> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-cbf.growthtak.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What is GrowTak?

> A plain-language overview of GrowTak and the contract-farming workflow it supports.

GrowTak is a management system for **broiler poultry contract farming**. In this model, a company (the *integrator*) supplies day-old chicks, feed, and medicine to independent farmers, who grow the birds on their farms. When the birds are ready, the company lifts and sells them, and pays each farmer a **Grower Contract (GC)** amount based on how well the flock performed.

GrowTak keeps a complete record of every flock — called a **batch** — from the day chicks are placed to the day the batch is closed and the farmer is paid.

## What you can do with GrowTak

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Manage farmers & farms" icon="wheat-awn">
    Keep a directory of farmers, suppliers, and traders, each with contact details and farm location.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run batches" icon="layer-group">
    Create a batch for each flock, assign a supervisor, and track its full lifecycle and live performance.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track stock & money" icon="boxes-stacked">
    Record chick, feed, and medicine purchases and transfers, and see live stock and cost per batch.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capture daily field data" icon="calendar-day">
    Log feed consumption, mortality, body weight, and medicines — with optional GPS proof of the farm visit.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Calculate Grower Contracts" icon="scale-balanced">
    Compute each farmer's GC payment automatically using a configurable scheme, including incentives, penalties, and tax.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Report & analyse" icon="chart-column">
    Run more than 20 production, GC, and financial reports, all exportable to PDF and Excel.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The batch lifecycle

Almost everything in GrowTak revolves around the **batch**. A typical batch moves through these stages:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set up masters (once)">
    The admin configures products, a standard growth profile, a feed/vaccination program, and a GC scheme. This is done once and reused for every batch.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Place the chicks">
    A batch is created for a farmer and a **Bird Purchase** transaction records the chicks placed and their first-day weight.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Grow the flock">
    Every day, feed and medicine are supplied as needed, and the supervisor records a **Day Entry** with feed consumed, mortality, and body weight.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Lift & sell the birds">
    Near the end, birds are weighed and lifted through a **Lifting Intent**, which becomes a **Bird Sale**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Calculate GC & close">
    GrowTak calculates the **Grower Contract** payment, the farmer is paid (less any loan), and the batch is **closed**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How a company's data is kept separate

GrowTak is **multi-tenant** — each company's data (farmers, batches, transactions, products, and settings) is completely isolated from every other company. When you log in, you only ever see your own company's information. A company can customise its own transaction labels, menu, GC schemes, and settings without affecting anyone else.

## Who does what

| Role              | Typical work                                                          | What they can see                 |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| **Company admin** | Setup, masters, users, GC schemes, reports, closing batches, payments | Everything in the company         |
| **Supervisor**    | Daily entries, medicines, transactions, lifting on assigned farms     | Only the batches assigned to them |

<Tip>
  New to poultry terms like *FCR*, *lifting*, or *GC*? Read [Key concepts & glossary](/introduction/key-concepts) next.
</Tip>