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The Poultry Decision Makers
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Poultry Decision Makers Workshop

 
 

Optimization and Forecasting for the

Poultry Industry

Program November 11, 2010

8:00 Registration

8:45 Introductions and Opening Remarks. Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondón, North Carolina State University

9:00 Poultry Production Forecasting, a Holistic Exercise.  Simon Cohen, M-Tech Systems

9:50 Animal Inventory Management, Agrisoft|AIM. Becky Stone, Agrisoft/CMC

10:20 Coffee Break

10:50 Optimization in the Poultry Industry. T. Brient Mayfield, Optimal4 Software, LLC
                         
11:40 Poultry Production Analytics - Lessons  Learned. Eric Heskett & Kevin Watkins,
         Elanco Animal Health
        

12:10  Break for Lunch

1:10 Data Collection and Assembly in the Internet Age. Simon Cohen, M-Tech Systems  

2:00  Enterprise Resources Planning. Keith Mangold, Agrisoft/CMC

2:50 Optimal4 Software Demonstrations.T. Brient Mayfield, Optimal4 Software, LLC

3:45  Closing Remarks and Adjourn

 

 

The Poultry Decision Makers Workshop Series:
Optimization and Forecasting for the Poultry Industry
Thursday, November 11, 2010
North Carolina State University Campus, Scott Hall Room 216, Raleigh, NC

Presentation Outlines

 Poultry Production Forecasting, a Holistic Exercise.  Simon Cohen, M-Tech Systems. The challenge for integrated poultry operations in effective production planning is to remove the boundary lines between the primary production segments such as breeders, hatcheries and processing plants. Too often a manager in one area of the business will create very efficient and profitable production plans for their area, often at the expense of the other areas.  Our systems and methods provide the global flexibility within an integration to find optimum schedules for the operation as a whole entity.

 Animal Inventory Management, Agrisoft|AIM. Becky Stone,  Agrisoft/CMC. The AIM application is designed to track and manage the Live Inventory throughout the entire life cycle for companies in the Poultry, Turkey, Commercial Egg, Swine, and related industries. Everything from animal groups, animal statistics, expenses, equipment, feed scheduling, and inventory are managed in this dynamic and customized application. We have taken our years of experience and turned it into the most comprehensive application for Animal Management. Track all your production statistics and expenses in one system. Industry specific business logic and functionality for managing different animal types can be incorporated into Agrisoft|AIM using industry add-on modules.

Optimization in the Poultry Industry. T. Brient Mayfield, Optimal4 Software, LLC. Optimal utilization of resources is critical in the poultry industry to minimize costs and maximize profits. Optimal4 systems enable integrated poultry processors to generate optimized solutions to feed formulation, planning, scheduling, and yield optimization problems.
                 
Poultry Production Analytics - Lessons Learned. Eric Heskett & Kevin Watkins, Elanco Animal Health. Elanco has provided products and services to the food animal production industry since 1953.  Recently, Elanco has been looking for ways to extract greater value from data collected by the global poultry industry.  We will share lessons learned during our journey to improve animal health and productivity through analytics.  Global trends observed in broiler and turkey health will also be presented.
       
 Data Collection and Assembly in the Internet Age. Simon Cohen, M-Tech Systems. While every integration has systems and processes in place for analyzing traditional core production data, the advances in technology with portable computers and internet connected farm controls has opened the door to analyzing a whole new host of cause and effect variables.  By eliminating delay in data collection, and errors associated with several inputs points, these systems provide new ways of looking for improvements in performance and profitability in poultry operations.

Enterprise Resources Planning. Keith Mangold, Agrisoft/CMC. Agrisoft|ERP is a state-of-the-art software system that supports Poultry, Commercial Egg, Turkey, Swine, and related industries’ Accounting and Management needs. Underneath the Agrisoft|ERP is an underlying database that has been modeled to capture all the data required by Poultry, Commercial Egg, Turkey, Swine, and other related operations. Our various ERP modules are combined to create a series of user-friendly application solutions. Our mission is to improve the operational efficiencies of our clients by providing excellent information technologies through innovation, partnership and superior customer service.

 

 

Tools for Feed Formulation During Tough Times

November 13, 2008 – Raleigh, NC

Objectives

To provide participants with:

  • Tools for decision-making in commercial poultry feed formulation.
  • Demonstration and practice with software. Please bring your laptop.
 

Program
 
  1. Introductions and Opening Remarks
    Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondón, North Carolina State University

  2. Applying the Principles of Production Economics to Feed Formulation
    Dr. Gene Pesti, University Of Georgia

  3. Using Excel to Optimize Protein Levels and Maximize Profits
    Dr. Gene Pesti, University of Georgia

  4. The Key to Profits and Production Control
    Dr. David Roland, Auburn University

  5. The Key to Profits: A Software Demonstration
    Dr. David Roland, Auburn University

  6. An Adjustable Nutrient Margin of Safety, Comparison of Linear and Stochastic Programming in an Excel Spreadsheet - Dr. Bill Roush, USDA-ARS, Mississipp

  7. Microsoft Excel Sensitivity Analysis for Linear And Stochastic Program Diet Formulation
    Dr. Bill Roush, USDA-ARS, Mississippi
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Advances in Poultry Growth Modeling

November 15, 2007 – Raleigh, NC
(DVD Proceedings II)

Objectives

To provide participants with:

  • Overview of poultry growth models.
  • Review benefits of growth models to optimize poultry nutrition and production.
  • Demonstration and practice with software to model poultry growth and optimize profit.
 

Program
 

  1. Introductions and Opening Remarks
    Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondón, North Carolina State University

  2. Basic Concepts to Describe Poultry Growth and Feed Intake
    Dr. Rob Gous, University of KwaZulu-Natal

  3. BroilerOpt: Cost and Carcass Optimization Based on Growth
    Dr. Frank Ivey, Feed2Gain

  4. Modeling Populations for Purposes of Optimization
    Dr. Rob Gous, University of KwaZulu-Natal

  5. Modeling Turkey Production for Better Economical Results: From the Farm to the Processing Plant
    Virginie Blanvillain, TECHNA, France

  6. Demonstration and Practice of the EFG Broiler Model
    Dr. Rob Gous, University of KwaZulu-Natal

  7. BroilerOpt: Keystrokes for Cost Reduction
    Dr. Frank Ivey, Feed2Gain

  8. Demonstration of New Turkey Model
    Virginie Blanvillain, TECHNA, France

  9. Overview of the EFG Broiler Breeder and Layer Models
    Dr. Rob Gous, University of KwaZulu-Natal

    10. Virtual Participation: Dr. Philippe LESCOAT – INRA, France

  10. NAVI: Towards a Practical Tool to Simulate Broiler Growth
    Maxime QUENTIN, Michael PICARD, Isabelle BOUVAREL (ITAVI), Philippe LESCOAT (INRA)

  11. Simulation of Vegetal Raw Materials Utilization in Poultry Production Chains: A Multi-Agent Modeling Approach
    Hamel A., I. Bouvarel, S. Pinson, M. Lessire and P. Lescoat. INRA-ITAVI, France

 

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Data Management in Poultry Production

June 14, 2007 – Raleigh, NC
(DVD Proceedings I)

Objectives

To provide participants with:

  • Overview of an integrated solution for data capture and management in the poultry industry.
  • Traceability tools utilizing map and GPS technology.
  • Tools to improve planning, forecasting and optimization in poultry companies.
  • Basic understanding of data mining concepts and techniques.
  • Demonstration of hardware and software for data management and data mining.

Program

  1. Unexplored Virtues of Data Management in Poultry Production
    Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo Rondón, North Carolina State University

  2. Integrated Data Management for the Poultry Industry
    Simon Cohen, MTech Systems, Inc.

  3. Live-Demonstration of the Solution
    Simon Cohen, MTech Systems, Inc.

  4. SAS Business Intelligence Overview
    Elizabeth Ceranowski, SAS Institute

  5. Applying Data Mining Methods in the Poultry Industry Workshop
    Doug Wielenga, SAS Technical Support, SAS Institute

 

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Introduction to Modeling and Operations
Research in Poultry Production

November 14, 2006 – Raleigh, NC
(DVD Proceedings I)

Objective

To provide an overview and some practical examples of mathematical modeling and operations research techniques in poultry nutrition and production.

Program

  1. Improving Company Profitability through Modeling and Operations Research Methods
    Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo Rondón, North Carolina State University

  2. Feed Formulation to Reduce Risk
    Dr. Bill Roush, USDA – ARS Mississippi

  3. Learning about your Company's Performance Using Various Basic Data Analysis Methods
    Dr. John Tierce, Avian Performance Standards, Inc.

  4. Growth Models to Improve Decision-Making Process in Broiler Nutrition and Management
    Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo Rondón, North Carolina State University

  5. Developments in Prediction and Optimization
    Dr. Bill Roush, USDA – ARS Mississippi

 

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