I meant what I said. Computers and other data capture gadgets (tag scanners etc) make "paperwork" easier. If you can't use a computer there is some additional learning obviously. But once you learn, it makes things easier.So what did you mean?
I meant what I said. Computers and other data capture gadgets (tag scanners etc) make "paperwork" easier. If you can't use a computer there is some additional learning obviously. But once you learn, it makes things easier.So what did you mean?
Generally I’d agree but I’m not buying a stick and a computer programme for my few animalsI meant what I said. Computers and other data capture gadgets (tag scanners etc) make "paperwork" easier. If you can't use a computer there is some additional learning obviously. But once you learn, it makes things easier.
Well I have little idea what most on this thread are talking about but if only 20% of the more forward thinking among us can work this thing imagine the chaos if they make the rest of us use it.I've checked a lot of sheep records in the past. The vast majority were paper based. Of the few that had computerised records, about 1 in 5 actually knew how to use the software to show the required records. More often than not, the software was full of erroneous information entered by the user. Garbage in, garbage out.
Perhaps the idea is that you don't buy a stick perhaps the idea is you sell your stock.Generally I’d agree but I’m not buying a stick and a computer programme for my few animals
Fact . Market I consigned to had two ladies checking every pen of sheep by eye and writing down the ear tag numbers Saturday as there was a malfunction with the EiD wand .........
And for those who can’t get their head around this complex technology?I meant what I said. Computers and other data capture gadgets (tag scanners etc) make "paperwork" easier. If you can't use a computer there is some additional learning obviously. But once you learn, it makes things easier.
Use paper. Unless they can't read which I've come across quite often. They obviously use friends/family or pay somebody.And for those who can’t get their head around this complex technology?
Product/software support.And for those who can’t get their head around this complex technology?
Somehow it's been suggested that I think people should be made to use IT.
This post is what possibly makes some think you have said folk should be made to use IT, must admit that’s what I thought you’d said although on re reading it i can see that’s a misunderstandingIf the new software is any good it might help uptake but I suspect the only way you will get mass take up is by forcing people to use it.
Just wondering how many Welsh sheep farmers use EID Cymru online?The ARAMS system in place at the minute is used by 1 in 100 sheep/goat farmers at most. Those that persevere get on well with it. But most give up on 1st contact. If you read Gov websites it's clear that the expectation was/is that most would use the ARAMS system with only a few exceptions using paper licenses.
If the new software is any good it might help uptake but I suspect the only way you will get mass take up is by forcing people to use it.