Ensure Efficient and Timely Ordering
Feed is the single largest cost in any animal production operation, and effective ordering is crucial to helping control costs and enhance performance.
Wenger Feeds offers worry-free ordering with Feed Optimizer®, a software program that allows our customer service department to automatically place feed orders.
To get started, a customer provides Wenger’s with his/her feed inventory. The company matches a customer’s feed needs and feed budget to help insure correct ordering. In addition to adhering to the feed budget, automatic ordering also frees time in the busy day of any grower.
Wenger’s broiler customers have been especially pleased with this tool as it helps all growers adhere to the approved feed budget of starter, grower, and finisher feeds. A turkey version of Feed Optimizer® is currently being tested.
While Feed Optimizer® is available to any broiler grower who wishes to use it, Wenger’s does require a test period to insure the tool will work for each grower.
To date, nearly 50 farmers are using the tool. As Customer Service Coordinator Jody Eisenbise notes, “It’s very easy to use, and a few of the growers have told me that they like it because it allows them to concentrate on other things on the farm.”
In addition to freeing time on the farm, the tool also aids Wenger’s manufacturing department. Jody continues, “I believe it helps the mills because they are getting the orders with at least 48 hours notice or more.”
The company continues to develop in-house tools and investigate new technology to help customers gain efficiencies on their farm.
