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INFOSYS.110 BUSINESS SYSTEMS:

DELIVERABLE 2: BUSINESS SECTION
2014

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IRRIGATION AUTOMATION
SYSTEM(IAS)
INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, farmers are increasingly using pesticides, water and fertilizers into the
agricultural sector in the crop yield, It is harmful to the environment as fertilizer
and pesticide will cause pollutions of waterways. Lack of the knowledge and time
let farmers take less care of their crops. We discover a new way to solve the
problem, which will protect the environment as well as reducing farmers cost.
3.1 Vision
Using a control system that mixed properly amounts of water, fertilizer and
pesticide to irrigate crops.
3.2 Industry Analysis: Irrigation Automation Industry
Industry: Irrigation Automation System (IAS). A control system that mixed properly
amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticide to irrigate crops.
Force: High/Low: Justification:
Buyer power: High It shows a large range of ways for charging for
water that could be analyzed in light of the main
objectives that are dedicated to it by policymakers
and water managers: cost recovery, income
redistribution among users and water
conservation. (Thierry Rieu, 2006)
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Supplier power: High Facing the occasions of serious water shortage the
government provides quasi-markets in water,
realising intersectoral transfers between non-
agricultural sectors, and among LIDs, to improve
economic efficiencies. Serious water shortages
take place only once every ten years on average,
in limited areas and during limited periods.
(Hiroaki Kobayashi, 2006)
Threat of new entrants: High Japanese water management is characterised as
that of a property rights regime. Several
instruments have had decisive roles in improving
economic efficiencies, securing effective and
equitable cost recoveries, and abating conflicts
between non-agricultural sectors, under the
legislative framework that prohibits explicit
trading in water rights. (Hiroaki Kobayashi, 2006)
Threat of substitutes: Low Water for irrigation is a production input that is
used in farms jointly with other inputs land,
capital and managerial skills. Farmers respond to
both market and policies incentives, but need
time to adapt their production systems in
response to policy changes. (Alberto Garrido
2006).
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Rivalry among existing
competitors:
Low Increasing industrial and domestic water use will
further affect agricultural water supplies. So
Chinas agricultural water system is facing great
challenges. (Bin Lui, 2006).

Overall attractiveness of the industry: IAS controls the amounts and effectively
reduced the waste of water, pesticide, and fertilizers that is benefit to society and
the environment.
3.3 Customers and Their Needs
In general, the target customers of IAS is the farmer, the government. Farmer uses
the system to eliminate the cost of growing crops including the waste of water,
the excess of the fertilizer and pesticide. For the government, IAS could be used to
aggrandize social benefit such as hydraulic electrogenerating.
3.4 The Product and Service
IAS is the solution to control and automates the amount of water, concentration
and dosage of pesticide and fertilizer for each area of field. It is similar to a
sprinkler with sensors to measure the soil moisture level, OH level, and the
amount of nutrients in the soil.
Knowledge management system and groupware system is implemented to allow
farmers to share information and interact with each other.
3.5 Suppliers and Partners
Supplier may included the technical support as it is essential for IAS to enhance its
system so that it requires high-skilled people.
The government could be the partner with IAS because Cost-Benefit Analysis is
considered by the government as a future investment. Therefore the government
makes budgets support IAS to increase social benefit.
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3.6 Strategy: Benefit the society
As a return of the government, IAS could give its technology to them after funding
budgets to IAS. Throughout this technology, the government aimed to help out
farmers save the costs of water, pesticides and fertilizers. However, this project
owned by the government, it can either be charged or be free to the society.
IAS can also be sold to the foreign farmers and the foreign company. IAS make a
distinguished system help the foreign farmers to save costs of the waste. However,
it is a technical product and it will charge a lot to the foreign farmers which can
be affordable.
3.7 Value Chain Activity:

SUPPORT VALUE ACTIVITIES:
Human Resource Management: hiring technical talents.
Technology development: updating its system.
Customer service: Servicing for the foreign of farmers and government as well as
the domestic government.

PRIMARY VALUE ACTIVITIES:
Persuade the government
Make the product and the service
Deliver IAS to the domestic throughout electronic equipment
International selling
Service after the sale


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3.8 Business Processes

3.8.1.INSTRUCTIONAL IAS PROCESS:















Start
Irrigation
Automation
System
Customers
mixed the
solution
Crops reflected
through panel
remixed the
processes
Control pannel
bring out
minimized
water, pesticide
and fertilizers
No
yes
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3.8.2. MULTINATIONAL IAS PROCESS:














Sprinklers deliver
mixed solution
End IAS
Start
Irrigation
Automation
System
Obey the rules
of local
countries
Deliver IAS
management
Receive the
order from that
country
Adjust and fit on
rules
No
yes
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3.9 Functionalities
3.9.1. INSTRUCTIONAL IAS PROCESS:
Farmers with their learned knowledge that save time on taking care of crops.


3.9.2. MULTINATIONAL IAS PROCESS:
Globalization with IAS helped out saving more resources and solve more global
issues such as global warming.

3.10 Systems
3.10.1. INSTRUCTIONAL I AS PROCESS:
End IAS
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Collaboration IAS system is IAS based on IT that deliver value of the exact amounts
within waters, fertilizers and pesticide. This system helped out minimizing the
resource on processing.
Content IAS management system provides tools to manage the creation, editing
and publication of information in a Collaboration IAS environment, include
Knowledge management and Explicit knowledge (such as soil information
collection).

3.10.2. MULTINATIONAL IAS PROCESS:
Workflow IAS management System facilities the automation and management of
IAS process and control the movement of work. For example, computers can be
used to count the feedback of the foreign farmers.
IAS Customer relationship management involves managing all aspects of all foreign
farmers relationship with an organization to increase customer loyalty.







3.11. Summary Table: Value Chain to Systems




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Value Chain
Activity
Processes Functionalities Broad Information System(s)

Process Efficie-
ntly
1. INSTRUCTIONAL IAS PROCESS:
Farmers with their learned knowledge that save
time on taking care of crops.
Collaboration IAS System

Content IAS management System
2. MULTINATIONAL IAS
PROCESS
Globalization with IAS helped out saving more
resources and solve more global issues such as global
warming.
Workflow IAS management
system

IAS Customer relationship
management
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CONCLUSION
In conclusion, instructional IAS process allow farmers to learn knowledge that
save time on taking care of crops. Therefore, farmers could use saved time to
leisure.
Multinational IAS process let people avoid the waste of resources especially water.
Resource is limited but the desire of people is unlimited, more resource saved,
more desire could be satisfied.

REFERENCES

1. Thierry Rieu; Pages : 95106; Water and Agriculture,Sustainability, Markets and Policies, 23 Oct 2006
2. Hiroaki Kobayashi; Pages : 121136;Water and Agriculture,Sustainability; Markets and Policies, 23
Oct 2006
3. Hiroaki Kobayashi; Pages : 121136;Water and Agriculture,Sustainability; Markets and Policies, 23
Oct 2006
4. Frontiers in Water Resource EconomicsEditors: Renan-Ulrich Goetz, Dolors BergaISBN: 978-
0-387-30055-9 (Print) 978-0-387-30056-6 (Online)

5. Bin Lui; Pages : 197201;Water and Agriculture,Sustainability; Markets and Policies, 23 Oct 2006