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Grower technology, horticulture operations, and product news from the team building the operating system for the growers who run nurseries, greenhouses, and orchards.

GrowPoint Cumulative Updates February 2020
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GrowPoint Cumulative Updates February 2020

Versions 20.07 and 20.05 What’s New North Carolina 2020 tax tables 20.05 Reformat of 1099-INT form in Accounts Payable 20.05 Status added to the “Copy From”

DTS Cumulative Update  DTS2 Version 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, & 2.21
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DTS Cumulative Update DTS2 Version 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, & 2.21

Direct To Store has new features and enhancements including immediate export to Excel function for large reports – speed up your reports!

2020 Employment Compensation Law Changes for Businesses
Technology

2020 Employment Compensation Law Changes for Businesses

We have compiled some of the federal employment law changes for 2020 that became effective January 1st that may affect your business. Below are a few of the changes you should know for 2020.

Changes coming for Home Depot Suppliers
Technology

Changes coming for Home Depot Suppliers

From what we understand, this program will provide a centralized platform for Home Depot suppliers to use for their Home Depot specific retail data needs. It will provide sales data, new metrics, dashboards and trend reporting to help suppliers improve in-store performance among other features.

Takeaways From MANTS2020
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Takeaways From MANTS2020

We met with many of our customers and new prospects at the MANTS 2020 Conference. Through the discussions, there were several themes of challenges and opportunities for the growers and vendors that we talked to. We will share this with you.

Introducing GrowerOnline Restricted Item Groups
Technology

Introducing GrowerOnline Restricted Item Groups

With restricted item groups a group can configure what items are show or disallowed for a customer, helping speed the ordering and compliance process for interstate or inter-country order fulfillment.

4 Keys To Success With Pay By Scan For Growers
Technology

4 Keys To Success With Pay By Scan For Growers

Pay-by-scan is a consignment sales model that many growers work with based on the retailers they sell to. Some of the ‘big box’ retailers use pay-by-scan as the model for garden center items.

What You Need to Know Before Filing Taxes for 2019
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What You Need to Know Before Filing Taxes for 2019

Each year our GrowPoint system includes updates for the yearly changes to state and federal tax law. The GrowPoint yearend payroll update for Version 19.52 has

Thank You To Our Customers
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Thank You To Our Customers

Thank you to our customers. Our customers provide ideas and feedback which is critical to the success of any software development effort. You work together with us to collaboratively solve problems that improve operations and results. 2019 has been a year of enhancement on all our product lines.

DTS Cumulative Updates December 2019
Technology

DTS Cumulative Updates December 2019

What’s New This cumulative release includes a big installment of updates, fixes, enhancements as well as exciting new features. New Features! Updated sales dashboard to display

Introducing Visual Availability in GrowerOnline
Operations

Introducing Visual Availability in GrowerOnline

Advanced Grower Solutions adds incredible new features to the latest release of GrowerOnline to improve the customer experience of purchasing plants from our growers.

Technology

Takeaways From Growing Innovations 2019

The real impact of automation on big ag labor reduction is increasing quickly. Data is the new oil (or hydraulic fluid). System Integration / Collaboration is key – across systems, technologies, vendors/suppliers.