Dansoft’s DCMS

1. Dansoft’s DCMS Growers, Propagators, Breeders Precision Farming Large & Small Business Agro-Technical Field Trials, R&D Sales, Payroll, Accounts, more Powerful, Friendly, Open 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. info@dansoft.net

2. DCMS SBS A low-cost system, with the core functionality essential to agricultural businesses. Rapid implementation Simple daily operation Smooth future upgrades, if and when DCMS-LBS will be required All powerful reports Powerful, Friendly, Open info@dansoft.net

3. SBS Configuration • Up 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. info@dansoft.net

4. SBS Core Functionality • Fields & 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 info@dansoft.net

5. Technical Info • Stations can be Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT or 2000 • Single user, Workgroup, Windows 2000 or Novel • Magic’s eDeveloper • Pervasive SQL2000i • PC-Anywhere for remote support • 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 info@dansoft.net

6. 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 • 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 • Low-cost on-site implementers • Various post implementation services at attractive costs • Sub-version updates free of charge • Commercial terms are specified in quotation and Dansoft’s standard contract info@dansoft.net

7. Dansoft • Long-runner, innovative, leading technology, client focused • Agro-business first installations - 1990 • Hundreds of clients, including leading flower producers • Dedicated staff, IT and agriculturists. Dansoft Kenya = local support • Committed to provide effective solutions Dansoft – focused on its clients info@dansoft.net

8. 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 info@dansoft.net

9. DCMS Agri Production - A glimpse into some agro-technical features info@dansoft.net

10. Constants These are the main constant menus Clicking this opens the Agro Technical menu info@dansoft.net

11. Varieties Commercial color For LBS add-on web catalogue system A sample constants screen before looking at some more technical constants info@dansoft.net

12. Varieties Clicking F1 pops up the “local” help screen info@dansoft.net

13. Chemicals Harvest warnings Work safety Stock Stock unit value, invisible without user-right info@dansoft.net

14. Fertilizers DCMS includes base lists, user modifies for his needs. Link to COA Quantity in stock VAT per item Quantity on order Unit value, invisible without user-right Multiple currency prices SBS = Quick & simple, yet powerful info@dansoft.net

15. Targets Materials 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. info@dansoft.net

16. Water It is possible to manage different water sources, by quantities and cost. info@dansoft.net

17. Fields / Greenhouses These, are parameters of this Field Historic crop-cycles Defining fields and greenhouses is quick and simple info@dansoft.net

18. Material Application Apply at 6am, free entrance 8am Enter only what’s important Greenhouses applied Down to bed level Targets & Materials Audit trail Plan & Execution info@dansoft.net

19. MA 2 Managed at Row level Crop & Field area factors Zooming brings list of fields info@dansoft.net

20. MA 3 Zooming to select materials and application rates Shows general-crop rates Zooming again brings the fertilizers master file Zooming to PH reduction shows it’s a deficiency info@dansoft.net

21. MA 4 Stores Requisition Vouchers (SRV’s) can be raised automatically from planned MA Data automation features Data entry controls and auto-calculations based on constants 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. info@dansoft.net

22. MA Reports Typing name Zoom to select report subject Setting dates Setting Parameters Values Execute Ranges info@dansoft.net

23. Parameters Earliest harvest dates Column with crop names will have 12 characters Break-down per row No sub-totals Overhead break-downs info@dansoft.net

24. Values Column with material quantity will have 9 characters With 5 decimal digits Analysis by net or gross area Easy import to spread sheets Percentage distribution of any value info@dansoft.net

25. Ranges Filtering can be done on any combination of parameters, e.g. – on Blocks and Materials Filtering information is done naturally, without any system limitations. 100-999, n200-299 means everything from 100 to 999 but not 200-299. info@dansoft.net

26. Report Beginning and end of report The requested report is of many columns and over 6 pages long. info@dansoft.net

27. 2D Report With optional multiple break-downs Raises the 2D dialogue window and multiple values Clicking 2D info@dansoft.net

28. 2D Report graphs are also available The result is a compact presentation Crops are in the Y (vertical) axis Disease Types in the X (horizontal) axis Total Cost is the value Note the identical totals info@dansoft.net

29. Graphs – Bar 3D Fungal and Insects Diseases are most costly info@dansoft.net

30. Graphs - Stack Total expense on Carnations info@dansoft.net

31. 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. info@dansoft.net