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TANZANIA LIVESTOCK MARKETING PROJECT
KILIMO/ MDB/ TLMP, Dar es Salaam
ADF Credit F/TAN/LVS/92/27
Danagro Adviser Copenhagen ref 352.26
Systems Analyst - Alexander Weir
Report February 1995
MIS - Management Information System Improvement

Alex Weir HomePage

INTRODUCTION 1999......................................Misd005.htm
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................Misd010.htm
PHOTOS-9 OFF......................................Misd011.htm
INTRODUCTION...........................................Misd020.htm
EXISTING SITUATION - THE MARKETS.......................Misd030.htm
EXISTING SITUATION - The MIS System................... Misd040.htm
AIMS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES............................ Misd050.htm
THE MIS Activity ......................................Misd060.htm
INFORMATION REPORTING, PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION..Misd070.htm
Perception of the Product by the Users + My Comment....Misd080.htm
PRESENTATION - THE BENCHMARK ANIMAL APPROACH...........Misd090.htm
OVERVIEW of the SAMPLING, and DATA RECORDING ACTIVITIES..Misd100.htm
SAMPLE SELECTION.......................................Misd110.htm
Sampling - My Comments.................................Misd120.htm
INITIAL DATA RECORDING.................................Misd130.htm
WEIGHING...............................................Misd140.htm
GRADING................................................Misd150.htm
GRADING PHOTO EXAMPLES - GRADES 0 THRU 4...............Misd151.htm
PRICING................................................Misd160.htm
THE 2 EXISTING COMPUTER SYSTEMS........................Misd170.htm
THE MARKER SYSTEM - HOW IT APPEARS TO WORK.............Misd180.htm
DATA TRANSLATION OF EXISTING SYSTEM DATA TO NEW SYSTEMS..Misd190.htm
The Moshi System.........................................Misd200.htm
The Integrated System....................................Misd210.htm
DATA QUALITY - AN EXAMINATION OF THE TRANSLATED DATA.....Misd220.htm thru Misd260.htm
THE SEARCH FOR SOUND ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES..............Misd270.htm thru Misd300.htm
ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL DATA..........................Misd310.htm
Thru Misd390.htm
BUYER DATA ANALYSIS......................................Misd400.htm And Misd410.htm
ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL DATA - SUMMARY................Misd420.htm
THE BENCHMARK SYSTEM - SOME GRAPHS AND COMMENTS..........Misd430.htm
HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS.................................Misd440.htm
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS...............................Misd450.htm
Addendum to Recommendations..............................Misd460.htm
FURTHER WORK.............................................Misd470.htm
APPENDIX A - RAW DATA FROM 2 PREVIOUS SYSTEMS............Misd480.htm
APPENDIX B - TERMS OF REFERENCE..........................Misd490.htm
APPENDIX C - ACCOUNT OF VISITS AND DISCUSSIONS...........Misd500.htm THRU Misd570.htm
APPENDIX D - THE CLIPPER SYSTEM..........................Misd580.htm
APPENDIX E - WORKED EXAMPLE..............................Misd590.htm
APPENDIX F - THE HELP SCREENS and MANUAL.................Misd600.htm
Graphs Follow from here:
AVERAGE EDIBLE WEIGHT PER ANIMAL........ Mis8001.htm THROUGH MIS8005.htm
B FACTORS (SLOPE OF LOG-LOG GRAPH PRICE VS. EDIBLE WEIGHT)..Mis8121.htm THROUGH MIS8135.htm

AVERAGE PRICE/EDIBLE KG AND AVERAGE PRICE/CARCASE KG...Mis8021.htm THROUGH MIS8030.htm
AVERAGE GRADE PER ANIMAL....Mis8041.htm THROUGH MIS8046.CHT
0% OF TOTAL ANIMALS WHICH ARE GRADE 0 OR GRADE 1...Mis8091.htm thru Mis8094.htm
AVERAGE AGE PER ANIMAL....Mis8031.htm thru Mis8034.htm
PERCENTAGES OF ANIMALS WHICH ARE STEERS, COWS AND BULLS...Mis8051.htm thru Mis8059.htm
YARDAGE, NUMBER SOLD, AND RATIO NR SOLD/YARDAGE...Mis8111.htm thru Mis8118.htm
SUPPLY REGIONS - MARKET SHARE,WEIGHT CHANGE, GRADE CHANGE....Mis9003.htm thru Mis9033.htm
BENCHMARK PRICES............. Mis9201.htm thru Mis9218.htm
PRICE PER KG EDIBLE FOR VARIOUS WEIGHT BANDS......Mis9221.htm thru Mis9226.htm
PRICE PER KG CARCASE WEIGHT........Index.htm thru Mis009.htm
PRICE PER KG CARCASE VS YARDAGE....Mis010.htm thru Mis011.htm
KG AVERAGE WEIGHT BY LOCATION AND YEAR......Mis1004.htm thru Mis1205.htm
AVERAGE AGE BY LOCATION AND YEAR............Mis2004.htm thru Mis2204.htm
AVERAGE LIVEWEIGHT BY LOCATION AND YEAR.....Mis4001.htm thru Mis4021.htm
AVERAGE PRICE PER ANIMAL BY LOCATION + YEAR...Mis4031.htm thru Mis4033.htm
AVERAGE PRICE PER KG EDIBLE...................Mis4051.htm thru Mis4053.htm
AVERAGE GRADE BY LOCATION + YEAR..............Mis4071.htm thru Mis4073.htm
AVERAGE AGE BY LOCATION + YEAR................Mis4101.htm thru Mis4103.htm
YARDAGE.......................................Mis4121.htm
SOLD..........................................Mis4131.htm
VALUE per Market Day..........................Mis4141.htm thru Mis4151.htm
EDIBLE KG PER MARKET DAY......................Mis4161.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE WEIGHT/STEER...................Mis3001.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE PRICE/STEER....................Mis3002.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE PRICE/EDIBLE KG................Mis3003.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE GRADE - STEERS.................Mis3004.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE AGE - STEERS...................Mis3005.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE SOLD AND YARDED................Mis3006.htm
ARUSHA-AVERAGE TOTAL VALUE/MARKET DAY.........Mis3007.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE WEIGHT/STEER...................Mis3101.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE PRICE/STEER....................Mis3102.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE PRICE/EDIBLE KG................Mis3103.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE GRADE - STEERS.................Mis3104.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE AGE - STEERS...................Mis3105.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE SOLD AND YARDED................Mis3106.htm
MOSHI-AVERAGE TOTAL VALUE/MARKET DAY.........Mis3107.htm
DAR-AVERAGE WEIGHT/STEER...................Mis3201.htm
DAR-AVERAGE PRICE/STEER....................Mis3202.htm
DAR-AVERAGE PRICE/EDIBLE KG................Mis3203.htm
DAR-AVERAGE GRADE - STEERS.................Mis3204.htm
DAR-AVERAGE AGE - STEERS...................Mis3205.htm
Note above data is effectively 1989 thru 1994 and data below is effectively 1990 through 1995 - (presented separately due to shortcomings in Harvard Graphics version 2.3).
DAR-AVERAGE WEIGHT/STEER...................Mis3301.htm
DAR-AVERAGE PRICE/STEER....................Mis3302.htm
DAR-AVERAGE PRICE/EDIBLE KG................Mis3303.htm
DAR-AVERAGE GRADE - STEERS.................Mis3304.htm
DAR-AVERAGE AGE - STEERS...................Mis3305.htm