Geert Jans is a data specializer . Not one who only works from behind his desk , but one who has a lot of experience in gardening , as well as in nursery . He now utilise that experience as the possessor of his own fellowship Gradata . He launched it on the market in week 19 and is already working on his first Book of Job .
Geert has carried out data project for several horticultural companies in the past . " I adopt up industrial plant assessment projects and helped growers process , analyze , and present datum . " He did this in Excel dashboards and will also do so from Gradata . " I do n’t write software package myself , but I do create something . Even with all the accounting and software program programme already out there , there is always a pauperism for a patch of customization . "
With Gradata , the data specialist can work anywhere . " I already carry out projects for self - engage people . They do n’t ferment in gardening . " He is also already in contact with an international party , who is from the horticulture sector . Geert ’s root are also in that sphere . He take a horticultural grooming course . " farm plant life gives me an awful luck of push . I also speak the language of horticulturists . "
Draft paperAfter his last salaried horticultural line of work , he noticed from basic conversations that there is a great need in gardening for anatomical structure and more insight into cultivation . " Then I thought , that ’s what I ’m in effect at , that ’s what I care to do , and that ’s what I have a hang for , " he enounce .
He never ceases to be amazed at what is sometimes still being work out on flake paper . This is specially vernacular with entrepreneur who have to do without the help of all variety of ' in - house ' specialist team . " Moreover , you see that as long as things are still going well financially , people do n’t zoom in so much on the detail . "
At a glanceUntil it does become necessary , for example , with the outbreak of the energy crisis , then it turns out that extracting details from data point is not so easy . It is then up to Geert to use Gradata to gather and present info in such a way that it is well-defined at a glance . " By presenting information in such a way that it is sluttish to understand , hoi polloi can also make more informed choices together . "
By the style , it is certainly not only the ' belittled ' companies or sole traders that are struggling with data point . large company are also progressively need to get a good handle on things , he notes . " When it comes optimise large numbers and declamatory area , it can accelerate the process considerably . "
Can he give an example of that ? " If you recognize at what amount of light and at what temperature you’re able to create a certain speed for your plant , and therefore abridge the cultivation meter , as well as the costs involved , then you’re able to make the ideal retort . " For example , about whether or not to wrick on grow lights ? Geert nods . " you may make figuring for that . " count with vary price is a challenge , though . " Especially if the grower consider on barren patronage for sale . Then you sometimes have to make Assumption of Mary . "
graphic representation of strawberry mark miscellany issue per kilogram per hectare
Do n’t lose sight of practiceThe grower , who often has many thing on his plate at once , is not incisive on such complex calculations but must make the decisions . " An account program can do an awful lot but ca n’t make light or temperature figuring and order the best - grow strategy . " The same goes for separate cost - cost calculations . " That does n’t always work in survive method of accounting political platform either . "
He hasten to say that he can not do everything himself either . " You judge to answer as many question as possible . Or provide an Excel format in which growers can enter data themselves and work with it . "
Example of an input formatting with an overview of labor costs , take , and other data recorded at a strawberry farm .
When Geert was still at school day , data was not nearly as prevalent as it is now . " Cost calculations were used , but not nearly as intensively as now , " he says . Also relatively new are Het Nieuwe Telen ( The New Cultivation ) and sure enough the RTR , the radiation sickness to temperature proportion , which cultivator are being introduce to . Geert also abide by those growth and is conversant with them . " Then you could calculate at how much light and at what temperature you are work to see a exercising weight increase in yield . "
Gradata can also help make data point insightful here . " You should never lose sight of practice because , on paper , it can all be correct . You always have feelers , the hoi polloi in the greenhouse , and you should never lose sight of them , " the data point specializer does focus .
VarietyGeert hopes he can find the symmetry between greenhouse and the role because he is also a practical gentleman . " That ’s just part of it , too , and it ’s fun . you may see or read it from a covert , but the good cultivators walk in the glasshouse . If you do n’t make yourself comfortable in the greenhouse , the plants probably wo n’t wish it either . "
However , he does see an increasing role for data point . " You regularly see about varieties that they ' do n’t do so well ' because they ' do n’t like cold or wetness . ' But what is warm for one cultivator , and what is besotted for another ? You have to measure that , get it on that , and unite numbers to that so it ’s clear to everyone . I can help companies with that . " By the style , still salaried as well , if company want . " I am flexible and open for a no - obligation cupful of coffee . "
For more data : Geert JansGradataKerkstraat 335863 AP , BlitterswijckTel . : +31 ( 0 ) 6 48 96 92 41[email protected]www.gradata.nl
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