Meet the young farmer who has launched an app to replace paperwork
Hide Ad“We were using a paper-based system at BHE. All of our operators filled out a timesheet every fortnight and then we would have to take these timesheets and re-enter all the information from them into a paper-based master diary. From there we would then have to re-enter all the information into the invoicing system.
Will said that the time he spent on farms in Australia and New Zealand brought the idea home to him when he came across other apps used in non-agricultural businesses.“I realised there was a massive opportunity here. The reason why we’ve created Ag-drive is that we want to make a difference in the industry. Every contractor must want to speed up the process of being paid and Ag-drive gives them far more than just instant timesheets, it makes every element of the job totally accountable.
“We are also able to give them their health and safety checklists, checks so that they know they are safe doing work. When operators start the job we have a live location of where that operator is and a live location trail where we can see exactly where that man is across the field. How he’s getting on.“All of this makes their life easier in being able to fill out information on the phone. It means we’re not chasing them because they are recording all the jobs live, as it is happening.
“Agricultural contractors seem to be absolutely obsessed with being on the tractor seat making sure the wheels are turning but it is cash flow, specifically getting paid quicker, and not machinery that this is all about. Being able to record jobs digitally and invoice immediately is going to revolutionise the whole industry.“The key thing is that we’ve got it linked in to common accounting software like QuickBooks, Xero and Sage.
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