Information management for the dairy industry is made easier thanks to this specially developed module for laboratory information management systems
The special needs of the dairy industry, farmers and processors, have been met by a specially developed WinLims dairy module, which was developed by the Australasian division of QSI.
The system is capable of tracking, managing and reporting production and test data through the entire industry process, from the individual cow to the final dairy product on its way to the supermarket shelves.
Starting on the farm, the ability to comprehensively monitor herd performance, indeed that of individual animals, is fundamental to good management and profitability.
This relates not only to milk volume and quality, but also to animal health and disease control.
Milk samples taken from individual cows during milking can be uniquely identified and linked in the WinLims dairy database to other vital data like the volume (weight) produced by that animal.
Sample information and the cow's individual ID is loaded into the system manually or can be transmitted to the testing laboratory electronically, including over the internet.
Similarly, sample data for milk, blood or other samples collected for animal health control can be added.
At the milk testing laboratory, the system can interface directly with automated testing equipment, such as the widely used Foss robotic systems.
The analytical results are of course available for internal quality control or regulatory purposes, but can also be transmitted back to the producer, and with the veterinary data provide a complete, integrated picture at individual cow, herd or company level.
The same philosophy of maintaining traceable, qualified data within a wide variety of sampling regimes is applied to production and quality control testing within the dairy process plant, from raw milk to finished product.
