Agro Business System

THE software system for

Seed Companies

Agro Business System Your High Tech Connection With Nature

 Content of this presentation

• General introduction ABS.

• Company advantages.

• The product structure.

• Summary of processes step by step.

Agro Business System Your High Tech Connection With Nature

 General introduction ABS

• Specially developed for the Seed Industry

• Controls the entire process on batch level

• Open system, very easy to interface

• Broad configuration scope based on customer requirements

• Quick and easy adaptable to your specific requests

• Platform and database independent

• Suitable to be configured for multiple companies

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 Company advantages after implementation ABS

• Controlled inventory management

– Quick view on availabilities
• Correctly calculated production plan
– Reduction of under and over productions
• Control over working capital
– Saving of write off’s and better cash flow management
• Timely availability of seed
– Better delivery performance
• Insight in all process steps and efficiency improvement
– Tracking and tracing of batches and cost reductions

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 Company advantages after implementation ABS

• Complete quality management

– Reduction of possible claims and avoiding costs

• Control over product life cycle

– Better efficiency over assortment and avoiding write off’s

• Complete insight in product costs

– Better decisions and cost management

• Full management information

– Basis for making the right strategic decisions

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 The product structure

ABS RECOGNIZES 5 LEVELS IN

THE PRODUCT STRUCTURE

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 Product structure

Family

Crop

Crop type

Production, Variety Genotype

Breeding

Sales Article Product form

(Packaging and Treatment on batch level)
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 Product structure (example)

Family Flowers

Crop Viola

Crop type Viola Angel

Production, Variety Tiger Eye

Breeding

Sales Article Tiger Eye coated

(Packaging and Treatment on batch level)
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 Brief overview the modules available in ABS

• Market planning
• Breeding
• Forecasting
• Production planning
• Production contracting and purchase
• Processing
• Inventory management
• Quality control
• Sales

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 Supporting modules

• Product characteristics and registration

• Finance and accounting

• Customer Relationship Management

• Management of non-seed materials

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 The process flow in ABS

An integrated process with logical

modular structure

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 Processes in ABS

Production
Forecast
plan

Process requirement
Orderplan
planning plan
Production

Receiving/ Orders
Processing
acceptance Invoices
Purchase

Inventory Inventory
Finance
packed

Quality

Agro Business System Your High Tech Connection With Nature

 The process flow step by step

Each step will be explained with

highlights and screen samples

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 From market plan to production plan

Production
Forecast
plan

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 Forecasting and Market planning

• Forecast based on market development.

• Long term Forecast drives production plan.

• Forecast by Variety/Month.

• Different input levels possible: by salesman,

country, region etc..

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 Production planning

• Life planning system.

• Updated based on daily changes in Forecast,
Production estimates and Inventory.
• Calculates with minimum and maximum inventory
levels.
• Calculates with batch expiration date.
• Direct creation of production or purchase contracts.

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 Production and purchase

Production
Forecast
plan

Production

Receiving/
acceptance
Purchase

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 Contract allocation and registration

• Contracts and orders created based on

• Quality, Cost, Capacity, Risk, Suppliers and assortment.
• Total control over complete production flow.
• Registration of all field visits and other events.
• Constant update of estimates in quality, quantity and
delivery time.
• Automatic settlement based on acceptance and
contract conditions.

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 Processing planning and control

Production
Forecast
plan

Process
planning
Production

Receiving/
Processing
acceptance
Purchase

Inventory

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 Processing and Inventory management

• Completely connected with the production process

• Automatic routing possibilities.
• Manual assignments possible.
• Integrated warehouse system with option of using mobile RF
scanners.
• Integrated with quality tests and sampling.
• Fully integrated with Inventory Management.

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 The Feature of Routings

• Routing allows the planning of multiple

process steps in sequence.
• Routing uses a default quality/crop protocol or
specifically designed routing protocols.
• Is used between different inventory positions.
• Gives the possibility for lead time and capacity
planning.

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 Routing example

Fruit wet Dry Heat Storage

Extraction Drying
treatment

Make to stock routing (melon local production).

Storage Coated Packed

Coating Packing

Make to order routing.

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 Integrated Quality control

Production
Forecast
plan

Process
planning
Production

Receiving/
Processing
acceptance
Purchase

Inventory

Quality

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 Quality control and laboratory management

• Automatic creation of samples and tests.

• Germination, Pathology, Genetic purity, Physical purity, Humidity.
• Default per crop/process
• Includes all laboratory steps per test method.
• Automatic creation of inventory samples
• Manual creation of samples possible.
• Suited to register external test results (Like NAKt or others)
• Possibility to reduce selectively samples from inventory.
• Fully integrated with Inventory Management.
• Full inheritance of quality results when new batches are
created.

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 The History Root TREE.
A powerful feature

All created batches are connected to

their history, till the level of the
original production field.

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 Connection methodology of the history tree

Prod. field or
Supplier

Batch 1

Batch 2

Batch 3

Batch 4

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 Sales plan and sales orders

Production
Forecast
plan

Process requirement
Orderplan
planning plan
Production

Receiving/ Orders
Processing
acceptance Invoices
Purchase

Inventory Inventory
Finance
packed

Quality

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 Sales

• Possibility of booking long term sales orders.

• Automatic pricing options.
• Option for using sales assortment per area.
• Inventory reservations on different levels.
• Flexible in packaging and treatment.
• Linked to original forecast.
• “Over the counter” sales possibility.

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 ABS:
ABS the integrated system

Production
Forecast
plan

Process requirement
Orderplan
planning plan
Production

Receiving/ Orders
Processing
acceptance Invoices
Purchase

Inventory Inventory
Finance
packed

Quality

Agro Business System Your High Tech Connection With Nature

This presentation was just a brief overview of some of
the functionalities in ABS

In reality the system offers a lot more;

too much to include all in this presentation.
We offer to create a custom made presentation
based on your company situation.

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 Agro Business System

For information please contact:

Agro Business Solutions
Het Voert 9
1613 KL Grootebroek, The Netherlands
Info@agrosolutions.nl
www.agrosolotions.nl

Agro Business System Your High Tech Connection With Nature