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4.10 Industry Consultation
The beta version of the program was made available for industry use in November 2010. Several industry participants were invited to participate in a face to face training program and to
advise on users’ issues. In late November and early December 2010, a series of user sessions were undertaken in
several locations in Queensland and New South Wales. The results of these sessions were recorded and provided to MLA in a separate communication see Section 9.4 Appendix 4 -
Industry Consultation Outcomes. Outcomes of these sessions were separated into “Within Scope” and “Outside Scope” and agreed upon through consultation with MLA and LiveAir
representatives. Effective solutions to “Within Scope” issues were discussed with the software developers then
implemented. As a consequence of several modifications, some of the “Outside Scope” issues were also resolved to the benefit of the project.
The solutions to “Within Scope” issues were detailed in a separate correspondence to MLA. The full response can found in Section 9.5 Appendix 5 - Completion of within scope changes.
The required modifications incorporated one correction to linked data within the ASEL calculations while the remainder related to changes to either administrator managed constants or
the presentation methodology. Two important factors to users of the system related to:
A simplification of the technical response of the system A method of progression through the Consignment entry process
It was determined that industry acceptance would only be achieved when the technical requirements of data entry and modification of the software system were limited to only those
within the control of the livestock exporter. For instance, the ability to alter on-board system parameters such as inlet temperature and airflow rates was removed.
Documentation relating to each consignment was reconstructed from that presented in LATSA V1.0 and the various existing industry documentation. Due to the data storage capacity of the
system, documentation in LATSA V2.0 has been reduced to two primary outputs.
Aircraft Ground Handling Checklist – which consists of all current data requirements for AQIS including operator and aircraft approval, hold usage all holds, transhipment
details, species, numbers and crate details. In addition the document now provides crate manufacturer registration and certification details, actual and ASEL density results based
on liveweight calculations and predicted ventilation outcomes.
Exporters Report – which contains much of the information above in addition to flight details, total weights and the values of aircraft hold environment results for all hold in use.
While the documentation is considered complete at this point there is an expectation that further modification may be necessary following a system presentation to AQIS later in 2011.
Further comment was accepted from the developer of version 1 of LATSA and can be found in Section 9.6 Appendix 6 – Additional Industry Comment. The response to these comments can
be found in Section 9.7 Appendix 7 – Response to Additional Industry Comment
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5 Success in
achieving objectives
5.1 Overall success
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