Problem
A mixed winter-crops enterprise in the Western Districts was re-keying planting and spray jobs between John Deere Operations Center and PTx FarmENGAGE — office and cab working from parallel truths.
Built
CropMaker
A custom reporting and AB line converter for JD Ops Center and FarmENGAGE data.
Reporting
AB lines
JD Ops Center
FarmENGAGE
Approach
Traced how plans move from account setup through task creation to the display. Aligned organisation boundaries, formats and seasonal handoffs so both platforms supported one shared schedule.
Outcome
Operators and agronomists referenced one schedule; guidance lines applied without re-keying the same job twice between office and cab.
Problem
Planting and spray jobs were being entered twice between office planning and field execution.
Idea
Treat the job as one operational thread instead of synchronising two separate versions after the fact.
Prototype
Mapped account, organisation, task and display handoffs to find where data stopped matching.
Outcome
Office and cab could reference one schedule without re-keying the same work.
What we learned
Integration is usually a workflow problem before it is an API problem. Clear ownership of each step made the technical connection durable.
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