WI COMMODITY ORDERING SYSTEM

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• WI COMMODITY ORDERING SYSTEM

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• Commodity Allocation Receipt Summary
• (CARS) Report Access

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CARS Report

• The CARS report covers the monthly commodity
  distributions your agency received during the
  specified program year.
• The CARS Report should be used for year-end entry
  and/or audit purposes.

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CARS Report

• Each agency is responsible for printing their own
  copy of the CARS report.
• The CARS report shows
• the commodities received by your agency
• the value of these commodity items
• percentage of entitlement received

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CARS Report

• To print a copy of the CARS report, each agency
  has to log-into the WI Commodity Ordering
  System and access their agency specific CARS
  report.

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System

• 1. Open your internet browser
• (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.)
• 2. Type in the following address in the address
  screen of the internet browser
  http//dpi.wi.gov/fns/index.html

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System
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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System

• 3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the
  Order USDA Commodities section.
• 4. Click on the WI Commodity Ordering System
  link.

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System
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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System

• 5. The log-in screen for the WI Commodity
  Ordering System will be displayed.
• 6. Enter the User Id and Password for your
  agency.
• The User ID is the agency code assigned to your
  agency (same as the fiscal claim system).
• The password is the 4 digit password assigned to
  your agency (typically the same as the fiscal
  claim system).

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System
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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System

• 7. Once your are logged-into the commodity
  system, a message board will be displayed.
• Important commodity updates will be displayed on
  this message board and may change on a
  daily/weekly basis.
• 8. Read the message board and click on the
  Continue button located at the bottom of the
  message board screen.

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System
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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System

• 9. Select the program year by clicking on the
  desired program year.
• The program year is listed by the fiscal year.
• Example For school year 2008-09, click on
  program year 2009.

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Accessing the WI Commodity Ordering System
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Accessing the CARS Report

• 10. Once your agency has accessed the desired
  program year, the following words will be
  listed Summary, Allocations, Orders, Reports,
  and Resources.
• These words are listed below the web tool bar,
  but above the School Food Authority Summary
  portion of the system.
• 11. Click on the word Reports.

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Accessing the CARS Report
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Accessing the CARS Report

• 12. Click on the words CARS Report.

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Accessing the CARS Report
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Accessing the CARS Report

• 13. The CARS Report will now be displayed for
  the designated program year.

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Accessing the CARS Report
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Accessing the CARS Report

• 14. To print a copy of the CARS report, click on
  the Print button located on the top of the
  web tool bar.

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Accessing the CARS Report
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Accessing the CARS Report

• The amount next to the line, Total Value
  Received Entitlement, Bonus, DoD, and Raw
  Product is the total value of commodities your
  agency has received for the designated program
  year.
• This is the amount that may be needed for
  year-end and/or audit purposes.

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Accessing the CARS Report