Grower Overview

The Horticulture module is a useful enhancement to the EBMS module that gives the orchard manager or produce grower the ability to map orchards along with trees and acreage. The system will map the fruit of produce varieties within a block or field. The general and harvesting labor costs are recorded for individual varieties, fields, or blocks. The system coupled with the piecework payroll system will track the total and average yields. Tracking a harvest using bin codes and employee information is a needed tool in managing a farm or orchard.

The system gives the grower the tools to track employee information, process piecework payroll, and generate require reporting. Managing a variety of piecework, harvest bin rates, and fruit quality options has been greatly simplified with the EBMS Horticulture module. The module includes many management reports such as production per acre, labor costs per acre, and variety yield statistics.

The piecework payment system is integrated into the EBMS Payroll system to create a seamless way to track employee information, pay piecework employees, and manage labor costs. The payroll system processes all the standard payroll taxes and deductions and generates reports such as 940, W2, and other common payroll reports. The Horticulture documentation is a supplement to the main Payroll documentation. I recommend that the user have the payroll documentation available while reviewing this documentation. It may be helpful to review the Labor > Piecework Pay section within the labor manual before continuing with the Horticulture documentation.

Orchard or farm information is divided into fields or blocks. The individual varieties of trees or plants are grouped by rootstock, and date planted. The field and variety information must be setup before payroll and costs are processed.

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Orchard Tracking

• Configuring farms and blocks:  Review Farm Setup > Entering Farm and Block Information for setup instructions.

• Creating variety and rootstock settings:  Review Farm Setup > Adding or Changing varieties or Root Stock for instructions on the optional root stock setting and the required variety options.

• Recording yields:  Review Managing the Farm > Recording and Adjusting Yields for options to manage yields per block, variety, and farm.

• Orchard management reporting:  Review Managing the Farm > Management Reports for details on reporting costs, yields, and profits for a farm, variety, or block.

Tracking Harvest and other Piecework Pay

• Setup labor work codes and bin codes:  Review Processing Payroll > Creating Work Codes and Bin Codes for setup instructions

• Picker Ticket Entry:  Review Processing Payroll > Picker Ticket Entry for harvest bin entry information.

• In FIeld Harvest Manager:  Review https://info.eaglebusinesssoftware.com/ebms/modules/InHarvestFieldManager for device options.

• Time clock that includes piecework pay:  Review [Labor] Piecework Pay > Collecting Piecework Details using Time Track for information on using a time clock to enter piecework pay when clocking out.

• Entering piecework pay into a timecard:  Review Processing Payroll > Horticulture Information within the Timecard for payroll process instructions for an orchard.

Business Management Tools

• Point of Sale:  Review [Sales] Accounts Receivable Overview for a list of the many point of sale tools for whole sale, farm market, or fruit stands.  

• Inventory:  Review [Inventory] Inventory Overview for options to trace product and manage inventory.  

• Financial tools:  Review [FInancials] Financial Overview to review the manage business management tools available.