diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycle_resource.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycle_resource.js.coffee
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+angular.module("admin.orderCycles").factory 'OrderCycleResource', ($resource) ->
+  $resource('/admin/order_cycles/:id/:action.json', {}, {
+    'index':
+      method: 'GET'
+      isArray: true
+    'update':
+      method: 'PUT'
+  })
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycles.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycles.js.coffee
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+angular.module("admin.orderCycles").factory 'OrderCycles', ($q, OrderCycleResource) ->
+  new class OrderCycles
+    orderCyclesByID: {}
+    pristineByID: {}
+
+    index: (params={}, callback=null) ->
+    	OrderCycleResource.index params, (data) =>
+        for orderCycle in data
+          @orderCyclesByID[orderCycle.id] = orderCycle
+          @pristineByID[orderCycle.id] = angular.copy(orderCycle)
+
+        (callback || angular.noop)(data)
+
+    save: (order_cycle) ->
+      deferred = $q.defer()
+      order_cycle.$update({id: order_cycle.id})
+      .then( (data) =>
+        @pristineByID[order_cycle.id] = angular.copy(order_cycle)
+        deferred.resolve(data)
+      ).catch (response) ->
+        deferred.reject(response)
+      deferred.promise
+
+    saved: (order_cycle) ->
+      @diff(order_cycle).length == 0
+
+    diff: (order_cycle) ->
+      changed = []
+      for attr, value of order_cycle when not angular.equals(value, @pristineByID[order_cycle.id][attr])
+        changed.push attr unless attr is "$$hashKey"
+      changed
+
+    resetAttribute: (order_cycle, attribute) ->
+      order_cycle[attribute] = @pristineByID[order_cycle.id][attribute]
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycles_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/services/order_cycles_spec.js.coffee
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+describe "OrderCycles service", ->
+  OrderCycles = OrderCycleResource = orderCycles = $httpBackend = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    module 'admin.orderCycles'
+
+    this.addMatchers
+      toDeepEqual: (expected) ->
+        return angular.equals(this.actual, expected)
+
+    inject ($q, _$httpBackend_, _OrderCycles_, _OrderCycleResource_) ->
+      OrderCycles = _OrderCycles_
+      OrderCycleResource = _OrderCycleResource_
+      $httpBackend = _$httpBackend_
+
+  describe "#index", ->
+    result = response = null
+
+    beforeEach ->
+      response = [{ id: 5, name: 'OrderCycle 1'}]
+      $httpBackend.expectGET('/admin/order_cycles.json').respond 200, response
+      result = OrderCycles.index()
+      $httpBackend.flush()
+
+    it "stores returned data in @orderCyclesByID, with ids as keys", ->
+      # OrderCycleResource returns instances of Resource rather than raw objects
+      expect(OrderCycles.orderCyclesByID).toDeepEqual { 5: response[0] }
+
+    it "stores returned data in @pristineByID, with ids as keys", ->
+      expect(OrderCycles.pristineByID).toDeepEqual { 5: response[0] }
+
+    it "returns an array of orderCycles", ->
+      expect(result).toDeepEqual response
+
+
+  describe "#save", ->
+    result = null
+
+    describe "success", ->
+      orderCycle = null
+      resolved = false
+
+      beforeEach ->
+        orderCycle = new OrderCycleResource({ id: 15, name: 'OrderCycle 1' })
+        $httpBackend.expectPUT('/admin/order_cycles/15.json').respond 200, { id: 15, name: 'OrderCycle 1'}
+        OrderCycles.save(orderCycle).then( -> resolved = true)
+        $httpBackend.flush()
+
+      it "updates the pristine copy of the orderCycle", ->
+        # Resource results have extra properties ($then, $promise) that cause them to not
+        # be exactly equal to the response object provided to the expectPUT clause above.
+        expect(OrderCycles.pristineByID[15]).toEqual orderCycle
+
+      it "resolves the promise", ->
+        expect(resolved).toBe(true);
+
+
+    describe "failure", ->
+      orderCycle = null
+      rejected = false
+
+      beforeEach ->
+        orderCycle = new OrderCycleResource( { id: 15, name: 'OrderCycle 1' } )
+        $httpBackend.expectPUT('/admin/order_cycles/15.json').respond 422, { error: 'obj' }
+        OrderCycles.save(orderCycle).catch( -> rejected = true)
+        $httpBackend.flush()
+
+      it "does not update the pristine copy of the orderCycle", ->
+        expect(OrderCycles.pristineByID[15]).toBeUndefined()
+
+      it "rejects the promise", ->
+        expect(rejected).toBe(true);
+
+  describe "#saved", ->
+    describe "when attributes of the object have been altered", ->
+      beforeEach ->
+        spyOn(OrderCycles, "diff").andReturn ["attr1", "attr2"]
+
+      it "returns false", ->
+        expect(OrderCycles.saved({})).toBe false
+
+    describe "when attributes of the object have not been altered", ->
+      beforeEach ->
+        spyOn(OrderCycles, "diff").andReturn []
+
+      it "returns false", ->
+        expect(OrderCycles.saved({})).toBe true
+
+
+  describe "diff", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      OrderCycles.pristineByID = { 23: { id: 23, name: "ent1", is_primary_producer: true } }
+
+    it "returns a list of properties that have been altered", ->
+      expect(OrderCycles.diff({ id: 23, name: "orderCycle123", is_primary_producer: true })).toEqual ["name"]
+
+
+  describe "resetAttribute", ->
+    orderCycle = { id: 23, name: "ent1", is_primary_producer: true }
+
+    beforeEach ->
+      OrderCycles.pristineByID = { 23: { id: 23, name: "orderCycle1", is_primary_producer: true } }
+
+    it "resets the specified value according to the pristine record", ->
+      OrderCycles.resetAttribute(orderCycle, "name")
+      expect(orderCycle.name).toEqual "orderCycle1"