The next step was to define the proposed system that has to be designed and implemented, in terms of the general aim of the FMMIS in the form of a “root definition” as it is addressed in the SSM methodology. The root definition was defined as “a system to record, utilize and manage the digital data from tractor/implements provided through the ISOBUS, as well as external data related to farm machinery for the purpose of better management of farm machinery performance”.