With many agtech companies on the market, deciding what fits your farm is difficult.

There's an app for almost everything on farm. From monitoring livestock and crops to safety and operational management, these applications are designed to boost efficiencies and productivity.

You may have several apps already in use. But how versatile are they? Do they only serve one purpose, leaving you with a gap another application has to fill?

Designed by farmers, Safe Ag Systems was built to make safety and compliance easier for farmers. Keeping safety at the forefront, while bridging the gap between other applications.

The Safe Ag Systems app continues to evolve. Today it's more than just a safety app. Farmers use it as an everyday operational tool. Learn how it can help you manage your day-to-day business operations, and so much more.

What does your tech stack look like?

People use apps every day. It's integrated into our daily routines whether we know it or not.

How many of us check our phones the moment we wake up?

From weather, share market, news, health and education apps, there's a wide variety of targeted technology that people download.

Apps are also commonly used in most workplaces. They can assist with planning, tasks and reporting.

The same goes for the agricultural industry. Several applications are used to manage the daily operations of farms and agribusinesses.

Think of how many farmers use digital apps to track their livestock in paddocks or crop quality. There is now an application for every field of work within agriculture. With more likely on their way!

How much is too much?

How are multiple apps manageable if each one does something differently?

The average person reportedly has 80 apps on their phone. Yet the average person only consistently uses 9!

Now imagine the tech stack of a farmer who requires several applications! 20 of them could be related to farming business operations alone.

Some apps may integrate into other applications, but ensuring your app can do multiple functions makes sense. This saves purchase or subscription costs as well as your time management to prevent jumping from app to app.

Remember to beware of the “free” apps too. They may look like they could do everything a paid application could, but are you aware of what you’re signing up for? Some free applications may not be as secure as you think. In some cases, they track you and use your data. Oh, and so many ads!

The ideal application is a secured paid system that protects your data and is versatile in its use. An even better one is released by a company that is ISO Certified.

What makes Safe Ag Systems different?

You may wonder, “Well, isn’t that the same for Safe Ag Systems? You’re only a safety system”.

Yes, but also not entirely.

While we’re proud to be a Safety Management System (SMS), we offer more than that to our clients.

Before we dive in – what is a safety management system?

A safety management system is a systematic approach to managing work, health and safety in the workplace.

These systems are either paper-based or digital. They have a set of policies and procedures to minimise the risk of injury, illness or death.

Typical tools and abilities of a safety management system are:

• Risk assessments

• Hazard management

• Near Miss and Incident reporting

• Indicate company performance and safety rating

Can Safe Ag Systems do all this and more? Yes, we can!

Built for agriculture, our application is tailored to meet the specific needs and requirements of the industry.

We support our clients to meet their Work, Health and Safety requirements as well as their compliance journey.

This allows us to grow into an Operational Management System as well. The purpose of an operational system is to ensure your business is running efficiently and effectivity. You can manage workers, inventory and track job progress.

Productivity is at the heart of any operational management. And with productivity, comes safety management. Particularly in high-risk industries like agriculture.

To assist in this area we incorporated record-keeping and safety documentation into our system. Safe Ag Systems has a range of features that allow you to track farming business operations as well as ensure every task is being accomplished safely.

Task manager

• Assign tasks to workers and track their progress

• Assign priority level and due date

Documentation - Policies, Procedures, Inductions, checklists

• Assign inductions to new or returning employees

• Assign company policies to workers

• Attach Safe Work Procedures to equipment

• Attach Pre-operational safety checklists

Inventory Management

• Manage maintenance records and registrations

• Create a digital registry of machinery, equipment and chemicals

Training Register

• Monitor worker certifications and licenses

• Receive notice of training expiry

Manage People

• Build worker profile and details

• Attach personal records and training

• Locate workers on site with At Work/Not At Work

• Noticeboard for communicating with workers

Emergency management

• Alert everyone to a fire or medical emergency on-site

• Call Important Contacts

• Access Health Action Plans for all workers

• View Safety Data Sheets

The range of what we can already do is incredible, yet we’re not stopping anytime soon!

We’re on our way to making Safe Ag Systems the go-to app for all farm safety management needs. An application that can be considered an Integrated Management System. Capable of managing all business management systems and processes under one framework.

What's an Integrated Management System (IMS)?

An Integrated Management System (IMS) combines all the different parts of a company into one organized plan. This helps the company work together as a team with common goals.

Common systems that make up an IMS are:

• Quality Management

• Environmental Management

• Safety Management

• Energy Management

• Food Safety Management

• Information Security Management

• Compliance Management

Each and every system has its own individual requirements and processes. Tailoring each for an agriculture safety app is a journey, but once done it’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

Discover more about Safe Ag Systems and our current range of features and abilities on our Features Page, or jump in and start a Free 7 Day Trial.

Topics: Farm Management Software

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