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This summary is from an article our president, John Beauford, contributed to that was posted on Greenhouse Grower by Andy Wilcox.
It can be intimidating to choose a software system to improve your business. Especially if you feel too busy to spend the time to learn about what options are available. However, that might be exactly why this is the time you need to find out how it can benefit your operation.
Data Analysis Is Critical
Operators commonly track environmental conditions, but what about other data? The business side of your operation is full of data, too. That may be a place where your operation could improve.
“Data systems provide memory,” says John Beauford, President and Chief Technology Officer of Advanced Grower Solutions.
A software system for data analysis does more than function like a spreadsheet. It acts as a central repository for data collected across your operation, from the loading dock to the greenhouse floor to accounting. All departments can enter data, and instead of it being on separate departmental spreadsheets (or notepads and stickies), it goes into a single system that can generate reports or sales orders, update inventories, or forecast profitability. For “Lord of the Rings” fans, a good data analysis software system is like the One Ring. One system to rule them all and, in the greenhouse, bind them.
Data collection and analysis also help eliminate the single source of failure common to many operations — that indispensable person without whom the operation would cease to run on a day-to-day basis, whether that’s the manager, grower, or accountant. What would happen if that person became ill, took a different job, or moved to another state?
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Improve Your Bottom Line
While improving system processes, smoothing out the bumps, providing standardized formats, and generating readable reports and figures are excellent reasons to adopt these systems, the bottom line is always of interest. How can spending money on yet another piece of software make money? By helping the operator to identify costs and opportunities for profitability.
There are numerous benefits to implementing data analysis in a greenhouse operation. It enables better decision-making, increases productivity, contributes to cost savings, and facilitates improved forecasting and planning. Read the full Greenhouse Grower article here.
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