Ornamentals & Nursery
Ornamentals & Nursery: stock and warehouse, production and shipment, customer accounts and reporting.
Challenges
- Cost cannot be separated per batch (pots, stems).
- Short shelf life drives high waste, yet it is not measured.
- Refrigerated shipment temperature is not on record.
- Order timing and cutting timing do not line up.
Workflows
Production batch
- The batch is opened with species, quantity and planting date.
- Greenhouse inputs and labour are posted to the batch.
- Cutting or sales preparation deducts from the batch.
Shipment and freshness
- The order is planned against the cutting date.
- Refrigerated shipment is carried out with a temperature record.
- A batch past its shelf life is separated out as waste.
Documents
- Production batch record
- Cutting slip
- Refrigerated dispatch note
- Waste report
Reports
- Cost by batch
- Waste and shelf life
- Shipment temperature history
- Order fulfilment rate
Metrics
- Waste rate by batch
- Cost per stem
- Order fulfilment rate
- Average shelf life
Compliance
- Phytosanitary certificate
- Cold-chain transport rules
Glossary
- Production batch
- Dated production lot
- Shelf life
- Expiry window that raises a waste warning
- Refrigerated shipment
- Shipment that holds a temperature record
- Cutting
- Operation that creates a stock issue from the batch
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I see cost by batch?
Yes — greenhouse inputs and labour are posted to the batch, so cost emerges at batch level.
Can I measure the waste rate?
Yes — a batch past its shelf life is separated as waste and the rate is reported.
Can I record the shipment temperature?
Yes — in a refrigerated shipment the temperature reading is written to the shipment record.
Can I plan orders against the cutting date?
Yes — the order is matched to the cutting date and the fulfilment rate is measured.
Can I derive the cost per stem?
Yes — the batch cost is divided by the quantity to compute the unit cost.