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Study looks at ways to enhance electronic NVDs

Beef Central, 15/04/2021

A STUDY investigating potential enhancements to the electronic National Vendor Declaration system has been completed.

The results of the study, gathering insights from members of the red meat supply chain, was conducted by the Integrity Systems Company, and are being used to develop solutions to enable offline capability and provide a more streamlined and user-friendly experience for eNVD users.

The Livestock Production Assurance electronic National Vendor Declaration (eNVD) is a system for completing all consignment forms digitally, including NVDs, animal health declarations, MSA declarations and NFAS forms.

The study examined user activities and experiences surrounding key aspects of livestock movements, including offline use, consignment, receival and system access for police, state departments and auditors.

The project was conducted over eight months last year, based on 51 interviews and 740 individual units of feedback obtained from participants in the red meat supply chain. Beef Central has received a number of complaints from producers about the use of eNVDs.

The study provided a range of key insights into the experiences and challenges encountered by producers and other stakeholders in the red meat value chain when moving livestock, an Integrity Systems Company report said.

It said the outcomes from the study had highlighted the need to:

  • Digitalise, connect and streamline consignment data
  • Improve offline capability for the system
  • Ensure common scenarios (e.g. multi-vehicle transport of livestock) are catered for by the eNVD system.

ISC said a series of improvements were being developed to respond to user needs, including a mobile app to enable offline access to the eNVD system as well as to ensure a more streamlined, accurate and user-friendly experience for eNVD users.

Future improvements to the eNVD system may also enable transporters to scan a QR code on a mobile app to receive a copy of the consignment completed for the livestock they are transporting.

Further studies will be undertaken to investigate the integration of all integrity services – including LPA, the National Livestock Identification System and Livestock Data Link – into the one digital solution for producers and other stakeholders in the value chain.

 

Source: ISC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Robin Steen, 15/04/2021

    Also remember that not all primary producers have or are up with your fast technology.

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