Hippovibe's Exclusive Test Stable
Behind the stable management software Hippovibe is a team of horse enthusiasts. All marketing and sales employees of Hippovibe are also active at Hof am Eifgen. This training and trading stable acts as a test ground for the software, allowing Hippovibe to continuously test its product in practice and pass on changes and improvements directly to the developers.
The Hof am Eifgen
Hof am Eifgen, run by the Schmitz-Heinen family, is located near Cologne, Germany. It houses over 30 commercial and private horses from the dressage and jumping sectors. Managing such a large and diverse stable requires a high degree of coordination and management.
Simplifying Coordination
Not only does the stable need to coordinate different areas, but it also combines office and riding/care activities for the marketing and sales staff of Hippovibe. Jonas Schmitz-Heinen found the perfect solution in Hippovibe.
"Hippovibe has significantly improved our everyday life in the stable. Information can easily be bundled and passed on to the right people via mobile phone. I am happy to have integrated this software into the stable," he reports.
Task Planning with Hippovibe
The software has particularly simplified the distribution of tasks among employees.
- Task Overview: "The grooms already know in the morning what to do throughout the day and when we are coming out of the office to ride - even if none of us riders have been in the stable yet," explains Wolfgang Schmitz-Heinen, owner of the Hof am Eifgen.
- Real-Time Updates: If anything changes during the day, the information is updated on the tablets in the barn, allowing all team members to stay informed.
Efficient Communication
Hippovibe has transformed the way grooms and staff gather information.
- Unified Communication: "Sometimes there was a WhatsApp message, a phone call, or info on one of the whiteboards. It was quite a mess and always unpleasant when you missed an info," says a team member.
External Communication
In addition to internal communication, Hippovibe is used to communicate with external persons or service providers.
- Health Management: The physiotherapist, Gabi Kreft, has access rights to the health management of all horses, allowing her to enter findings and activity directly after each treatment.
