Unlocking the Power of Work Orders
Live from Agritechnica 2025
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During Agritechnica 2025, Precision Farming Dealer interviewed Vi by visorPRO Founder & CEO Rob Saik at the Vi booth to talk about what dealers are actually doing with AI today. The message that kept coming up in conversations all week: dealerships don’t need more information, they need faster access to the information they already have.
As Rob explained in the interview, technicians commonly have 10–20 tabs open across manuals, portals, repair guides, and notes while trying to troubleshoot a repair. Even then, the best answers are often buried in someone’s memory or in a work order from last season.
“Dealers have never been able to get this kind of information out of their work orders. This is lightning in a bottle.”
That’s the gap Vi was built to close.
Vi creates a Knowledge Vault for each dealership: a secure database that combines manufacturer documentation with real work-order history. Instead of searching in ten places, techs and service managers can finally search in one.
That’s why the biggest reactions at the booth came from simple, real-world results technicians care about:
- They get to the right answer faster
- Quotes are built on real historical repair data
- New techs become productive quickly
A highlight Rob shared during the interview was the rollout of secure work-order sharing. Dealerships in Saskatchewan and Alberta are now sharing anonymized repair history, something the industry has never been able to do before — and the productivity impact is immediate.
Vi’s adoption curve reflects the momentum: pilots in 2023, commercial rollout in 2024, rapid scaling in 2025, and Version 3 coming in 2026 with more details to be announced at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit in January.
And one of the biggest reasons Vi is spreading quickly is onboarding speed. In Rob’s words:
“It takes about two or three weeks to build a vault for a dealer, and about five minutes in a demo to understand how powerful Vi is.”
Dealers across Australia, Canada, and the U.S. (including Johnson Tractor, Torgerson’s, and Mazergroup) are already using Vi to make service teams more confident, more consistent, and more profitable.
Agritechnica showcased groundbreaking autonomy and machine innovation across every hall. The Vi booth showed the other side of the future: AI that makes the daily reality of dealership service faster, easier, and more valuable right now.
Transcript
McCain (0:00):
Hey everyone, McCain Vogel here, Associate Editor with Lessiter Media. Today I’m with Rob Saik at the Vi by visorPRO booth at Agritechnica 2025.
Rob, how has the show been for you so far?
Rob (0:10):
Well, if you’ve never been to this show before — and you guys are here for the first time — it’s overwhelming. I’ve been four times now and it’s impossible to describe to someone who hasn’t experienced it. It’s the biggest agriculture show in the world. They say the aisles are jammed with half a million farmers kicking tires. It’s overwhelming and exciting at the same time.
McCain (0:29):
Absolutely. And one of the biggest themes this year has been AI and autonomy — how quickly both have made their way into agriculture. What are your thoughts on that?
Rob (0:42):
Yeah, we’re seeing more examples of autonomy being showcased everywhere here. Right in front of us, Kuhn has an example, and over there they’re introducing the Nexat autonomous system. So autonomy is happening. And then layered over the top of all that technology, we’re now seeing AI. I think this is really the first Agritechnica where AI is being discussed as something that’s meaningfully impacting the equipment sector.
McCain (1:10):
Have you had a chance to walk the show much? You’ve been busy here at your booth, but has anything out there caught your eye?
Rob (1:17):
A couple things, for sure. One interesting example is Tractor Zoom — a Chinese company showing diesel and electric on the same combine, and using the electric system to provide surge capacity. John Deere is exhibiting a similar kind of hybrid concept here. I think alternate power sources on farms are going to be worth watching. Photovoltaics are coming on strong. And of course, we’ve had a lot of conversations about AI.
McCain (1:53):
Let’s shift to your booth. You’re here to promote Vi by visorPRO. What kinds of conversations have you been having about that this week?
Rob (2:00):
Vi by visorPRO is an AI solution built for the farm equipment sector. We started working with dealerships in Australia, Canada, and the U.S. We just brought on Johnson Tractor; we’re working with Torgerson’s and Mazergroup. What we do is build a Knowledge Vault for the dealership — a secure database where we bring in all of their manufacturer information.
Right now, a dealership might have 10–20 browser tabs open trying to get to manuals, repair bulletins, warranty docs, and so on. We bring all that manufacturer information into one place. Then we connect into the dealer’s ERP or business system to extract real information from their work orders. Dealers have never been able to get this kind of insight from their work orders before — it’s lightning in a bottle.
We’re growing our dealer network across CNH, AGCO, Fendt, and now exploring Kubota and JCB. It’s exciting how many equipment lines we’ve been able to bring into the system.
McCain (3:14):
How far along are you in the process now, and what kind of feedback are you getting?
Rob (3:19):
We began pilots in 2023 and went fully commercial in 2024. Version 1 integrated the equipment information. Version 2 added the work-order system connection. Version 3 is coming in 2026, and I’d love to announce that with you guys on stage at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit.
And we just launched work-order sharing. We have dealerships in Saskatchewan sharing work orders with dealerships in Alberta — something that has never been possible before. We anonymize customer data and technician data so they can share knowledge safely. You can imagine what that does for service efficiency.
We can onboard a dealer in two to three weeks — that’s how long it takes to build their vault — and then they’re fully supported by our onboarding team. And honestly, it takes about five minutes in a demo to understand how powerful Vi really is.
McCain (4:56):
So if someone out there wants to book a demo, what’s the next step?
Rob (4:59):
Just reach out — go to www.visorpro.ai and we’ll set up a demo. We’ve got team members in Nashville, Connecticut, Atlanta, and across Canada. We’re ready to sit down, showcase what we’re doing, and bring dealers on board before spring so they can leverage AI in their service departments.
I’m really excited about what we’re going to do with you guys at the Precision Farming Dealer Summit in January.
McCain (5:27):
If you haven’t heard yet, the Precision Farming Dealer Summit — a dealer-only event — is going to be one of our best ever. St. Louis this January. You’ve got to come.
Rob (5:35):
I’ve been almost every year. It’s a great event. Lessiter does a good job.
McCain (5:40):
If you’re not signed up yet, go online and get your tickets now.
About Rob
An ag-tech visionary with 40+ years of experience in agriculture and equipment innovation. Robert is the founder of T1 Technology Corporation, a company dedicated to delivering intelligent tools that solve real-world problems in blue-collar industries.