FlockFiler Pro: Now in Public Beta Testing
FlockFiler Pro is a computer database that a farm can use to keep records about sheep. It is suitable for any shepherd and with flocks of any size. Compared to FlockFiler Lite, FlockFiler Pro has more features and is geared toward commercial operations or shepherds with more involved record keeping and record analysis needs.
FlockFiler Pro is under development. The beta release is available to the public for testing and feedback.
FlockFiler Pro is for in-depth record keeping, reporting, and analysis including sales, expenses, and customer info. FlockFiler Pro will cost $295.95 for new users.
FlockFiler Pro can load in all of your FlockFiler Lite records so upgrading to Pro is simple. Anybody interested in Pro should purchase FlockFiler Lite at this time. Licensed users of FlockFiler Lite may upgrade to FlockFiler"Pro for $245.95. This $50 savings on the upgrade lets you recover the entire cost of your FlockFiler Lite license. You may even discover that FlockFiler Lite covers all of your needs and you don't need the added benefits of FlockFiler Pro.
FlockFiler Pro has all the features of FlockFiler Lite along with:
- Financial
- Track sales of sheep, wool, and other sheep related goods in detail
- Track expenses
- Financial reporting
- Customer contact info and purchase history
- Log Entries can appear on a calendar display to examine past events and plan future ones
- Unlimited, dated records of
- weight
- body condition score
- foot condition score
- FAMACHA (under eyelid color)
- fecal egg count
- health tests
- breeding activity
- pregnancy tests
- Calculates weight gain and plots weight over time along with the average of the group.
- Calculates Wright's coefficient of inbreeding (considering all generations).
- Calculates Wright's coefficient of relationship between two sheep (considering all generations).
- Mix up to six different feeds and FlockFiler Pro can calculate the resulting nutrient values.
- Exchange sets of sheep records with other users using the Flock-It-To-Me feature (e.g., provide the computer records to the new owner of the sheep you sell).
- Calculates breeding and production statistics for
lambs, ewes, and rams to help in making management decisions.
- Lifetime lambing percentage
- Lifetime weaning percentage
- Adjusted 60-day weight
- Average daily weight gain
- And more
- Results and awards from showing your sheep at fairs and festivals.
- Store an unlimited library of images or complete computer files with searchable descriptions and connections to specific sheep records.
- Custom reporting letting you design your own
- 1-column, 2-column, and 4-column lists
- full page report like a form letter
- customize what information appears on a 5-generation pedigree
- And much more...
Additional feature suggestions/requests are welcome.
Send them to suggestions@flockfiler.com.
Since it uses the award-winning FileMaker 8.5 database, the computer system requirements are steeper compared to FlockFiler Lite. FlockFiler Pro needs a newer computer running Windows 2000, XP, or Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
FlockFiler Lite and FlockFiler Pro are products of
Cosmic Consulting.
info@flockfiler.com (540) 888-0008