everyone is working towards the same goals, compliance becomes an essential measurement. If herd staff can incorporate compliance into the work itself, the results are real and not abstract. Everyone understands how to measure their contribution and how vital their effort is to obtaining team goals. Compliance shouldn’t be a lever for managers but a tool for everyone to correct themselves.
Teams and individuals hold themselves accountable when they can access information they understand and evaluate their own performance. Isn’t it better to identify opportunities sooner rather than later? For example, breeders personally watching their conception rates are more likely to seek help quickly. Are all treatments being given at the correct time? Is semen being handled correctly? Addressing issues sooner benefits workers, as well as the dairy.
Traditionally, compliance in dairy reproduction has been quantified after most of the information is collected and we can compare historical information. Dairies with multiple technicians can benefit from tools that give immediate feedback on completed work. Having the ability to quickly report on remaining chores can allow teams to react. Even dairies with fewer cows can increase compliance by having tools that consolidate information in one place. Mobile solutions like BoviSync can improve compliance in more novel ways than traditional methods.
Consistent Care
Allan Kutz from Kutz Dairy in Jefferson, Wisconsin, relies on technology. Allan explained, “We find it very important to have protocols and processes in place that help make sure cows are handled and treated in the same way each and every day.” BoviSync Herd Management Software is the primary tool that Allan Kutz uses for managing data in his herd. It allows him to integrate information from his parlor and activity monitoring system in one place for all employees to access and make decisions.
BoviSync simplifies data management with work guidance, seamless data collection, and intuitive reporting tools. Filtered lists of tasks match workflows. Data capture enables quick analysis. Tasks remain on the phone as long as appropriate. The web application allows for easy access to the information for anyone with permission. Anyone with permission can access data through prebuilt reports with the ability to drill into the data.
Accurate Results, Better Outcomes
Dairies that embrace compliance as a value can make incremental improvements or pivot entirely with confidence. When compliance is genuinely high, dairies can be confident in the accuracy of the results. In turn, higher-quality information can convince dairies to pivot when warranted. A farm committed to making a protocol change or making an investment in technology must make sure that they are addressing the needs of their team for the best results.
Dairies that focus on processes and compliance get everyone involved. BoviSync makes these processes possible by allowing everyone to use data to make decisions at the right time and collect information that will add value in the future. Data management should be the easy part of herd management for everyone involved.
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