Modelagem de um sistema de informação para suporte a tomada de decisão : um estudo de caso no agronegócio

Abstract

In the current context, efficiency and technological innovation are essential for competitiveness in any business, and the livestock sector is no exception, especially in beef cattle farming. Globalization and the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have pressured the agricultural sector to adopt more modern and efficient practices to meet the demands of an increasingly demanding and competitive market. Information systems (IS) play a crucial role in supporting decision-making, offering tools that allow managers to analyze data more accurately and quickly, optimizing production and reducing operational costs. However, the adoption of these systems faces significant challenges as they need to be user-friendly and accessible to managers. Given this, the main objective of this work is to design an Information System (IS) aimed at supporting decision-making in agribusiness, specifically in beef cattle farming, to make its usability more suitable and attractive to agricultural managers. In the agribusiness context, the adoption of Information Systems (IS) by cattle ranchers is often limited due to a lack of simplicity, difficulty in updates, and inadequacy to the sector's specific needs. This work can contribute to the adoption of new technologies in agribusiness, facilitating cattle data management on farms through a tool called Power BI. An information system was developed to support decision-making on a farm named Girassol, located in Quevedos-RS. After collecting data about the cattle's life on this property through interviews with the farm manager, an E-R (Entity–Relationship) modeling was developed to capture, organize, and make essential farm information available to the manager. With the collected data, interactive dashboards were developed to enable the farm manager to use them for decision-making.