To exceed regulatory requirements and automate its business processes, Murphy-Brown turned to Intermec partner Taylor Data Systems to architect a field service solution coined the Livestock Waste Management System (LWMS). The LWMS utilizes Intermec CN2 and 741 mobile computers allowing land technicians to collect data in real time to streamline record keeping functions.
As the livestock production subsidiary of the global food giant Smithfield Foods, Murphy-Brown, LLC, is the world's largest hog producer and a leading U.S. turkey producer as well. Through partnerships with contract farmers and its own farms, the company maintains approximately one million sows, with 85 percent based in the United States. Its U.S. operations bring nearly 13 million hogs to market annually. In addition, its turkey operations produce about 10 million turkeys a year. Aside from its 500 company-owned hog farms in the U.S., Murphy-Brown also has hog operations in Brazil, Mexico, Poland and Romania.
In its search for a solution to automate its business processes, Murphy-Brown turned to Intermec partner Taylor Data Systems to architect a field service solution coined the Livestock Waste Management System (LWMS). The LWMS utilizes Intermec CN2 and 741 mobile computers allowing land technicians to collect data in real time. The system is currently deployed in Murphy-Brown's North American East Coast operations.
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