Form C.

Project bi-weekly progress report

Bi-Weekly Progress Report

(Weeks No. __2__ - From 29/01/18 to 4/02/18)

Project Title Cowlar Go To Market Strategy

Supervisor Client Representative(s) Group Members
Syed Zahoor Hassan Umer Adnan Arslan Warraich
Hamza Islam
Hassan Khan
Muhammad Anns

Activities of current two weeks

Issues, if any Anticipated

Pending Tasks completed in
Students (current two issues, if any
tasks, if any current two weeks
weeks) (next two weeks)
Aligning interests
Visted 4 farms for
of all the
Pilot Testing which
stakeholders
Getting include:
involved in
questionnaire 1. Absolute Milk Farm
Some visits were installation and
approved by 2. Filk Milk Farms
delayed due to running of the
the client 3. Razgar Farms
Arslan Warraich farm owner’s pilot.
Report on Secondary Research
request Ensure
characteristics for questionnaire
availability of the
of potential formation and potential
agreed upon
pilots cost and revenue
number of
streams for dairy farms
devices for each
in Pakistan
pilot

Visit to
Islamabad.
Shortlisting Studied LUMS Dairy
of farms in Workshop Data in Some farms
Islamabad for Detail and Visited 3 owners were not
Cowler devices
Hamza Islam pilot. Study farms for Pilot Testing very open about
are not shipped.
existing pilots Secondary Research their operations and
in Islamabad for questionnaire practices.
and cowlars formation.
back end
operations

Visit to
Islamabad.
Cowler devices
Shortlisting
Coordination issues, are not shipped.
of farms in Visited 5 Farms for
with farm owners, Cowler might
Islamabad for primary research,
distance issues and disagree with the
Hassan Khan pilot. Study pilot feasibility, and
issues related to farm farms our team
existing pilots questionnaire
owners availability has shortlisted
in Islamabad purpose
and cow milking time due to farm
and Cowlars
infrastructure
back end
operations

Muhammad Anns Secondary Farm visits made to Last minute change Finding the fit
 research on observe farm of plans by farm between farms
RFID use in operations at the owners/managers, ideal of the pilot,
Pakistani following farms: visits rescheduled. with owners that
dairy farms 1. Bullehshah have a buy in in
Farms the process and
2. Naimat have farms that
Natural are easily
3. Hotiyana accessible from
Dairies Lahore.
4. Rao Ausaf Following up
Dairy Farm with the client for
Secondary research the availability
tech innovations in the and installation of
dairy sector of devices, with
Pakistan. there being only
one installation
team,
troubleshooting
might be an issue
if multiple
installations are to
be carried out
simultaneously.

Next Two Weeks’ Plan

Arslan: Shortlist farms and submit them for client's approval for the pilot. Should have an installation ready by end
of week 4.

Hamza: Plan Visit Islamabad, Conduct feasibility study for farm to have pilot. Shortlist farm, run pilot

Hassan: Visit Islamabad, Conduct feasibility study for farm to have pilot. Shortlist farm, run pilot

Anns: Shortlist farms and submit them for client's approval for the pilot. Should have an installation ready by end
of week 4.

Project Progress (Max 200 words)

As discussed between the concerned stakeholders, our group had started working on the data we had
gathered from our secondary research and developed a questionnaire which would be used to gather key
data points that would be used later in the project. Our planned visit to Islamabad had to be delayed due
to issues from the company side. We have completed our planned visits on farms in Lahore and also
identified potential 3-4 farms for where pilots can be conducted. We also have rescheduled our visit to
Islamabad in week 3 of MCP and will be both identifying and starting the pilot in this week.