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ABCgrower - Orchard Management Software

ABCgrower - Orchard Management Software

ABCgrower is a versatile orchard management software designed to facilitate digital record-keeping and enhance operational workflow in farming environments. This cloud-based platform allows for real-time harvest tracking, inventory management, and logging of non-harvest activities. It effectively streamlines labor management, whether it's through piecework, hourly, casual, or permanent arrangements, thereby minimizing administrative overhead. The software is accessible via ABCgrower Web, which is mobile-responsive, and the ABCgrower App, which allows offline data collection in-field. These tools provide actionable insights through digitally recorded data to enhance efficiency. The system supports comprehensive inventory management with full traceability and features such as timesheets, harvest and inventory tracking, quality management, and security through permission-based user access. ABCgrower aims to support in-orchard and packhouse operations for improved business outcomes.

Flexible, adaptable and actionable software solutions

ABCgrower is the cloud-based software solution for digital record keeping on-farm, recording real-time harvest tracking, inventory management and non-harvest time and task capture.

Managing labour output, either by piecework or hourly, casual or permanent, by employees or contractors, ABCgrower streamlines the management of labour and reduces the amount of admin and paperwork.

It’s an easy-to-use solution that’s delivered by ABCgrower Web – which is a mobile responsive website that resizes to any device or ABCgrower App – an offline app to collect information infield without the need for internet connection.

Actionable insights and improved workflow

Digitally recorded data has actionable insights to improve workflow and increase efficiency. Detailed in-field recording of harvest and non-harvest activities has live productivity reporting and reconciliation. Manage inventory with full traceability and comprehensive reporting handles piece rates, inventory and block costs.

Direct in-app recording has flexible functionality and a practical, user friendly focus with permission-based access to an unlimited number of users.

It’s orchard management software made easy. Turn modules on or off as needed and keep it simple. ABCgrower is the ultimate solution for accurate, practical and accessible on-farm tracking.

Timesheets

Manage and record labour, piecework or hourly
Record real-time start and finish times, individual or bulk tasks
Electronically record time spent on piece rate tasks
Records activities of individuals or groups to farm, block variety or bay/row level
Generate and scan unique worker barcodes, work crew barcodes and NFC tags
Record harvest and non-harvest activities
Accurate time and task tracking
Collect by piece for productivity information and conversion to hourly payment
Pay by piece, by hour or mix and match rates
Supports hourly payment and productivity bonuses
Productivity bonus calculation tool for optional weighting and bonus rewards

Harvest

Harvest time tracking by picker, container, unit, kilogram
Record by container, eg. bag, bucket, bin, lug, crate, tray
Individual and total tallies for picker checks and reconciliation
Generate unique container labels for tracking and traceability
Live productivity reporting on ABCgrower App and Web
Despatch from orchard to packhouse or coolstore
Track live productivity reporting, picker checks and reconciliation
Harvest cost reporting by unit, tree, vine, standard unit and kilogram
Harvest heat map with container search
Use with inventory management for unique container tracing

Inventory Track & Trace

Print container and bin labels on custom label templates to identify and track produce
Unique container labelling is supported and permanent container numbers
Trace containers to pickers and blocks
Multiple container types converted to standard units for accurate reporting
One or more pickers per container are supported
Inventory and containers remain visible throughout
Customise label templates
Inventory and containers remain visible throughout
Movements tracked through storage, room, row, column, tier, despatch - from orchard to cool store to packhouse
Optional email notifications on inventory movement
Create unique barcode labels for produce packed in field
Record and label pallets for produce packed in field
Supports individual or continuous scans
Generate pallet labels, track and despatch pallets and show provenance

Reports and Calculators

Detailed and comprehensive reporting options
One-click output to spreadsheets for in-depth analysis
Block cost, variety cost, productivity, inventory and labour reports
Calculate block costs by individual measures – tree, vine, hectare, harvested unit, harvested kilogram...
Output reports directly to payroll system
Productivity and traceability reporting
Report block cost of labour. Include chemical costs with ABCspray
Business Intelligence API to utilise data in analytics platforms including Microsoft Power BI