dansoft’s dcms
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DCMS is a large software system, for many different types of businesses. This presentation is directed at medium to large farms, focused more on Agri Production.
Dansoft’s DCMS
Large & Small Business
Precision Farming
Agro-Technical
Sales, Payroll, Accounts, more
Powerful, Friendly, Open
Growers, Propagators, Breeders
Field Trials, R&D
Technical InfoStations can be Windows 95, 98, ME, NT or 2000
Single user, Workgroup, Windows 2000 or Novel
Magic’s eDeveloper
Pervasive SQL2000i
Possible on Oracle, IBM, Unix, VAX, MS-SQL, Cache and more
Underlying powerful C-engine => “key-less” highly robust system
Millions of records on low-end servers
Simple to maintain
Lends itself to customizations
Automatic conversions upon software updates
Powerful user rights
Pre-designed for distributed companies, including multi-nationals
Commercial Info
Fixed quotations => Clients seek optimal solutions, not safeguard budgets
Low per-user costs => comprehensive implementation (advantage to size)
Low-cost on-site full-time implementers
Complete customizations at affordable or no costs
Fixed annual fees for support and sub-version upgrades
Dansoft
Long-runner, innovative, leading technology, client focused
Hundreds of clients, including leading flower producers
Dedicated staff, IT and agriculturists
Holland a key strategic market as of 2002
Encouraging cooperation (multi-nationals, process control, DLV)
Agro-business first installations - 1990
Dansoft – focused on its clients
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
DCMS is available in Dutch and other languages, even on same station
Setup guides through topics, some not considered before using DCMS
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
InterfacesHQ auto-consolidation => ideal for a distributed companies
EDI in-between remote Dansoft sites on POP, Stores, SOP, Sales and JV’s
Any report easily read into spread sheet and other software
DCMS includes accounts. If required can integrate with external system.
DCMS includes payroll. If required can integrate with external system.
Can read 3rd-party sales results info (also custom interfaces)
Can read process control info, e.g.– fertigation, (also custom interfaces)
DCMS WRS (Web Reports Server) enables powerful reports over the web
Swipe card readers (work-clocks)
DCMS Agri Production
This glimpse into some agro-technical features is intended to raise interest to seek a live demonstration of DCMS.
For details please contact Dansoft or its representatives.
Varieties
For add-on web catalogue system
A sample normal constants screen before looking at some more technical constants.
Chemicals
Crop cycle plans
Harvest warnings
Work safety
Re-ordering infoStock unit value
Storage
Stock
Chemicals analysis by commercial names or active ingredients
Fertilizers Can be applied through the irrigation network or through other means. DCMS will combine fertigation records with material application records with field maps and other constants to provide comprehensive agro-technical, stock or costing analysis
TargetsMaterials are usually chemicals but also hormones, biological warfare insects or organisms. Targets are what materials are applied for/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. For various crops one may use different application rates.
WaterBy entering water sample results, the system will combine water properties with fertilizer properties to provide precise chemical elements analysis down to single plant level.It is possible to manage different water sources by all professional and financial properties.
Rows
Data automation allows rapid precise definition of crops by individual bed. Breeders and propagators can go down to single plant level.
Greenhouse Map
A sample rose greenhouse with a main path in the middle. Unlike a drawing from an engineering design software, DCMS draws maps from basic data records. While the maps are important in their own sake and for verification of base data records, all calculations are done by those base records – the secret factor allowing DCMS the phenomenally accurate analysis.
Map options
Precision management requires numerous details. The system transforms that into useful managerial information, also through maps.
The ability to pinpoint specific plants by long-term and average behavior is key to selecting the better from the weaker. The R&D selection parameters are virtually limitless.
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
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
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.
MA 5 - Dutch
DCMS is a true multi-lingual system, with various facilities even for the data itself
While some titles may remain in English by omission, any title can be translated to any language or different term within same language. Only the internal help screens remain in English. It is possible to access the same database from an icon opening an
English DCMS or an icon opening a Dutch DCMS.
MA ReportsZoom to select report subject Setting dates
Typing name
Setting Parameters ExecuteValues Ranges
Column with crop names will have 12 characters Break-down
per rowNo sub-totals
Overhead break-downs
Earliest harvest dates
Parameters
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
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
ReportThe requested report is of many columns and over 6 pages long.
Beginning and end of report
2D ReportClicking 2D
Raises the 2D dialogue window
With optional multiple break-downs
and multiple values
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
