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…
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…
Plant nursery leverages Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC for better visibility into finance and production, and to better serve customers.
Technology plays a key role in the business success of greenhouse growers by helping control costs so they can provide plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees to customers at a reasonable profit. Technology also delivers real-time access to information, which drives faster decision-making so your team can deliver a higher level of service to customers and…
By Todd Waterman, Velosio Solution Architect How you use or don’t use technology has a direct impact on your business. During conversations with hundreds of greenhouse growers over the past five years, we have identified three common factors that keep holding growers back from running their operations efficiently: Manual processes to input data and generate…
We’ve all heard the adage: “The only constant in life is change.” The Greek philosopher who originally said it, some guy name Heraclitus, wasn’t talking about greenhouse growers, but it definitely applies. The grower you are today, is not the grower you will be in five years, just as the industry today is not the…
For growers and horticulturalists, accounting is critical when understanding the value of your plants, no matter what lifecycle stage they are in. You need to track accounting for proper tax and reporting purposes, for the bank, or for auditing purposes. Not only will good organization and impeccable bookkeeping be useful to your staff and management,…