Purchasing

• The system can help you enter purchase orders quickly, using methods that make sense for each situation. For example, it can guide you through orders based on the items you typically keep in inventory, or based on what you typically order from specific vendors.
• At entry time, you can group purchase orders into inbound loads (or "build trucks") to organize product deliveries to your facility.
• You can add and allocate charges at any level: per item, per purchase order, per load (truck).

We've designed the system with the flexibility to support and track the details of each unique buying relationship.

• Produce Pro identifies and distinguishes between special purchasing situations, such as price-after-sale arrangements, consignments, and direct shipments. It also tracks and manages vendor rebates.
• To help you settle a cost figure after you sell a batch or lot of product, the system includes an electronic worksheet that helps you explore the possible outcomes. You can easily manipulate percentages and hard cost dollars to reach a settlement figure you're happy with, before you actually commit to it.
• On demand, the system can generate a detailed account of sale. This document includes everything that happens to a batch or lot of product while it's in your possession, including every step of processing and repack operations.

To support relationships with growers, Produce Pro includes tools that track, manage, and report on the details of each arrangement. For example, you can authorize and issue advances to your growers, directly from the system.

Produce Pro makes it easy and intuitive for buyers and salespeople to forecast needs in conjunction with one another, and to make the most effective plans to support business.

• Context-sensitive, real-time inventory status, accessible from anywhere in the system, tells you how much product is on hand, due to arrive, and already committed to customers. You can even check projected counts for several days into the future.
• The system can automatically notify you when a product's on-hand inventory drops to a particular threshold that you control.
• For those who prefer even more sophisticated forecasting, our buying models let you develop complex algorithms for calculating how much you'll need of a particular product, and when, based on historical patterns. You can tweak the logic to account for shifts such as holidays and seasonal interest.
• You can "buy on the fly" to suit special requests for items you don't already have in inventory.

Since Produce Pro is a fully integrated system, logic and data flow seamlessly between programs and modules.

• Traceability has been an integral part of our system and our philosophy since day one. Every lot of every item is tracked throughout its lifecycle, beginning with lot assignment within each purchase order.
• The purchasing applications are fully integrated with Accounts Payable, and vendor invoices are associated directly with their respective purchase orders. Your buyers can have access to financial information about vendor relationships, which equips them to make informed decisions.
• Extensive, specialized purchasing reports give you rapid access to the information you need, however general or granular, whenever you need it.
• You can quickly and easily fax and e-mail documents and reports, directly from the system.

• You can buy and sell in any unit of measure, including catch-weights.
• The system easily handles splits and broken items, and can even be set to automate them to suit sales order volume.
• The system automatically assigns lot information and maintains complete traceability from day one. You can trace product details with on-screen inquiries or in reports, any way you prefer to view it.
• At various points in the product lifecycle, you can either select specific lots or use the system's automatic FIFO (first-in, first-out) capabilities.

The system's tools for produce repacks and processing maintain the same detailed standard of traceability throughout your operations, no matter what happens to each product.

• Our programs make it easy to manage an operation of any size, from quick repacks and quality sorts to long, open-ended processing operations that take several days.
• You can account for any and all materials, as well as actual or generalized labor costs, which ensures that your cost analyses are complete and accurate.
• Detailed reporting provides accurate operational and financial data on demand.