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Corporate Information
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Company History
Gylling Data Management, Inc. (GDM) has been in
business since 1982. Our clientele are people involved with conducting
and managing agriculture research. The ARM
version 8 (formerly called Agriculture Research Manager) will
be released in 2007. This has grown from our first product, which was
initially released in 1982. ARM ST
(Summary Across Trials) is a multi-trial summary option that is based on
a program first released in 1986 (formerly called Summary Across
Studies). ARM DatCol (Data
Collector) was first released in 1984 for Psion Workabout MX. Our
newest product Enhanced Rating Shell
is the data collector for the Psion Workabout Pro Color.
ARM TD (ARM Trial Database) is a
relational Access database for storing and retrieving trails.
AGM (ARM Germplasm Manager) is for
crop improvement management.
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Services
Provided by GDM
The primary focus of GDM is
to create, market, and support software for managing agriculture
research trials. Traditionally the software was used with research
related to herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, seed/variety, fertilizer,
general non-chemical, nematicide, and plant growth regulator studies. We
routinely create customized ARM screen layouts for individual customers,
and consult on integrating ARM data into corporate information
management systems.
When a company decides to use
GDM products, we work closely with appropriate people in that company to
ease the transition to a new and better way of handling data. We
encourage and assist with training people in the company to become
experts in using our software. This enables companies to be more
self-sufficient by using in-house expertise to provide on-going staff
training and answer routine operation questions.
Recognizing that many
customers have special needs, ARM customizations are available on a
contract basis. We also write specialized programs at the request of
customers to use with their ARM installations, such as utilities to
re-format mainframe validation lists to use with ARM.
We train small groups at our
office in Brookings, South Dakota USA, and will provide training at
other locations if desired.
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Product Description
ARM software manages agriculture
research trials throughout the entire research season. It is designed to
manage and summarize on a single-trial basis. The ARM is most beneficial
for field and greenhouse researchers. Ongoing ARM enhancements have made
the software a useful tool for a broad range of agricultural
disciplines.
ARM ST (Summary Across Trials) is an
add-in option for the ARM program to summarize ARM trials across
locations and years. ARM ST will average results for trials based on a
common protocol. ARM ST aids in planning research trials by scanning for
trials using a specific treatment or group of treatments and then
listing all assessments for those treatments.
ARM DatCol (Data
Collection) and
Enhanced Rating Shell is
used with a small, handheld computer as an electronic notebook to
collect field data and upload into the ARM. After returning to the
office, assessment data is then transmitted to an office computer for
permanent storage and analysis.
AGM (ARM Germplasm Manager) is an
add-in option for ARM used to manage pedigree-based plant germplasm
information. This new program will be released in 2008.
ARM TD (Trial Database) is relational
Access database for storing and retrieving trials based on standard
“GDMDef” ARM study definitions. ARM directly exports and imports trials
in the database, and Microsoft Office™ products.
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Upgrades
New features are added to
the ARM software family at the request of current program users,
and to keep pace with new developments in research. These new
features are included in upgrade versions of the software.
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Company Philosophy
We
believe that customer support is very important. We appreciate receiving
suggestions for program improvements from our customers, and want to
solve any problems that may occur. Customer comments are a major source
of ideas for new features in our software updates.
The ARM
program is designed to be understandable for people with limited
computer experience. ARM offers many data entry aids such as using
validation lists to minimize typing. If people understand agricultural
research, they usually have few problems in learning to use Gylling Data
Management's software.
We
encourage our customers to contact us when they have questions. People
who purchase our software also obtain our commitment to provide quality
products and back them up with free customer service.
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Software Licensing
We market
ARM and ARM ST on a per-copy basis, with an accumulative diminishing
pricing structure. You purchase all copies at each price level
before price drops to the next level. Each ARM program diskette is
custom built with user's name and company. The investigator name can
be up to 38 characters and company name can be up to 60 characters
(2 lines) including spaces. A quick reference card is included with
ARM. Contact GDM for current pricing information on a particular
product.
One
condition of providing our substantial discounting is that we
request that all routine contacts be limited to one or two company
people. There needs to be consensus within a company before we
receive any requests for changes. Also, many of the questions that
users have in a company are not on how to use GDM software, but how
to use the software in a manner that obtains useful information for
the company. This is different for each company and each customized
software installation. Thus, a company is best served when it has a
strong computer/research support group for GDM software.
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Employees
Steven R.
Gylling, Ph.D. is the CEO and original Program Author of the Pesticide
Research Manager, PRM Summary Across Trials, PRM Accessory Pack, PRM EDI
Export, and the data collector software. He has conducted plant science
research and worked with research data management since 1972. His Ph.D.
is in Agronomy, with emphasis on weed control. He has worked at South
Dakota State University as a weed researcher, state pesticide impact
assessment coordinator, and Cooperative Extension Service computer
specialist. He currently directs all software development projects at
Gylling Data Management.
Fran O.
Gylling, M.Ed. is the Chief Fiscal Officer, and also works with customer
software support, beta testing, processing orders, and writing program
documentation
Diana Gylling is the Webmaster and responsible for the GDM website.
Margaret
Kappenman, B.A. is the Project Development Manager. She supervises all
software development projects for ARM and ARM ST, and also programs
software changes.
Francine
Rowland, is the Technical Support Manager. She is responsible for
customer software support, writes program documentation, serves as export control officer, and manages data entry
screen customizing projects.
Dan Fitzpatrick, B.S. is a Programmer Analyst who
works on a variety of software development
projects.
Kwen Peterson, B.S. is a
Programmer who works on a variety of software
development projects.
Peter M Claussen, B.S. is a Programmer who designed
and developed ARM Germplasm Manager.
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Last Updated
January 03, 2008 |
