The O3-Farm Project: First Evaluation of a Business Process Management (BPM) Approach through the Development of an Experimental Farm Management System for Milk Traceability

Abstract

The modeling of farm workflows, and the use of a business process management (BPM) paradigm, could enable improvement in the development of farm management information systems (FMIS). A rapid design of software applications could be possible and quick development, intrinsically service oriented, could be achieved through the use of a software suite for the implementation of BPM diagrams. As the first evaluation of this paradigm, an experimental FMIS was developed considering a “use-case” whose target was to develop a hardware and software solution for the traceability of milk. The outcomes of this activity have shown that the software application developed (O3-Farm) was able to provide all features of the database application previously used for the traceability of milk. At the same time, it was able to provide some new features such as increased usability, portability and efficiency. Also, the chance to integrate it with other possible software applications was increased as a result of a better sharing of agricultural data. This seems to suggest that a design, and a software suite, based on the BPM paradigm, could be a valid way for the development of FMIS also in line with the farm software environment models if its abilities to describe, use and deploy, workflows and software services are taken into consideration.

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“…Despite the variety of workflow languages for representing task planning, the most used base notation is BPMN. Its importance in rural/agriculture contexts and supply chains is clear, both at a simulation level, and in practical contexts (Tashiro et al, 2018;Todorovic et al, 2018;Zaninelli and Reyes Pace, 2018). For instance, Todorovic et al (2018) used it to create appropriate operating models to optimize the distribution processes of short food supply chains, outlining the sequence and interactions of control and coordination tasks among distinct scenarios.…”

“…For instance, Todorovic et al (2018) used it to create appropriate operating models to optimize the distribution processes of short food supply chains, outlining the sequence and interactions of control and coordination tasks among distinct scenarios. Zaninelli and Reyes Pace (2018) applied the concept and language to improve farm management and product traceability.…”

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“…BPM business process diagrams allow describing the different processes of a business based on their activities as shown in Figure 3. Seeking to implement different business processes and integration into an information system, giving as a response the structured organization in terms of system requirements such as databases, and use case diagrams, among others [24]. A task is always divided into different components for a better understanding of the flow of the diagram defining the detail of the activities [25].…”