Connect the field activity to the input it needs.
Connect field activity plans to input quantities, purchasing decisions and receipts.
How to build your farm input requisitions
Describe the job
Connect field activity plans to input quantities, purchasing decisions and receipts.
Review the first version
Choose how the farm coordinator records the Farm and how the farm manager reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
Follow Input FI-056 through the handoffs.
This fictional farm input requisitions example shows the ordinary handoff and the decision that remains open.
Farm input requisitions example
- Record
- Input FI-056
- Field
- North field
Current stage · Field supervisor
Connect the input to the field plan
A fictional supervisor requests 40 irrigation connectors for North field.
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Connect the input to the field plan
A fictional supervisor requests 40 irrigation connectors for North field.
- Record:
- Input FI-056
- Field:
- North field
Review the changed requirement
A revised field plan reduces the requirement to 32 before purchasing approval.
- Record:
- Input FI-056
- Original request:
- 40 connectors
Record the purchase decision
The manager records approval of the revised requirement and purchasing follows up.
- Record:
- Input FI-056
- Revised requirement:
- 32 connectors
Track partial receipt against the plan
Only 30 connectors arrive, leaving two outstanding against the approved 32.
- Record:
- Input FI-056
- Received:
- 30 connectors
What to include in your farm input requisitions
Keep the Farm in context
Keep Farm, field, growing season, planned activity, input, requested quantity, required date, buyer and received balance together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A sample supervisor requests 40 irrigation connectors for North field. A revised field plan reduces the requirement to 32 before purchasing approval.
Keep received balance visible
Keep the outstanding input quantity visible for the planned activity.
Choose what each person needs
Give the farm coordinator a working view and the farm manager a review view. Keep Farm and field attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about farm input requisitions
Start with Farm, field, growing season, planned activity, input, requested quantity, required date, buyer and received balance. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.
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