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Growing Capacity Planning

Check growing space against planned production

Define greenhouse space, beds, zones and equipment as capacity, set what is available each planning period, and see where planned crops will run short before the space is needed.

A ruler beside a growing grid

What it does

  • Capacity codes cover greenhouse space, beds, zones and equipment by warehouse
  • Set availability per period, against planning years generated in one step
  • Compare available capacity with what plans and crop lots require, period by period
  • Drill into the plan lines that use each capacity code in each period
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Where it fits

From crop plan to shipped order, for growers and nurseries.

  1. This step

    Grow to the order book and the space you have

    A customer's sales order becomes a production plan and released crop lots in one action.

  2. Start every planting from a proven program

    Each crop and variety is set up once as a growing program, and every new planting starts from it.

  3. Crews record the work where it happens

    Each day's work on a crop is recorded with the inputs, quantities and locations used.

  4. Know what is ready to sell and what it cost

    Finished output from each crop is recorded and released into on hand inventory as sales items and grades.

  5. Ship orders from the right lots

    Lots and warehouse locations are set on each order line, by hand or automatically, so pickers know what to pull.

  6. Build the dashboards your managers watch

    Managers get the numbers they watch every day on dashboards designed in the browser and filed by role.

Questions about growing capacity planning

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

How do we know if there is enough growing space?

Capacity codes cover greenhouse space, beds, zones and equipment by warehouse, with availability set per period. Analysis compares available capacity with what plans and crop lots require, period by period.

How do we check growing space against planned crops?

Define greenhouse space, beds, zones and equipment as capacity, set what is available each period, and see where planned crops will run short before the space is needed.

Can we see which plans use a bed or zone in a period?

Yes. Drill into the plan lines that use each capacity code in each period.

Related capabilities

Also in grow and sell.

Crew Work Orders

Give growing crews clear work orders

Build crew work orders from crop lots, from growing locations or from activities already planned, and plan the days ahead from on screen planting and transplanting worksheets.

Crop Lots

Track every planting from first stage to finish

Create each planting as a crop lot from its program in one screen, with its stages, inputs, outputs, dates and quantities built for you, then run it from a single management view.

Crop Programs

Turn each crop into a reusable growing program

Set up each crop and variety once as a growing program with its stages, timing, expected loss, inputs and outputs, then start every new planting from it instead of from a blank sheet.

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