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Future Products – Computer Technology
Share This ArticleAs we look into the future, there will be two main areas that will define the software of the future: seamless connectivity between different software and hardware systems and increased automation to reduce labor costs. To better understand how software will play a role in the future of greenhouses, you must first get a glimpse of what the green- house of the future will look like. The future greenhouse will not have an order entry staff. Instead, orders will be entered electronically by customers and sales reps using mobile devices that easily connect to the grower’s Picas software. […]
Picas App Technologies
Share This ArticleWholesale greenhouses recognize the importance and usefulness of the web for the overall running of their operations. Innovative Software Solutions (ISS), provider of the Picas Greenhouse Production Software, recognizes this as well. To support ISS’ goal of providing a robust web enabled Picas, they evaluated and tried different web development environments that did not provide the ease-of-use and functionality that ISS required. Facing the challenge of meeting the changing needs of the wholesale greenhouses, ISS’ search brought them to App Technologies to web enable their Picas software and create their new ePicas offering. “We looked at a number […]
Profit Center – Software Savvy
Share This ArticleMore growers are streamlining business functions while integrating production planning with software solutions. Is it just for the big guys, or would it make sense for your business, too? While growers with simple operations are getting by using basic spreadsheets to document accounting functions and production plans, those with more employees making decisions as management teams have found they need to centralize access to vital information for daily business functions, as well as planning. The past five years, we’ve seen growers moving toward comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and consolidating all business operations into a uniform computing […]
Going Mobile – Breaking Free from the Chains of Your Desktop
Share This ArticleNEW ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY MAKE IT EASY FOR GROWERS TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND MAINTAIN PRODUCTION. Many greenhouses today have backend systems that are used for processing orders, maintaining their production, keeping an accurate inventory and tracking labor. For many, access to these backend systems means being at your desk where you can access your backend software through your desktop computer. This usually means writing something down on a piece of paper while in the greenhouse or field and looking up the needed information or entering the data when you get back to your desk. This is not an […]
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