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VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing Overview
Industry Features
   Prepared Foods
   Meat
   Dairy
   AG Produce
Functionality
Support
System Requirements



VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing's AG Produce Series was created by Columbus IT based on Microsoft's Industry Solutions Program. The program provides Columbus IT with Microsoft Dynamics NAV as a development foundation in order to advance the solution for the AG Produce industry.

AG Produce — Highlighted Features

Grower Accounting

The Grower Accounting module will provide the capability to track and calculate the settlement of commodity pooling contracts with growers. Contracts by grower/season/commodity can be established to specify the equity split, pricing determination method, agreed charges for services provided to the grower, estimated yields, and all other pertinent information. Costs for each planting are tracked, along with advances to cover growing costs. As the crops are harvested and sold, the average price across the pool is calculated including adjustments for credit memos and returns. Payments due growers for net proceeds can be automatically generated. Red ink and other adjustments will also be automatically calculated.

 

Sales Status Board

The sales status board will show a static or dynamic picture of the holdover/inventory position, sales orders and shipments, purchase orders and receipts, production orders and receipts, and current market prices. Individual users can choose if they want to see the current, static view of inventory and orders, or an updated inventory that changes dynamically throughout the day. It will be displayed for up to a three-day view, and Navision's drill down capability will make rapid access to underlying data a matter of a single click.

Dock Scheduling

The Dock Scheduling module will facilitate the scheduling of trucks to be loaded. The system will determine the earliest possible hour when a shipment can be scheduled, taking into account the freshness requirements of the customer versus the aging of available on-hand inventory. In addition, it will determine the scheduled receipts by hour from the factory and from vendors, and the dock loading capacity as well. It will also allow for rescheduling of appointments as changes in supply occur, and for reprioritizing of shipments.

Production

VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing provides a totally integrated process manufacturing solution that considers grower information, sales status board information and dock scheduling information. Our process manufacturing granules include:

Process Definitions (i.e. co-product/by-products, multiple packaging options),

Planning and Scheduling, and Production Control reporting. In addition to this base offering, Quality Control and Enhanced Lot Tracking features compliment the system to deliver one of the most comprehensive AG produce solutions on the market.

Additional AG Produce Features:

AG Produce prospects can also take advantage of many of the great features in VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing — in particular, contract pricing, rebates and promotions, repack, and of course the VerticalSoft Food Manufacturing facilities for handling intermediates and lot tracking in production. Additionally, we offer a full RF solution for bar code transactions in the warehouse and in production.

Marketing Plans

•  Rebates

•  Commissions

•  Bill Backs

•  Co-op Sponsor

•  Promotions

•  Points

•  Price Groups

•  Contracts

•  Price Publisher

•  Market Pricing

•  Specials

Order Entry

•  Min/max check

•  Authorized Items

•  Hot Message

•  Catch Weights

•  Standing Orders

•  Order Guide

•  Item Compliments

•  Item History

Warehouse Management   

•  Item Substitution

•  Item Cross-Reference

•  Nonstock Items

•  Location Transfers

•  Automated Data Capture-Bar Code

•  Advanced Warehouse Management

Cost Settlement

•  Freight

•  Price after Sale

•  Cost Allocation

Quality Control & Lot Control

•  In-Coming Raw Material Costs

•  Production

•  Lots & Sub-Lots

•  Lot History

•  HACCP Designated Tests

•  Lot Tracking

•  Lot Lookup Screens

•  Lot Status Reports

•  Physical Inventory By Lot