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Managing batch programs is admin only. Find it under Master → Batch Programs.
A batch program is a reusable plan of which feed and medicine to give on which day of the flock’s life. Once a batch is linked to a program, GrowthTak CBF uses it to:
  • Project feed demand ahead of time (so you can order feed before it runs out).
  • Auto-detect the feed type when a supervisor records a day entry.
  • Drive the vaccine due alerts and report.
Your company starts with a Default Program; edit it or create your own.

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Building a program

Open a program (or select New batch program).

A batch program with its day-wise schedule.

Top fields: Program details — one row per scheduled item:
The on-screen hint says it clearly: “For Feed enter total quantity in grams. For medicines enter zero.” Feed rows drive feed projection; medicine/vaccine rows drive the vaccination schedule and alerts.
Feed phases are read as end days, so enter them as a rising ladder — for example Pre-Starter 7, Starter 14, Grower 21, Finisher 28. Each grade covers the days after the previous grade’s number, up to its own. Birds kept past the last day keep eating the last grade.
Use the clone and reorder controls to assemble the schedule quickly, then save.

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Feed projection method

The Feed projection method decides how feed projection turns this program into a feed forecast for every batch that uses it. Both methods multiply a per-bird figure by the batch’s live bird count and are deterministic — there is no usage calibration.
New programs default to Program quantity. With that method, every feed row must carry a Quantity per Bird greater than zero — the program won’t save until they do (medicine rows, which stay at 0, are exempt). Existing programs keep whatever method they already had.

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How the program is used on a batch

When you create a batch you pick one program. After that:
  • The batch’s Projection tab forecasts feed demand using the program plus the batch’s feed lead time and safety stock days, and warns you when to reorder. See Feed projection.
  • On each day entry, the Feed Type is pre-selected based on the program and the batch’s current age — the supervisor only changes it if a different feed was actually used.
  • The batch’s Daily Schedule tab shows the program laid out against the flock’s calendar.
A program that’s already used by a batch cannot be deleted. Set it to Inactive instead.