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A Study on Demand Planning at Tumkur District Regional Cooperative Organic Farmers Organization Federation (TDRCOFOF)

Divya Sri Ramalingam*, A. C. Lokesh**

* Department of Management and Commerce, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

** Department of Food Science and Technology, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Periodicity:June - August'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jit.8.3.16549

Abstract

Under Government of Karnataka, 15 organizations are registered as organic federations. The Tumkur District Regional Co-operative Organic Farmers Organization Federation (TDRCOFOF) is one among the registered federations. Current operations of the federation are managed by entering data in an Excel sheet and flow of information is carried out through telephonic calls. As a result of unorganized flow of information, the federation is unable to forecast or guarantee the customer about delivery of products at specific date due to lack of data about the type of crops, quantity and harvest period. To address this issue, a thorough analysis of the data flow management of the federation was carried out, which revealed the gap in seamless communication and lack of a dashboard system for decision making. Hence, an application has been designed for achieving a seamless communication between the farmers, federation and customer. For the application design process, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) and Structured System Analysis and Design (SSAD) tools were screened and OOAD was chosen due to its cost-effectiveness and ease of use. After implementing the application, the generation of reports happen in less than 5 minutes, with substantial data for decision making and strategize business operations.

Keywords

Application Design, Data Management System, Decision Making, Forecast.

How to Cite this Article?

Ramalingam,D.S., Lokesh, A.C.(2019). A Study on Demand Planning at Tumkur District Regional Cooperative Organic Farmers Organization Federation (TDRCOFOF), i-manager's Journal on Information Technology, 8(3), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.26634/jit.8.3.16549

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