A three tiered approach

Our reporting approach identifies three tiers of reporting based on the roles and needs in each layer of your organization. Tier 1 headline reporting is for senior leadership to monitor and report KPIs. Tier 2 performance analysis digs deeper into costs and outcomes that explain headline results. This assists managers to deliver on KPIs. Tier 3 operational intelligence provides visibility on day to day operations in each unit and allows team leaders to follow management direction. Click here to see examples of our reports.

Our data reporting capabilities

Oikoi brings a diverse set of perspectives to pull disparate data sources together and connect them to what really matters. We combine deep experience in agricultural systems & supply chains with rigorous scientific analysis, best in class digital data technologies and business acumen.

What we deliver

Web-based reports (dashboards) that communicate commercial intelligence to management.
Real-time, automated calculation of key performance indicators.
Distils the complexity of your data into a clean, simple and meaningful report(s).
Filters to ‘dig deeper’ as needed into business units.
Allows continual performance monitoring and easy reporting.

We all know… “garbage in = garbage out”

Oikoi has a verification system that gives you the confidence in the data you are seeing. Our approach uses five key elements to verify the accuracy and reliability of your information:

Oikoi reviews documented procedures that underpin data collection for scientific and statistical validity.
Our decentralised data reporting combats malpractice by removing reliance on single/central information gatekeepers.
We deploy research-grade data verification methods to reality-check information reported (triangulation, verification surveys, outlier checks).
Real time reporting immediately identifies problems for rapid review and resolution.

We develop ongoing staff evaluations to ensure people understand best practice.

Our data verification capabilities

Oikoi has spent years working with public, private and government sectors in both large and small scale data collection activities. These projects involved collaboration with university research teams and donor organisations that required the highest level of data quality for their analysis and reporting needs. Our verification methods are based on the best practices of those we’ve worked with and deliver datasets that can pass a peer-review process. Click here to read more about our data verification methods

You can’t manage what you can’t measure

Oikoi rapidly builds and deploys digital data collection systems that work in challenging environments. We have delivered systems for research projects, large-scale loan disbursements, monitoring & evaluation programs, and commercial agri-supply chains. Our systems give you near real-time data that can feed directly into automated reporting dashboards. All our products integrate with off the shelf analytics software (e.g. Microsoft PowerBI) and export data as CSV files.

Our data collection capabilities

Our team has developed more than 20 customized apps for data collection used in academic research, international development programs and commercial operations. In 2015, we pioneered the adoption of ‘mobile acquired data’ (MAD) apps in agricultural research for the Australian government. See how we can help you collect the data you need.

Ensure your systems run well

Oikoi trains individuals and organisations in the adoption of new technologies, improved operations, or in methods for capturing and analysing data. When we train, we evaluate. We provide feedback on where you are and what you need to get the value out of your investment.

Capacity building is all about people. Understanding their needs, their skills, and their strengths. Our training is targeted to ensure all stakeholders can extract the value of digital systems. We provide specialised training on:

data collection technologies (app building and management),
training of trainers,
field team, enumerator or frontline worker operations and data collection
data quality assurance and analysis, and
using digital systems to inform executive decision making.

See the impact of Oikoi Capacity

What is Oikoi Supply?

Oikoi Supply is a dedicated software package that integrates operations with data and decision making for agricultural supply chains. Powered by ‘Oikoi Data’, it captures and analyses farm-to-factory information on suppliers, commodities and processing operations to maximise value for businesses. It is specifically designed to work in remote and low resource settings and addresses common supply pain points, including:

poor market intelligence,
inconsistent supply,
securing goods to specification,
low quality compliance,
inaccurate inventory reporting, and
emerging sustainability requirements.

Oikoi Supply is modular and can be integrated with existing data systems. This allows businesses to customise the software package to meet their needs, without duplicating existing data systems.

To see a complete list of Oikoi Supply modules, features and their benefits, click here.

Better data for better health

Oikoi Health is our service package for building & deploying mobile apps for public health data. Oikoi are expert users of CommCare, the world’s leading mobile data capture platform for public health. Our team offers capacity building for health programs alongside our advanced monitoring and reporting analytics.

Oikoi are certified partners of Dimagi, the creators of CommCare. We have previously worked on health programs managed by leading institutions such as the World Health Organization (World Health Survey), Evidence Action (No Lean Season), and Partners in Health (Tuberculosis and WASH campaign in Haiti). Our team includes

app developers with specific expertise in public health & capacity building,
experience in managing global development program operations, and
the delivery of documentation and reporting for large donors.

Solving three data challenges

If you’re having trouble with your data, chances are it’s related to one of the following challenges:
Challenge #1: “I don’t have the data…”
Challenge #2: “I don’t have the confidence in the data that I’m seeing”
Challenge #3: “The data is there, it just isn’t talking to you…”
We have a solution for each of these. Click here to learn more.

Oikoi data capabilities

Oikoi specializes in digital data collection and verification. We pioneered the adoption of mobile apps for data collection in agricultural research across Asia Pacific and were the first certified partner organisation of Dimagi (developers of the CommCare data collection platform). We’ve transitioned this research background into data collection for commercial supply chain and public health settings.

We have direct experience in agricultural commodity sourcing, inventory management, lab quality testing, financial reporting, HR challenges, and executive management. Oikoi applies this diverse set of perspectives to pull disparate data sources together and connect them to what really matters.

Our research philosophy

Our team is passionate about research design. We believe that science should be used to answer questions that solve real problems. And we always distill our findings with purpose.
Robust scientific method forms the basis of all Oikoi work. We have expertise in research design and implementation for agriculture, forestry, international development, global health, statistics, value chains, certification standards, environmental law, climate risk, and monitoring & evaluation.

Our research methodology

Our methods include mobile data collection, cloud based analytics, GIS, Satellite imagery, Drone surveys, household interviews, agronomic field trials, forest inventory surveys, systems modelling, food laboratory testing, near infrared spectroscopy, allometric modelling and value chain studies.

World Health Organisation

In 2019-20, the World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned Oikoi to build an all-in-one digital survey for their World Health Survey Plus (WHS+) in Myanmar. Oikoi was asked to radically improve the efficiencies of delivering the survey by combining all activities into a single flexible, high value platform.

The digital health solution included:

A household questionnaire including a household roster and modules on housing, assets, and household income and expenditure for a sample of ~15,000 households
An individual health questionnaire to be conducted with a sub-sample of persons from the household roster and incorporating aspects of the STEPS instrument for NCD risk factors
Medical record reviews for a sub-sample of individuals surveyed who reported receiving health care services.

A Service Availability and Readiness facility survey to be conducted with a sample of facilities.

ACIAR: Research projects in 5 countries

Between 2015-17 Oikoi ran a series of research activities into digital data collection apps for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). These included

an initial assessment of off the shelf apps to support monitoring and evaluation systems,
supporting the adoption of CommCare in nine research projects across five countries and
Evaluation of benefits at a project and program level

As a result of these project activities, Oikoi was invited by Dimagi, the creators of CommCare, to be their first CommCare Premier Deployment Partner worldwide. Since then, AgImpact has assisted numerous other university-led research projects adopt CommCare to develop digital data collection apps for their fieldwork in a number of countries across the Asia-Pacific. Read the final MAD Research Series Report here.

Shilpi Jain

Technical Specialist

Data->Knowledge->Wisdom.

It’s always interesting to see how much we know about business, but it’s hard to measure the success and make a decision without truly understanding the data behind it. Most businesses need guidance to derive insights out of this ever-growing data. That’s where I see the opportunities every day.

I have always been passionate about analytics and data. Since completing a masters in Business and IT, I’ve been working as a BI specialist and supporting organisations to manage their data and reporting complexity. I enjoy creating data visualisation and solving business reporting problems. The most enjoyable part of my work is working on hidden trends and insights.

Being a part of the OIKOI team has been a great experience. Since joining Oikoi I had the opportunity to augment my skills in the agriculture domain; there’s so much out there to learn. We’re a close-knit group with a wide variety of skills at Oikoi; everyone believes in shared success and is ready to take on any challenge.

When I am away from work I love to spend time with my family and cook delicious food that we all can enjoy. My life experience has taught me that we don’t need the big occasion to be happy; we should enjoy small moments which happen all the time around us.

Nicole Eichorn

Technical Specialist

Improving and empowering through innovation

Initially pursuing a career as an allied health professional, it wasn’t until a University based health placement in Cambodia in 2012 that I began to re-evaluate my skills set and my vocation was drawn towards International Development. In 2016, I enrolled in a Master’s degree in International Public Health at the University of Sydney and so began my journey into the field of research for development.

With a passion for impactful problem-solving came a realisation that the entire edifice of research is flawed in the absence of accessible, high quality data. I was introduced to digital data during my Master’s degree – a concept that involved both empowering and improving research through innovation! I was immediately hooked.

Joining the team at Oikoi, I have been able to fine tune my research skills whilst further exploring digital data collection. Working in an environment that values cross sector knowledge, I have been fortunate enough to have worked with a range of individuals, from farmers to scientists, on a variety of different
initiatives.

When time permits, I like to dabble in some bushwalking and bird watching. A lover of satisfying little ‘light bulb’ moments, I’ve been known to miss a flight or two due to a passionate relationship with a crossword or sudoku.

Chaseley Ross

Chief Operating Officer

Do it once and do it well, and do it to make a difference

Growing up on a large irrigated cropping enterprise it was no surprise that I have found a career based in agriculture.

My early career working with farmers to implement best management practices within their enterprises appealed to my desire to make a difference and implementing change on-ground, and uncovered my skills in developing and managing processes and procedures. For several years I managed the Australian Cotton Industry’s Best Management Program, which is still recognised as one of the first and enduring industry best practice programs in Australian agriculture.

My ability to think logically, an interest in the environment, and an affinity for process, led to postgraduate qualifications as an Environmental Systems Auditor and a Master of International Environmental Law.

Since 2010 my professional experience has been delivering project management, business management and policy services in a range of environments and industry sectors. I apply my “let’s get in and get it done” attitude to all that I do.

Oikoi offers a kaleidoscope of opportunities to make a difference. Each day is a different challenge.

My spare time is all about my family and sharing experiences with them.

Stuart Higgins

Founder & Director

Listen. Think. Act.

Agriculture, applied research and communicating are my passions.

Having been a farmer in Australia for 16 years, I’ve developed a close affinity with nature, agriculture and the people and communities who build their lives around it.

A Masters of Agricultural Science and producing radio and short films taught me that when communicated well, applied research can empower people to change.

Fifteen years of international agricultural consulting and project management, including living in Indonesia for three years, broadened my understanding of the critical role culture plays in decision making.

And more recently, managing a series of research activities on mobile acquired data technologies for the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and the formation of a strong relationship with Dimagi, has taught me that technology that works – in the hands of trained enthusiastic people – has the power to change lives.

Away from Oikoi, my life is my wife and three rambunctious children and practicing the gentle art of Jiu
Jitsu.

from ideas to impact

Oikoi delivers business intelligence for agriculture – we help you get the right information to the right people at the right time.

Oikoi Data

Our collection, verification and
reporting services to address
your data needs.

Oikoi Data: Collection

Data challenge #1: “I don’t have the data…!”

Oikoi Data: Verification

Data challenge #2: “I don’t have confidence in the
data I’m seeing!”

Oikoi Data: Reporting

Data challenge #3: “The data is there, it just isn’t talking to me…”

Oikoi Supply

A mobile and web-based software package for managing agricultural supply chains.

Oikoi Capacity

If you start getting data in real time, you need training on how to use it!Stuart Higgins, Oikoi Founder & Director

we make it work in challenging environments

At Oikoi, we implement solutions to complete the journey ‘from ideas to impact’. We pride ourselves on building systems that work in the real world.

we create impact

We supported 9 ACIAR research projects in 5 countries to adopt digital data collection

We implemented a survey of 18,500 agricultural kiosks across 6 provinces of Indonesia for AIP-Rural & PRISMA/DFAT

We created systems that enabled Evidence Action to disburse and track 140,000 no-interest loans in Bangladesh to fight seasonal hunger

We worked with a Fortune 500 company to improve supply chain efficiency and sustainability in Sumatra, Indonesia

We assisted Partners In Health (PIH) to deliver a TB inoculation and WASH hygiene campaign for 14,000 households in Haiti after a series of natural disasters

Our team digitized the WHO’s world health survey for Myanmar to radically improve the efficiency of its delivery by combining all data collection activities into a single, flexible, high-value platform.

We developed a mobile application to collect data in 4 research areas of beef production in Indonesia for the University of New England

We provided capacity building in mobile data collection to the University of Sydney for a research project in northwest Cambodia

we have a vision

To implement science-based systems and technologies that make people excited about their future

so get in touch

Suite 1, 2 Moore Road
Freshwater, NSW 2096
Australia

+614 3898 7502
hello@oikoi.io