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DCMS is a large software system, for many different types of businesses. This presentation is about DCMS-SBS, Small Business Solution, best buy for least cost.
Dansoft’s DCMS
Large & Small Business
Precision Farming
Agro-Technical
Sales, Payroll, Accounts, more
Powerful, Friendly, Open
Growers, Propagators, Breeders
Field Trials, R&D
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DCMS SBS
Smooth future upgrades, if and when DCMS-LBS will
be required
Rapid implementation
Simple daily operation
Powerful, Friendly, Open
A low-cost system, with the core functionality essential to
agricultural businesses.
All powerful reports
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SBS ConfigurationUp to 5 users on a Workgroup network or
up to 10 users on a Novel, Windows NT or 2000 server.
Up to 20 Fields or Greenhouses.
Up to 500 employee records.
Up to 10,000 Stock or Non-Stock items.
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SBS Core FunctionalityFields & Greenhouses – Quick setup with key base parameters
Personnel – As required to run payroll and manage work force
Labor – Comprehensive daily activities, rapid, simple
Chemicals, Fertilizers, Water, Stock and non-stock items
Stores – LPO’s, GRV’s, Supplier Bills, SIV’s
Inventories – A complete stock take system
Payroll – A versatile, full featured system including labor cost analysis
JV’s – Multiple-entry, double-sided balanced JV’s
Cash Book – Multiple accounts, banks and currencies
Account statements, bank reconciliation, feature-rich chart of accounts
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange with other DCMS systems
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Technical InfoStations can be Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT or 2000
Single user, Workgroup, Windows 2000 or Novel
Magic’s eDeveloper
Pervasive SQL2000i
Underlying powerful C-engine => “key-less” highly robust system
Millions of records on low-end servers
Simple to maintain
Automatic conversions upon software updates
Powerful user rights
PC-Anywhere for remote support
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SBS Commercial Info
No purchase costs (LBS cost $100,000-$1,000,000)
System annual license fee based on $1,000 per month, plus
Per user 500$ for 1st year and 125$ from 2nd year, plus
Low-cost on-site implementers
Various post implementation services at attractive costs
Per 5-user Workgroup $2,200 1st year and 550$ 2nd from year or
Per 10-user Novel/Windows server $2,200 for 1st year and 550$ from 2nd year
Sub-version updates free of charge
Commercial terms are specified in quotation and Dansoft’s standard contract
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Dansoft
Long-runner, innovative, leading technology, client focused
Hundreds of clients, including leading flower producers
Dedicated staff, IT and agriculturists. Dansoft Kenya = local support
Committed to provide effective solutions
Agro-business first installations - 1990
Dansoft – focused on its clients
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User Friendly
Natural flow of work order, right from when setting the system
Everywhere, F1 pops up “local” specific help on the current screen
Tool-tips on rarely used parameters
Zoom to constants available throughout the system, <Enter> to select
Setup embodies a wealth of knowledge, used daily by user and system
Data coding enables rapid manual data entry
Data automation automates data entry
Numerous data-input controls
A seamless tightly integrated system – learn one know them all
Creating reports is most simple while most powerful
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DCMS Agri Production- A glimpse into some agro-technical features
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ConstantsClicking this opens the Agro Technical menu
These are the main constant menus
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VarietiesA sample constants screen before looking at some more technical constants
Commercial color
For LBS add-on web catalogue system
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VarietiesClicking F1 pops up
the “local” help screen
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Chemicals
Harvest warnings
Work safety
Stock
Stock unit value, invisible without user-right
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FertilizersDCMS includes base lists, user modifies for his needs.
Link to COA
VAT per item
Multiple currency prices Unit value, invisible without user-right
Quantity on order
Quantity in stock
SBS = Quick & simple, yet powerful
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TargetsMaterials are usually chemicals but also hormones or biological material. Targets are what materials are applied for or against. For Botrytis a list of materials is applicable, for example material 4047 (Euparen W.P 50) at a nominal application rate of 2cc/lt. When the Crop is blank, it means this rate is applicable to all crops. A specific crop may have a specific rate.
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WaterIt is possible to manage different water sources, by quantities and cost.
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Fields / GreenhousesThese,
are parameters of this Field
Defining fields and greenhouses is quick and simple
Historic crop-cycles
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Material Application
Greenhouses applied
Down to bed level
Enter only what’s important
Apply at 6am, free entrance 8am
Targets & Materials
Audit trail
Plan & Execution
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MA 2Crop & Field area factors
Zooming brings list of fields
Managed at Row level
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MA 3
Zooming to select materials and application rates
Zooming to PH reduction shows it’s a deficiency
Shows general-crop rates
Zooming again brings the fertilizers master file
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MA 4Stores Requisition Vouchers
(SRV’s) can be raised automatically from planned MA
Data entry controls and auto-calculations based on constants
Data automation features
The rich constants enable simple, quick and well-controlled daily entries
MA is integrated with pest monitoring, fertigation, climate, yields, costs, stores, payroll, machinery, fuel control, labor and
other areas of DCMS. All in a way almost transparent to the user, who feels nothing when entering data and running reports.
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MA ReportsZoom to select report subject Setting dates
Typing name
Setting Parameters ExecuteValues Ranges
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Column with crop names will have 12 characters Break-down
per rowNo sub-totals
Overhead break-downs
Earliest harvest dates
Parameters
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ValuesColumn with material quantity will have 9 characters
Analysis by net or gross area
With 5 decimal digits
Easy import to spread sheets
Percentage distribution of any value
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RangesFiltering information is done naturally, without any system limitations. 100-999, n200-299 means everything from 100 to 999 but not 200-299.
Filtering can be done on any combination of parameters,
e.g. – on Blocks and Materials
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ReportThe requested report is of many columns and over 6 pages long.
Beginning and end of report
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2D ReportClicking 2D
Raises the 2D dialogue window
With optional multiple break-downs
and multiple values
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2D Reportgraphs are also available
The result is a compact presentation
Note the identical totals
Crops are in the Y (vertical) axis
Disease Types in the X (horizontal) axis
Total Cost is the value
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Graphs – Bar 3D
Fungal and Insects Diseases are most costly
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Graphs - StackTotal expense on Carnations
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SBS Warehouse
Data automation is rapid and secure
Data exchange with other farms, suppliers and
buyers who use DCMS
Computerized purchase orders, receipt of goods, store issues, stock take system, powerful reports, automatic integration with the general ledger, numerous control and management features, exact analysis of material costs per crop and variety by greenhouse - full control of your resources.