Category: Greenhouse and Cannabis Growing Software

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Greenhouse Growers Feeling Pressure to Adopt Modern Technology

The greenhouse grower market continues to expand rapidly while supply chain costs continue to rise. But there is continued pressure to adopt modern grower technology. Given these trends, growers have to become more efficient in their operations. Manual processes supported by spreadsheets and entry-level accounting systems can work to a certain extent. But as the…
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Why Cannabis Operators Need a Comprehensive Compliance Solution

Cannabis growers and producers rely on entry-level accounting systems (like QuickBooks) and spreadsheets to run their complying with state regulations. Whether it’s entering data into a state-mandated system—like Metrc or BioTrack—or reacting to auditors who drop in for a surprise visit, there’s a lot of scrambling to manually compile all the data from the financials,…
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How Change Tracking Plays a Pivotal Role in Cannabis Operations

Something seems off in the pricing for the vape cartridges you sell to one of your major retail customers. Or perhaps the terms for another customer that buys large quantities of edibles have been extended to 60 days, and you’re not sure why. Both cases illustrate the need for cannabis growers and producers to closely…
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Mastering Cannabis Operations: Personnel, Planning, and Production

Many growing cannabis producers have solved the challenge of using manual spreadsheets and entry-level accounting programs by transitioning to SilverLeaf CBC from Velosio as their ERP system. SilverLeaf is powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and integrates all financial and production functions to optimize cannabis business operations. In Part 2 of our Mastering Cannabis…
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Mastering Cannabis Operations – Part 4: Reporting and Business Intelligence

Sara Silver—our Director of Horticulture Solutions—and Matt Goodson—a Senior Consultant for Velosio—present the reporting and business intelligence (BI) capabilities you can leverage in SilverLeaf, which integrates all the functions to optimize your cannabis business and runs on top of the best-in-class ERP platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If you manage a cannabis business and are…
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5 Steps to Financial Success for Cannabis Growers and Processors

Maintaining a financially healthy business by understanding cash flow, generating revenue forecasts, and streamlining AR/AP is vital to the success of your cannabis operations. And when cannabis growers and processors begin to expand, it becomes even more crucial to have visibility into specific KPIs to protect the bottom line.   In this blog, we outline the five…
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4 Keys to Profitable Inventory Management for Cannabis Growers and Processors

The keys to profitable operations for cannabis growers and producers start with gaining real-time visibility into production and inventory. This helps managers make decisions on how to streamline the end-to-end process of fulfilling customer orders. It’s just as critical to document product testing and the monitoring of waste to comply with state regulations. If you…
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5 Ways Growers Can Leverage Data to Tackle Market Uncertainty

When business is booming, growers sometimes overlook how efficiently their operations are running. In horticulture operations, there’s enough revenue coming in the door to make up for any slim margins. But during market uncertainty, improving efficiencies so margins increase is paramount. Consider the uncertain situation the industry was facing in 2021. When COVID broke out…
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Digital Transformation for Agribusiness

Digital technologies like AI, machine learning, and the IoT are transforming agriculture in profound ways. They’re enabling orgs to take on the challenges that farmers have faced from the very beginning. And – they’re helping growers tackle new ones like climate change, hunger, and an unforgiving regulatory landscape. Under the “agribusiness umbrella” there’s a lot…
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