Making Data-Driven Decisions for Efficiency and Operational Growth

2023 | October 26

In today’s ever-changing world of farming, data isn’t just another tool; it’s the key to a brighter and more sustainable future. Agriculture operators worldwide are discovering that informed decisions based on data can significantly reduce costs while increasing productivity and efficiency.

Raven Slingshot® is at the forefront of this data-driven revolution. This comprehensive data tool is designed to empower farmers, ag retailers, and co-ops to optimize their operations without increasing the size or fleet of their staff, resulting in sustainable growth and higher profits.

Connected Workflow® for Smoother Operations

Slingshot® Connected Workflow® seamlessly integrates operations from field to office and provides accurate information that helps you see your entire operation in real-time.

With Slingshot, the possibilities are endless:

  • It gives you a complete overview and allows you to make informed data-driven decisions that help save time and resources.
  • It helps improve tracking, record keeping, better inventory control, and reporting.
  • You can simplify your work processes from job creation to application to reporting, adapt in real-time, and better utilize your equipment.
  • Users who use Slingshot Connected Workflow are about 20% more efficient in their operations.
  • It helps you cover more acres every available day, making the most of your valuable time.
  • It enhances communication with customers, ensuring they’re always in the loop.
  • It helps move towards paperless operations, simplifying the process and reducing waste.
  • It takes the stress out of the equation for operators and tender truck drivers.

These benefits contribute to the development of more sustainable operations and improved profits. This alignment provides a mutually beneficial outcome for all stakeholders involved.

How Connected Workflow Works

The Connected Workflow’s full functionality can be simplified into four “Cs”:

Connect

  • Connect to machines directly using Raven’s innovative tech suite. The Connected Workflow works with Viper® 4, Field Hub 2.1, Fleet Tracker, RS1™, mobile apps, and more.  
  • Connect with other organizations and integrated software platforms including farm management information systems (FMIS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, automated blending software, and more. 
  • Connect to your staff/personnel (reducing phone traffic, paperwork, etc.). 
  • Connect with your customers (reducing phone traffic, paperwork, etc.). 

Create

  • Create or import Grower, Farm, and Field (GFF) profiles. 
  • Create or import field boundaries. 
  • Create tasks.  
  • Create work orders from GFF information, assigning products to utilize and operation time. 
  • Create scouting reports. 
  • Create loads and blends for seamless tender truck deliveries. 

Coordinate

  • Assign work by personnel or asset 
  • Coordinate jobs among several stakeholders, from order creation to blend shed to delivery to field. Typically, the process to coordinate jobs is a complex, multi-step operation. Slingshot streamlines coordination by communicating updates in real-time between all machines and offices. 
  • View where other operators are in the field via machine-to-machine coordination. 
  • Stay updated on the operation’s progress from anywhere and on any device with notifications of completion, increasing operational visibility. 
  • See what work is being completed and when it’s getting done. 

Complete

  • Know when the job is done with real-time completion notifications. 
  • Get comprehensive completion reports. 
  • Keep digital records of as-applied data. 
  • Report out results via integrated software solutions and third-party integrations. With Slingshot you can send invoicing and product inventory to ERP systems to reconcile as-applied data with estimates, view real-time application reports, both during and after application, and send agronomic data through FMIS systems for accurate yield analysis, field boundaries, and more.

Explore Raven's Connected Workflow


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Do you want to learn more about Slingshot and how it can help you improve efficiency, productivity, and profitability? Visit Raven at Agritechnica 2023 or other upcoming events to experience interactive demos and talk through your next steps with a Raven expert.

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