You already know good machine setup and maintenance maximises machine performance, your data is no different!
Digital setup is the creation of physical assets like field boundaries, guidance lines, equipment, products (e.g. chemicals, fertiliser and seed) and operators in the digital ecosystem. We call this standard list of assets ‘master setup data’.
The fact is, good setup can take time, but the great news is it only needs to be done once and maintained each season if anything has changed.
Once created, your master data can be leveraged by people, equipment and partners across your entire digital ecosystem. This makes other activities such as planning, execution, monitoring and analysis more streamlined, enabling you to measure performance more consistently year-after-year, leading to better decisions.

To get the most from the system we recommend you set up both connected and non-connected equipment you’re going to use.
Your connected equipment should automatically be in your account, so you’ll just need to add the non-connected equipment you want to see.
If you want to get the location of non-connected equipment you can use Mobile Location Tracking within Operations Center mobile on your phone to update the equipment location. You can also use Mobile Location Tracking to keep an eye on your staff, which can help if you’re concerned about their safety at any time.
Having equipment set up correctly in John Deere Operations Center™ unlocks a number of opportunities to improve your efficiency such as:

In the real world, land is your greatest asset. And in a digital world it’s no different. The Land tool is where you will set up and maintain all your land assets such as Fields, Boundaries, Guidance Lines and Flags.
Setting up your location data in Operations Center web before your operators get to the field saves your team time and increases fieldwork precision from pass to pass. This information can be reused across field operations over time.
You can create all of these Land Assets in Land, or you can create them on a display in the field and import them into the Land tool in Operations Center. Whether you create them in Land or in the field depends on what you want to use the assets for.

Best practice is to create Boundaries and Guidance Lines in the field using RTK accuracy as this is accurate to 2.5 cm and repeatable over time. You should use this method if you want to use machine automation features like Section Control, AutoTrac™ Turn Automation, or Boundary Track.

However, if you only want to use Boundaries for record keeping, and you don’t require accurate and repeatable Guidance Lines, then you can create these in the Land tool or import them from another source, which can be much faster and easier.

Good planning means fewer mistakes. If your team knows what they need to do when they get to the field, they can get going faster.

Digital plans are the creation of work tasks to be completed during the season. You plan your season’s work on your computer or mobile device, and then use your equipment, assets and people to complete the work. For example, if need to apply nitrogen to a field, or group of fields, at 50 kg/ha, we would consider this a single work task that would incorporate the following:

When you get to the field, you just want to get stuck in. But collecting quality data means the operator must set up the display correctly. With Work Planner, this process is faster than ever!
Work Planner allows you to plan and prioritise work that needs to be completed, either in the office or on-the-go, and then send these plans directly to your display in the cab. When the operator enters a field, they’re immediately notified of the work that needs to be completed, which they can then accept to automatically configure the display to execute the job accurately.
The Setup Builder tool is an alternative option for you to load your machine displays with the key information required for operators to complete the work in the field. Using Setup Builder you can select the Land, Equipment, Products and Operators required to complete the work or operation type and then send this Setup file wirelessly to the display. Unlike Work Planner however, there is no ability to plan or schedule specific work tasks, or for operators to be prompted with specific work details as they enter the field.

Maintaining your equipment keeps your operation running and minimises costly downtime.

Maintenance is a tool in John Deere Operations Center™ web that allows you to create preventative maintenance plans for your machines, set up alerts for upcoming tasks, and track repairs whether you have a few machines or an entire fleet.

When you’re in the field, you only get one chance to get it right. Getting the work done on time and with precision is the most important job you can do, but you can’t be everywhere. Monitoring what’s happening in near real time gives you the ability to ensure the work is being done right when you can’t be in the cab.

There’s no doubt that getting the crop in the ground at the right time and in precisely the right place is the key to getting any crop off to the right start. Precise placement of seed and nutrients requires precise control of equipment, and once you have everything set up you want the peace of mind of knowing it’s still working precisely the way you want it to. This is where our suite of precision monitoring and control tools come in.

The value of our Monitor tools include:

When the job’s finished, you want to know if you were successful. Our analysis tools help you understand what worked well and where you have opportunities to improve.

A wise man once said, “You only get about 40 seasons to farm in your lifetime. If you don’t learn something every season, you’re not doing it right.” If you’ve made it this far it’s likely you already know the value of analysis. It’s why you collected the data in the first place. So, let’s just get into it!