Primenumbers.co.uk How it works

Basic Questions What is it? Who’s it for? How does it work? How do I get started?

What is it? primenumbers.co.uk enables Feed Manufacturers and merchants to compare: Buying performance (incl forward cover) Feed Margins Feed Production Costs Transport Costings & Productivity - On a confidential basis - Via the Internet - Showing “you” vs sector Average, Max & Min - Plus League tables

Who’s it for? Any UK Feed Business can register as a Member All applications for Membership are “authorised” by PMS Once authorised, you will have a unique Username and Password These are used to ensure secure access to results and data submission Results are only available to those providing data

How does it work? You can input data for any scheme for which you are “authorised” This could be just for Buying & Margins OR.. Transport OR.. Feed Production Costs OR.. Any combination you want The registration process allows you to choose whatever is appropriate for your own business

How? continued Next you you can add Additional “users” in your company and give them appropriate Data Submission and/or Viewing rights Locations - For example you may wish to put in productions costs for more than 1 mill or you could have a number of transport depots/divisions Each user can have View/Submit rights for specified scheme and location combinations

How? continued If you are submitting data then you need a special “Plug-in” to enable you to see forms and fill them in You will see where to get these from on the website Then load the appropriate form from the web & fill it in Don’t forget to print it off Hit the “submit” button and “send for review” This sends an to PMS saying you have sent some data We will do a few checks on your submission We may ask you to review any possible anomalies If so, you can recall your original submission off the web and amend it

How? continued Otherwise we will “publish” the submission and it will go into the main database Usually we will do this in batches Then, when there are enough participants you will be alerted by and be able to look at the results When looking at results you can apply various “filters” and get insights into any sub-sets you choose

How? continued To see anything, there must be at least 5 participants (Holding Companies) contributing to the chosen/filtered dataset For any specific data cell, there have to be at least 3 “answers” If not, the results are suppressed

Data Input Here are some example screenshots of how you enter data

Press the “Tab” key to go to the next cell when filling data

This is the Submit button This is the Print button Here you can Save the file If the form is more than 1 page, this is where you go to “Next page”

Data Output Plus how the output looks!!

Graphs too!!

Cumulative Production Costs.. £/t

Last month’s buying price Variance (My Price) vs Average Better Worse

How do I get started? Go to the registration area of the website Answer a few basic questions and put in the username and password you want to use Tell us which schemes you want to register for We will then “authorise” you You can then start using the system days/yr & 7 days per week Its as simple as that

More Information Go to the “Forum” area of the website where you can: Post enquiries Start a discussion with other users Make suggestions for improvements And so on