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Crop Maintenance
Enter the crop information at the following screen. If using the nutrient recommendation section of the Agvance Planning module, enter the nutrient information. Otherwise, only the Crop Name and Units are necessary. Crop Name – Enter the ...
Soil Type
Optionally create a database of regional soil types indicating their characteristics at Hub / Setup / Soil Types . At a minimum, enter the name of the soil type which is then available for selection at the Field Profile window. The soil character...
Payment Terms
Several different options may be used in Agvance for setting payment terms and discounts in the Planning, Blending, and Accounting modules. Discounts may be defined as flat percentages, dollar amounts for different volume levels or as graduated ta...
Company Information
The Company Information screen at Hub / Setup / Company is used for report headings to identify the company. This password-protected area is set up based on the company information supplied on the software order form. If for any reason it needs ...
Locations
In Agvance Accounting, track inventory and accounts receivable by plant location. Define those Locations at Hub / Setup / Locations . When setting up Inventory Departments, denote the Location (therefore there may be multiple Chemical Departments...
Sales Staff
Sales staff may optionally be set up and then assigned to specific Customers or transactions. ID – Enter up to 15 characters to designate this Salesperson. Inactive – Select this option if the Salesperson is no longer active. First Name/...
Applicators
Used to maintain information about custom applicators, this area at Hub / Setup / Applicators is optional but gives the ability to indicate the driver on a particular job. Reports may be run on applicators listing those whose selected dates have ...
Vehicles
Optionally enter vehicles to be entered on various jobs throughout the program. ID – Enter up to 10 characters to uniquely identify each Vehicle. Vehicle Type – Selecting the Arrow displays the various types used in the past (such as Te...
Company Preferences
General Login Using Windows User – This logs users into Agvance automatically based on their Windows login account. Once this option is checked, the Windows Login ID field must be filled out for users at Hub / Setup / Use...
Location Preferences - Hub
At Hub / Setup / Location Preferences , select the Location from the drop-down for the preferences to display/edit. User Defined Soil Test Heading – There is one user-definable test result available at the soil test tab in the fi...
Mapping Preferences - Hub
This area at Hub / Setup / Mapping Preferences allows non-Mapping users to set preferences for options related to viewing maps outside of Mapping. Background Road Folder – Use the Browse icon to choose which folder is the background road ...
Credit Statuses
There are five pre-defined statuses at Hub / Setup / Credit Statuses that may be assigned to customers: Excellent , Good , Fair , Poor , and Hold . Add, edit, or delete additional Credit Statuses on this window. The Hold status requires a ...
Item Groups
A method of adding additional routine charges to an Invoice is to establish groups of extra charges associated with the sale of particular products. This feature was originally designed for motor fuel taxes where several taxes might be applicable on...
Product Synchronization
Setup The use of the Product Master Replication process in Agvance requires a Product Master location be specified in the database. This is done at Hub / Setup / Locations or Accounting / Setup / Locations on the Profile tab. Select the L...
Geocode Agvance Data
This utility at Hub / Setup / Geocode Agvance Data gives the ability to geocode customer addresses, ship to addresses, locations, fields, and tanks. The latitude and longitude may be viewed along with a map. Type – Select the drop-down to cho...
Sales Allocations
The Alternate Product ID is available at the Select a Sales Allocation window at Hub / Setup / Sales Allocations . This area is optionally used to allocate product at a specific price for use on Sales Orders. Allocations interact with Sales...
Technology Licenses
Technology Licenses are assigned to Customers who purchase a license to buy proprietary product from a vendor. Most commonly, seed companies with a certain proprietary type of seed will license their product. These vendors are set up as Technology G...
Bill Split Arrangements
Agvance allows up to three pre-defined splits per billing arrangement. For example, a Landlord/Tenant might split everything 50/50 except chemicals which is 60/40 and the custom application charges which are paid 100% by the tenant. The general term...
Inventory Departments
Similar inventory items are categorized or grouped (i.e., dry fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, chemicals, feed, etc.). These groups are called departments. There are options set at the department level that affect the items in that department. The Agv...
Recent Customers by Regions
The Customer Selection screen is used throughout Agvance to select Customer(s) for a variety of functions (Invoices, Delivery Tickets, Purchases, Blend Tickets, Plans, Sales Orders, running reports, etc.). The Recent Customers by Regions tool cr...