IT service

Crop area management

Know what is in each growing area, when it is due, and how much to expect.

What we do

What the engagement includes

Crop area software built from the work PNH already does each season: recording area and variety, tracking a season as it progresses, projecting harvest timing and volume, and keeping the traceability record that travels with each consignment.

A record per growing area: size, variety and the household farming it
Season progress tracked area by area
Projected harvest timing and volume
Actual volume recorded by lot
A traceability record that travels with the consignment

Ask what this would take for you

When you need us

Who this is for

The situations this service was set up for. If none of them is yours it does not mean no — it means ask.

Agricultural businesses with several growing areas to follow
Buyers who need volume and timing confirmed ahead of the season
Anyone who needs a traceability record for customers or for export

How we work

How work on this starts

The first three stages. The full six run the same way whichever service you come in through.

All six stages

First conversation
You describe what is going wrong today. We say whether this is work we should be doing, and whether software is even the right answer to it.
You give
The problem in your own words
You get
A straight answer about fit, including no
Scope
We look at how the work is done now, with the people who actually do it, and write down what the software has to do — and what it explicitly will not.
You give
Time with the people doing the work
You get
A written scope, including what is out of it
Plan and estimate
Cost and sequence against that scope, with the assumptions written beside them. If an assumption turns out to be wrong, you can see which number moves.
You give
Your decision on the scope
You get
A phased plan, a price, and the assumptions behind both

Questions

Questions we are asked before the first meeting

You are an agricultural company. Why are you writing software?

Because we needed it ourselves. Traceability, specifications, scheduling and stock are software problems before they are agricultural ones, and the team that builds for our own operations is the team that builds for clients. Agriculture remains our main business; this is a second one, run properly rather than as a side line.

Do you work with businesses outside agriculture?

Yes. Nothing in the list of services is specific to agriculture, and most of it — websites, internal applications, mobile apps, resourcing — is the same work in any industry. Where our own sector does help is when a client is moving physical goods, because we have had to solve those problems for ourselves.

Who owns the code when the work is finished?

You do. Source code and intellectual property transfer to you, and the handover includes the documentation needed to run it. There is no component we keep hold of, and nothing in the system that only we can change.

How is the work priced?

Two ways, depending on how firm the scope is. A fixed price against a written scope where the requirement is settled, or an agreed monthly rate for a dedicated team where it is still moving. We will tell you which one fits and why. We do not quote before the scope is written down, because a number given earlier than that is chosen to win the conversation rather than to be met.

Website design
A website that reflects the company properly and makes managing and updating content straightforward.
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Software consulting and implementation
A clear understanding of what you need before choosing or investing in a software solution.
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Web application development
An application built around the business’s real needs and the way it actually operates.
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