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LeafERP

LeafERP was thought-out as a custom software derivative from Loudfish Lab’s main software Zerio, that uses RFID tags to trace, analyze and follow up different stages of production.

For this case we use a different type of RFID tag that also detect the humidity, temperature and growth of cannabis crops in a biotech company based in Netherlands.

Company:

Loudfish Labs + Vitrocom
(now Perfect Plants)

Role:

UX Designer, UX Researcher

Date:

Feb 2019

Tools:

Sketch App, InVision, Maze

Tracing the crops from the seed to the dispensary

Crop traceability using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags involves using these tags to track and record the entire lifecycle of agricultural products from the field to the consumer.
Enhances the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of the agricultural supply chain, benefiting producers, retailers, and consumers alike.

R E S E A R C H

Since the company we're gonna be working for was based in Netherlands, we didn't only deal with the language barrier but also time zone. It was difficult at the beginning but we find out a way to make it work. We also had to do a deep research about the tissue culture and what methodologies, steps to follow, cautions and materials did they use.

What is tissue culture?

Tissue culture technology is used to mass reproduce plants at early stage growth, so that growers can reproduce their harvest faster and with superior quality, at a lower cost than alternatives.

This technique is used to propagate plants by growing cells, tissues, or small plant parts in a sterile, controlled environment. This method allows for the rapid production of large numbers of genetically identical and disease-free plants. It is particularly valuable for cloning plants with desirable traits, conserving rare species, and producing high-quality crops efficiently.

What is tissue culture?

Tissue culture technology is used to mass reproduce plants at early stage growth, so that growers can reproduce their harvest faster and with superior quality, at a lower cost than alternatives.

What is tissue culture?

Tissue culture technology is used to mass reproduce plants at early stage growth, so that growers can reproduce their harvest faster and with superior quality, at a lower cost than alternatives.

What is tissue culture?

Tissue culture technology is used to mass reproduce plants at early stage growth, so that growers can reproduce their harvest faster and with superior quality, at a lower cost than alternatives.

P E R S O N A S

We had interviews with the 2 main stakeholders from their side: the Laboratory Manager and the Media Kitchen Manager.

Even if their roles seems to be different they have a lot of tasks in common but during different stages of the crops growth.

L A B O R A T O R Y · M A N A G E R

L A B O R A T O R Y
M A N A G E R

Production orders progress

Scheduled production orders

Productivity by person

Supplies inventory

Products inventory

K I T C H E N · M A N A G E R

K I T C H E N
M A N A G E R

Production order progress

Scheduled production orders

Productivity by person

Supplies inventory

Media inventory

After analyzing both situations and requirements, we decided to create 2 different softwares that work seamless with the other. One to have a record of all the tracking metrics from the RFID tags for management and other for the employees to integrate information that can only be captured by human hands during the.

Design challenges

How might we set up the steps to follow in an intuitive way for our users?

How might we create a whole experience for our customers? (B2B)

How might we guarantee the usage of the widget across different platforms?

Design challenges

How might we set up the steps to follow in an intuitive way for our users?

How might we create a whole experience for our customers? (B2B)

How might we guarantee the usage of the widget across different platforms?

Design challenges

How might we set up the steps to follow in an intuitive way for our users?

How might we create a whole experience for our customers? (B2B)

How might we guarantee the usage of the widget across different platforms?

Design challenges

How might we set up the steps to follow in an intuitive way for our users?

How might we create a whole experience for our customers? (B2B)

How might we guarantee the usage of the widget across different platforms?

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One of the challenges was that most of our users have to use gloves in their daily jobs along that they're used that all of their records are on paper, so we have to did different types of user testings in order to figure out the best UI option for them.

To achieve this, we researched about what kind of gloves did they use, if our users had some kind of disability (visual or motor) since most of the workers of the lab were elderly people (+55 yo). This point was something that at the beginning we didn't had in mind since no one of the stakeholders mentioned it, we figure it out until we traveled to their warehouse and saw their labs in person.

This situation make me understand that even if my principal user for that software is gonna be the manager (42 yo), we had to consider all the users that are going to be involved in the whole process to develop an ergonomic and functional design.

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D E S I G N & P R O T O T Y P E

D E S I G N &
P R O T O T Y P E

01 PLANNING TOOL

This tool was designated to the Kitchen Manager, and it covers al their necessities including:
· Production tracking
· Materials inventory
· Warehouse working hours
· Production statistics per crop

01 PLANNING TOOL

02 PRODUCTION TOOL

This tool was designated to the Laboratory Manager, and it covers al their necessities including:
· Creation and tracking of production orders
· Orders roadmap
· Orders crop planning

02 PRODUCTION TOOL

This tool was designated to the Laboratory Manager, and it covers al their necessities including:
· Creation and tracking of production orders
· Orders roadmap
· Orders crop planning

02 PRODUCTION TOOL

This tool was designated to the Laboratory Manager, and it covers al their necessities including:
· Creation and tracking of production orders
· Orders roadmap
· Orders crop planning

02 PRODUCTION TOOL

This tool was designated to the Laboratory Manager, and it covers al their necessities including:
· Creation and tracking of production orders
· Orders roadmap
· Orders crop planning

E A R L Y · T E S T I N G

During the alpha testing, there were some missing data because of the records are still in paper, and by having a laboratory and warehouse where the workers manage water, soil and gel, some of the papers got damaged or even lost. The usage of the RFID tags was essential and we needed to still find a way to encourage the lab and warehouse team to start getting ride of the paper work and record everything in the tag in a easier way.

We decided to integrate the usage of tablets and scans to the lab and warehouse team.

With the introduction of this hardwares, we allow almost the whole company to record their work and track it using the RFID tags of each crop.

Starting from the lab, each petri box had a record of batch, amount and variation of the crop. When they moved it into soil also the pots have that record, the managers to also track the humidity levels, temperature and weight of the crop allowing them to take informed decisions if an specific batch had different levels than the others. This RFID tags, also have a record in the harvest and during the transportation to the dispensaries where all the batches, amount and also weight have to match end-to-end.

N E X T · S T E P S

Both projects tools were successfully tested and implemented in their production process.

Last metrics that we collected imply that their company increase their productivity 135% and their crop loss decrease in 25%.

App was implemented until September 2019.

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