Identifying your items properly so that employees in the yard or greenhouse know what they are is crucial to correct inventory and availability, to accurate picks, and sales order fulfillment.
This blog will walk through a credit card fee example to help illustrate the financial impact and options a grower has to potentially improve sales and cash flow.
There are ways to minimize and avoid those storm clouds altogether when you update your grower software systems. With the right process, software supplier and mindset you can enjoy the rain and avoid the storm.
Without appropriate records and processes order pulls can become a giant game of ‘find the plants’ where employees wander around, wasting precious time and dollars, trying to find items to fulfill an order.
Planning is even more important in the growing industry due to the large number of items that can be grown, the complexity of the supply chain and the seasonality of the product.
A good consultant can help you formulate your real needs and requirements. This process alone will speed up and improve the effectiveness of any future selection process.