Automated recording and reporting of animal weights and growth

Purpose

1.1. Ensure all animal weights and growth data are captured digitally and automatically, streamlining reporting for compliance, billing, and operational oversight.
1.2. Facilitate real-time and historical tracking per animal for optimized herd health, feed efficiency analysis, and contractual reporting for grazing lease clients.
1.3. Integrate multiple data sources (manual entry, IoT scales, mobile apps) into unified dashboards, ensuring transparent records for audits and client communications.
1.4. Minimize human errors by automating data capture and alerts for anomalies, automating periodic growth reports, and syncing with finance or CRM systems.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New weight recorded by digital scale API endpoint.
2.2. Manual input via mobile form app submission.
2.3. Scheduled interval (e.g., weekly auto-fetch from IoT device).
2.4. Batch import from CSV or Excel sheet uploaded to cloud storage.
2.5. Sensor/IoT threshold breach (e.g., abnormal weight variation alert event).

Platform variants

3.1. Twilio
• Feature: Programmable SMS API—Trigger SMS to handler upon new weight event; sample: POST /Messages for alerting.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature: Mail Send endpoint—Auto-email weight/growth reports; sample: POST /mail/send with dynamic templates.
3.3. Google Sheets
• Feature: Sheets API v4—Append row for each animal weight entry; sample: spreadsheets.values.append.
3.4. Salesforce
• Feature: REST API—Create/Update Animal custom object; sample: PATCH /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/Animal__c.
3.5. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature: “When a new response is submitted” + “Add row to Excel”—No-code chain for weigh-in data.
3.6. Airtable
• Feature: Records API—Auto-insert/update Growth table; sample: POST /v0/{baseId}/{tableName}.
3.7. Zapier
• Feature: Webhooks—Receive scale POST, parse, route; sample: Webhooks by Zapier “Catch Hook.”
3.8. Dropbox
• Feature: Files Upload endpoint—Store raw CSV weigh-in logs; sample: /2/files/upload.
3.9. Monday.com
• Feature: Boards API—Log weight as pulse update; sample: POST /v2 with mutation to update item.
3.10. AWS Lambda
• Feature: API Gateway trigger—Run growth calculation on data input; sample: Lambda handler for API event.
3.11. Google Data Studio
• Feature: Data Connector—Sync Google Sheets/BigQuery data for dashboards.
3.12. Notion
• Feature: Database API—Insert/update animal record; sample: POST /v1/pages with properties.
3.13. Slack
• Feature: Incoming Webhooks—Send daily/weekly growth summary to channel.
3.14. HubSpot
• Feature: CRM API—Associate animal growth with contact/company; sample: POST /crm/v3/objects.
3.15. Xero
• Feature: Accounting API—Auto-generate invoices based on growth milestones for lease clients.
3.16. QuickBooks
• Feature: API—Attach weigh-in log to expense/invoice; e.g., POST /v3/company/{companyId}/invoice.
3.17. Tableau
• Feature: Tableau Prep—Connect raw CSV for visualizations, set up scheduled extract.
3.18. Smartsheet
• Feature: Rows API—Add new row per weigh-in; sample: POST /sheets/{sheetId}/rows.
3.19. Mulesoft
• Feature: DataWeave flow—Orchestrate and transform input from different endpoints for systems sync.
3.20. Oracle Cloud Integration
• Feature: REST Adapter—Automate ingest to ERP; sample: Configure REST trigger for weight data.

Benefits

4.1. Removes manual data entry, saving time and reducing errors.
4.2. Unifies records for all stakeholders—farmers, lease-holders, vets—in real time.
4.3. Enables timely alerts for abnormal weight or growth trends, ensuring proactive animal health management.
4.4. Automates regulatory and client reporting, supporting audits and contractual obligations.
4.5. Facilitates transparent and defensible billing linked to real data.