Product information

MacMan is a management system to monitor and improve macadamia orchard profitability and nut quality. The MacMan products that are available to growers include:

• Simple yet comprehensive recording systems (computer software and diary) that allow growers to monitor orchard activity and satisfy customer's food safety and quality recording requirements.
• Reports and comparative analysis tools that can be used to analyse and compare the performance of the different parts of an enterprise.

The MacMan recording systems are available for a nominal charge to all levy-paying members of the Australian macadamia industry. Specialist training sessions are provided at scheduled times for users of the MacMan software.

Farm recording products

Good farm records provide a means of identifying and implementing best farm practices. They also enable growers to assure their customers that their food safety and quality requirements have been met.

The major MacMan product is the farm recording software. You can use the MacMan software to record information about the following:

• farms, blocks and plantings (or sub-blocks)
• employees
• customers and suppliers
• pests and diseases
• farm chemicals (including maintaining a stock inventory)
• storage vessels (such as silos)
• water sources (such as dams and creeks)
• orchard and shed jobs (spraying, pruning, dehusking etc)
• time sheet details
• production costs
• harvest yield details
• dehusking and sorting, resorting, transfer and dispatch details
• factory results (including kernel recovery, price, reject analysis)
• leaf and soil analysis results
• water quality analyses results
• pest and disease monitoring results
• weather details (including rainfall, temperature, relative humidity and cloudy days)
• growth cycles.

A MacMan diary has also been designed to enable users who prefer to use a paper-based system to keep the same records that the recording software. The two systems are complementary to enable growers who do not use a computer for farm recording at this stage to switch easily from the diary to the computer system when they are ready.

There are also 42 different reports that can be produced using the MacMan software. These include a number of highly visual trend and pie charts that enable you to see and compare important information at a glance.

Services

Specialist training sessions are available at scheduled times to all levy-paying members of the Australian macadamia industry using the MacMan software. Training consists of a full-day introductory session and a half-day follow-up session.

An email support service is also provided free of charge.

Best practice groups

Best practice groups of macadamia growers are being formed in major production regions. These groups are using reports generated by the MacMan farm recording software to analyse and compare the performance of their enterprises. This information is then used to improve their productivity and efficiency.

Specifications

The minimum computer requirements for MacMan are as follows:

• IBM compatible computer ⁺
• Microsoft Windows^® 2000 or later
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
• SVGA or higher resolution monitor (minimum resolution 800x600 pixels)
• about 50 megabytes (MB) of free storage (hard disk) space*.

+ MacMan will run on some MacIntosh computers using IBM emulation software. Contact your MacIntosh dealer for more information.

* Does not include space for your own farm records stored in MacMan.

Customer support

• Frequently asked questions
• Contact the MacMan team
• Mac-net discussion group

Pricing and ordering information

Please download and complete the correct order form from the downloads section below and send it, together with your payment, to the MacMan Team at the address on the form.

Software prices

All prices include postage, handling and GST (if applicable).

Prices are as follows:

• levy payers - A$35.75* (the purchase price includes training, subject to availability. Please allow at least 21 days for delivery)
• international customers - A$700 (per licence. Our preferred method of payment from international customers is credit card)
• non-levy payers - A$770 (per licence).

* The AMS subsidises the cost of the software for Australian macadamia producers.

Manual prices

Copies of the latest version of the MacMan manual are also available to existing MacMan for $29.70 (this includes GST and postage and handling).

Please note:

• a separate licence is required for each copy of MacMan to be installed.
• the software is delivered on compact disc, which includes a user manual in Acrobat (PDF) format that provides help on using all aspects of the MacMan program.
• the price includes technical support via email for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase.

Downloads

• MacMan order form (PDF, 213 kB)
• MacMan recording templates
  Recording sheet templates for the MacMan farm diary that can be used to customise and print your own recording sheets
• MacMan best practice group results
  Summary of key performance indicator results from the best practice groups for 2001 to 2009

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