INFT 5020 - ArchiFarm Case Study: Livestock Management Architecture

This document provides a detailed solution to the ArchiFarm case study, focusing on enterprise architecture within a dairy farming context. It begins with a stakeholder analysis, identifying key stakeholders, their drivers, and strategic goals. The solution then delves into ArchiFarm's business functions, categorizing them into input, processing, output, and support activities, and mapping the information flow. Furthermore, it outlines the business processes related to human resources, finance, feeding/milking, maintenance, and healthcare. The information architecture is analyzed, highlighting external data operation systems and the governing information system. The document also details application usage, application cooperation, and data dissemination, including the software and systems used for data governance, processing, storage, and management. The analysis concludes by summarizing the essential elements of ArchiFarm's operations and the technologies employed.

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ArchiFarm Case Study
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Table of Content
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Business Function......................................................................................................................5
Business Processes.....................................................................................................................0
Information Architecture............................................................................................................0
Application Usage......................................................................................................................0
Application Cooperation............................................................................................................0
Data Dissemination....................................................................................................................1
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Introduction
ArchiFarm is a diary producer who operates three production sites by performing
milking, feeding and maintenance process. Analysis of their exiting operation is very
essential to successfully executed their operational transition in healthcare monitoring
system. Initially the paper will represent stakeholder analysis process and their drivers and
the goal of the strategic stakeholder management for each of the stakeholders. After that, the
Business Functions, Business Processes, Information Architecture, Application Usage,
Application Cooperation and Data Dissemination are represented.The purpose of this paper
is to analyse the existing business operation architecture and information handling process of
the ArchiFarm from various point of views through utilising the ArchiMate representation.
Stakeholder and Drivers
A business in Dairy or Live stock industry stakeholders and their drivers plays an essential
role in the business process management, quality maintenance, change management,
improvement, procurement and other essential operation. The diary and live stock business
of ArciFarm comprises the internal operators, external influencers and the tertiary
participants within the business process. The primary stakeholders are directly and intenrnaly
involved in business operation of ArchiFarm, the secondary stakeholders are the external
influencer and the tertiary stakeholders are the regulators.
Stakeholders Drivers Stakeholder type Strategic goals
CEO Increasing profit margin by effective
decision making and developing
policy
Internal and
Primary
Keeping
Informed
Board of director Improving performance level and
efficiency with effective decision
making and imposing policies
Internal and
Primary
Keeping
Informed
Site managers of Delivering effective management Internal and Keeping

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head quarter and 2
additional sites
procedure and improve in carrier path Primary informed
Office employees Delivering quality performance in
data processing and HR activities
ensuring promotion with
organisational profitability
Internal and
Primary
Manage Closely
Farm workers Delivering quality performance in
farm management and ensuring
promotion with organisational
profitability
Internal and
Primary
Manage Closely
Maintenance Unit in
head quarter
Delivering quality performance in
maintenance operations in Main site
while ensuring promotion with
organisational profitability
Internal and
Primary
Manage closely
External
maintenance service
providers and
contractors of 2
minor sites
Delivering quality service to
ArchiFarm in exchange with money
and making profit
External and
Primary
Monitor
Contracted
Distributor
Delivering quality logistic
transportation in exchange with
money while making profit
External
Secondary
Monitor
Local Animal Feed
Producers and
suppliers
Supply feed products in exchange
with money while making profit
External
Secondary
Monitor
Technological
equipments and
service providers
Supply automatic feeding, milking
and monitoring machines in exchange
with money while making profit
External
Secondary
Monitor
Government
Authorities and
regulators
Checking the quality products and
organisational policies and taking
legislative initiatives
External Tertiary Keeping
Satisfied
Retailers and
customers
Ordering product in exchange with
money complying with their budget
estimation
External Primary Keeping
Satisfied
Local community Making good social relationship with
the company
External and
Tertiary
Keeping
satisfied
Power or High Government and
Authorities
Customers CEO
Board of
Directors

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Influence Medium Suppliers
Distributors
Managers
Low Local Community Employees
Low Medium High
Impacts of changes

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Business Function
The business functions of ArchiFarm are divided into three separate sections namely,
input or supplying, processing and output or distributing. Apart from that supporting is
another business operation that is being performed by the company internally and also by
outsourcing for the two NSW minor production sites. The processing functions comprises the
automatic cow milking and feeding procedure. During this process the feeding department
inform the management about the required feeding materials and the timings.
Another essential part of the processing is distribution that includes the dealing with
customers as well as the distributors. It is also associated with the sales, that includes
receiving the order details and reporting to the data management unit which is the head
quarter situated at Sydney. Another essential internal function is health checking of cows that
functioned by health diagnosis teams regularly in all three production sites.
Two major differences between HQ and minor sites are:
 HQ has automatic advance Milking system that the 2 minor production sites do not
have
 HQ has their own maintenance unit for technical purpose, however the minor
production sites require to outsource the maintenance facility by outsourcing
As per the information system configuration of the functionalise data processing and
governance system is maintained by the head quarter. However the minor production sites
control the maintenance operation as per the instruction from the Head Quarter. The
Information Technology Service provider interchange the technical information with the
managerial unit.

Supply/Input
Support
Process
Distribution/output
Target Customer
Local Feed
Producers
Technical
Equipment
suppliers
Maintenance
Feeding
Milking
Maintenance Contractor
IT and communication service
providers
Distributors
Retails
Super market
chains
Feeding products
Automatic machines
Packed and bottled milk
Equipment and facilities maintenance
Data processing and communication
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Value chain point of view

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Information flow point of view

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Supply/Input
Target Customer
Local Feed
Producers
Technical
Equipment
suppliers
Process
Head Centre
2 NSW
production sites
Support
Maintenance Contractor
IT and communication service
providers
Distribution/output
Distributors
Retails
Super market
chains
Deliverable details and price
Confirmation and cost
Information of maintenance requirement
Deliverables and prices
Information of feed requirement
Delivery Location and quantity
Order Details
Billing and payment details

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Business Processes
The business process of ArchiFarm are divided into five separate sections namely,
Human Resource Management, Finance/Accounts, .Feeding/milking management,
Maintenance and healthcare system. Apart from that, the data processing Unit is responsible
for hosting the business server, record handling and other governing process. Any changes in
the business operation will change the human resource by modifying the recruiting and
training system. Similarly changing in health monitoring system can change the data
monitoring and reporting system of heath diagnose and reporting unit.
Another essential part of the processing is financing system that includes the bufget
making price generating and other essential operation. The billing system is maintained by
the finance department. The distribution system does not contribute in the internal operation,
therefore is not considered in the processing system of the ArchiFarm Company.

Human
Resource
Management
Finance and
Accounts
Feeding and milking
management
Facility and
maintenance
Livestock healthcare
management
Data Processing
Information
handling
Recruiting & Training
Budget planning
Payroll
Feeding and Milking cow
Operating feeding and milking machine
Employee Relation Data processing
Hosting online server
Generating Report
Report to upper management
Diagnose the health condition of cows
Uploading information to Server
Maintain equipments and facilities Reporting to management
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Information Architecture
The Information Architecture has six external data operation systems which are also
knows as interfaces namely, Milking information system, feeding information, Livestock
investigation information, sales information system, Logistic information system . Apart from
that the governing information system which is also identified by the information
Administration is management interface.
The external information including the ordering and distributing are uploaded in
external server and the internal data including deeding, milking and maintenance are
uploaded in the internal information server. The uploaded information are processed by
DBMS system and stored in the physical database storage. The sorted data then analysed by
the data governance system maintained by the administrative department and managerial
section of the business. The information distribution system controlled by the database
management system integrated in the virtual memory unit.