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PrimePulse
 
What is PrimePulse

PrimePulse is a software package that that uses trend analysis [Statistical Process Control] to identify statistically significant changes in traits over time.

PrimePulse automatically identifies the real changes, prioritises them by their effect on profit and reports in a highly visual format.  PrimePulse is simple to use and understand (see Tutorials). With only a little guidance you can interpret complex records with ease.  This an example graph from a pig production unit.

 

This graph is just too variable to interpret and I’ve got 20 more Key Performance Indicators to look at.  Makes my head hurt!    Table

PrimePulse analysis divides up the graph into “steps” that are statistically different.  Arrows mark the detection date of each step.  Each arrow is labelled with the financial impact of physical change.  Click on graph to enlarge.

See Downloads “PrimePulse real time analysis” for more information about how graphs are interpreted.

Q: But what if you manage 10 production units, that is 200 graphs to keep my eye on week in and week out?
A: Tell PrimePulse to look at them all for you to give you a single report of what issues are important this week:

So now you can now invest the time you’ve saved and start productively addressing issues:

  1. Pick a big issue out of your “Change Report” (low hanging fruit are sweet).
  2. Consult staff
    • Bad Change: “What do you think has happened?”
    • Good Change – “Great Job Team, well done!”
  3. Should I involve my consultant?  See case studies for some practical examples.
 
Benefits of PrimePulse
  • Can service an unlimited number of traits from an unlimited number of farms / units.
  • Brings all your data to one place – eg slaughter, reproductive, growth & environment data.
  • Totally automated – just turn it on and it takes over control to show you the results you need to see (simple slide show of graphs) and just one Action Report – “your job list”.
  • SPC expert system does your statistical work for you – no special skills required.
  • Shifts management and consultant effort from finding issues to fixing issues.
  • Gets you to the scene of the accident before evidence disappears or memories fade.
  • Increases the success rate of resolving issues before they become serious problems.
  • Measures responses to your management efforts – appropriate rewards on time.
  • Times, targets and measures the impact of staff training programs.
  • Benchmarks your production units against other collaborative production units.

A key Primepulse feature is the ability to create read only projects with embedded task automation.  Advanced users can create these special projects for other less skilled staff to view.  All they have to do is press a green arrow Button to view the next graph.  Advanced users can set up any number of graphs for their client users – for example, a slide show of the production changes detected this week that have cost the business more than $10,000.

The good news for advanced users is that once you have set up each clients’ custom tasks you
only have to save the project thereafter.  In just a few minutes work you can have all your production
managers up to date and on the ball.

If you don't have the desire or resources to analyse your own data, the Smart Data service could be a better option for you.
Send in your data and we will send you back a PrimePulse project like the one presented above.

Any trait recorded in a herd recording program can be passed to PrimePulse. If it is not recorded,
you can enter it directly into PrimePulse. Data can also be imported from simple spreadsheets. 
See downloads for data interface specifications.

See downloads for a “Guided tour of PrimePulse” and other detailed information.

 

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