GrowPoint

GrowPoint by Advanced Grower Solutions is a software system designed to streamline operations and enhance productivity for small to medium-size nursery and greenhouse growers. According to the vendor, GrowPoint caters to professionals in the horticulture, agricultural, and plant supply industries, including nursery growers, greenhouse operators, florists, landscape contractors, garden centers, and more. With its user-friendly interface and a wide range of features, GrowPoint aims to provide efficient production tracking, inventory management, sales order processing, and strategic consulting services.

Key Features

Inventory Management and Tracking: According to the vendor, GrowPoint offers a highly configurable inventory system that allows growers to track and report on inventory across multiple locations. Growers can manage inventory by genus, size, grade, location, packaging, and more. The software also enables the creation of customizable plant availability lists for different customer groups and automatic integration with GrowerOnline for online distribution of availability.

Sales and Sales Order Management: The software provides a sales order entry system, allowing growers to create master orders for pre-booking and analyze sales on screen. With a wholesale point of sale screen, growers can quickly enter and collect payments for orders. GrowPoint also includes a customer contact and prospect manager for effective customer relationship management, along with an item pricing model with price levels, discounts, and date-defined pricing discounts.

Production Planning and Tracking: GrowPoint facilitates crop scheduling and planning based on sell/ready date or production date. Growers can manage crop tasks and events, track raw materials, propagation, and finished production dependencies, and calculate raw material needs and costing for production activities. The software supports variable grow times and yield factors, improving the management of potting dates and events for production crews.

Financial Accounting: GrowPoint offers a financial accounting system, including a general ledger with balance sheet and income statement, accounts payable and purchase order operations, invoice and statement generation, aging reports, payroll processing with tax calculations, and a detailed cost accounting system for income and expense tracking. Additionally, it provides chain store accounting/EDI integration for mass merchandisers.

Cloud-Based and Reliable: GrowPoint is a cloud-based software that aims to provide reliable and always available services with advanced security and automated backup. The software allows for collaboration with synced online access for team viewing, faster support, and enhanced performance for efficient operations. Moreover, it offers flexible cost options and lower expenses with scalable capacity.

Grower-Friendly Pricing: According to the vendor, GrowPoint's software subscription pricing is based on server size and configuration, eliminating the need for large upfront fees. It aims to provide a cost-effective solution for small to medium-size growers.

Grower Strategy Assessment and Strategic Planning: GrowPoint offers a guided process to assess, evaluate, and define or refine corporate strategy. It aims to help growers define plans to achieve their goals and objectives, providing analysis of organizational alignment and communication efficiencies.

Grower M&A Analysis and Modeling: The software assists growers in mergers and acquisitions by conducting analysis and modeling to evaluate potential acquisitions. It aims to provide recommendations for improvements and achieving buyer objectives.

Grower Operational KPI Analysis: GrowPoint assesses and analyzes key performance indicators (KPIs) for growers, helping measure important metrics for production, crop maintenance, and shipping. It aims to provide recommendations for process improvements and data required for measurement.

Grower Management Processes: GrowPoint assists growers in defining and clarifying organizational roles, responsibilities, and processes. It aims to improve coordination across the organization and provide recommendations for better decision-making and alignment with strategic plans.