Development of a Bio-Production Execution System for Agricultural Operations Management

An open-source bio-production execution system (BES) is proposed to bridge the information gap between the upstream system (center office) and the downstream systems (in-field machines/sensors) to facilitate upstream decision making. The architecture and the functions of the BES are illustrated. The functions of the BES are able to handle the information related to agricultural operations management (AOM). The implementation concerns for the BES regarding different aspects such as bio-production machines (BMs) and bio-production sensors (BSs) are discussed. The implementation of the Web-based user interface for the BES using an interpretive C-based CGI toolkit is described. The potential use of the BES in AOM is demonstrated through two application examples in pistachio harvesting and spraying operations.