Dansofts DCMS

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Dansofts DCMS
Growers, Propagators, Breeders
Precision Farming
Large Small Business
Agro-Technical
Field Trials, RD
Sales, Payroll, Accounts, more
Powerful, Friendly, Open
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.
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Technical Info

• Stations can be Windows 95, 98, ME, NT or 2000

• Single user, Workgroup, Windows 2000 or Novel

• Magics eDeveloper

• Pervasive SQL2000i

• Possible on Oracle, IBM, Unix, VAX, MS-SQL, Cache
  and more

• Underlying powerful C-engine gt key-less highly
  robust system

• Millions of records on low-end servers

• Simple to maintain

• Lends itself to customizations

• Automatic conversions upon software updates

• Pre-designed for distributed companies, including
  multi-nationals

• Powerful user rights

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Commercial Info

• Fixed quotations gt Clients seek optimal
  solutions, not safeguard budgets

• Low per-user costs gt 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

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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

• Holland a key strategic market as of 2002

• Encouraging cooperation (multi-nationals, process
  control, DLV)

Dansoft focused on its clients
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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, ltEntergt 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

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Interfaces

• HQ auto-consolidation gt ideal for a distributed
  companies

• EDI in-between remote Dansoft sites on POP,
  Stores, SOP, Sales and JVs

• 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.

• Swipe card readers (work-clocks)

• 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

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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.

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Constants
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Varieties
A sample normal constants screen before looking
at some more technical constants.
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Chemicals
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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
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Targets
Materials 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.
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Water
By 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.
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Fields / Greenhouses
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Rows
Data automation allows rapid precise definition
of crops by individual bed. Breeders and
propagators can go down to single plant level.
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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.
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Map options
The ability to pinpoint specific plants by
long-term and average behavior is key to
selecting the better from the weaker. The RD
selection parameters are virtually limitless.
Precision management requires numerous details.
The system transforms that into useful managerial
information, also through maps.
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Material Application
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MA 2
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MA 3
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MA 4
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.
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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.
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MA Reports
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Parameters
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Values
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Ranges
Filtering information is done naturally, without
any system limitations. 100-999, n200-299 means
everything from 100 to 999 but not 200-299.
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Report
The requested report is of many columns and over
6 pages long.
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2D Report
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2D Report
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Graphs Bar 3D
Fungal and Insects Diseases are most costly
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Graphs - Stack