AGRIS Customer Documentation

AGRIS 20.1.0 Product Announcement

A newer version of AGRIS is Available!


Highlights

  • Capture supporting source documents at your scale that automatically flow with the image of the ticket to the AGRIS AttachToo document storage system. You an also capture more information on spot contracts!

  • Integration with the Hrvyst offer and hedge management platform from R.J. O’Brien & Associates. This new integration truly maximizes the ability for grain merchandisers and originators to use a single, broker-agnostic trading platform.

  • Output enhancements with new reports and forms for more flexibility to easily provide information to those who need it.

  • Site and scale automation features to reduce the time haulers spend onsite and the effort your staff spends communicating with haulers.

  • Usability improvements to reduce time to distribute and process information.

New Features and Benefits

Below are a few of the highlights found in AGRIS 20.1.0. A ReadMe document is available for a full list of the changes.

Module

New Feature / Enhancement

Benefits

Module

New Feature / Enhancement

Benefits

Accounts Payable (ACP)

ACP Disbursement Reports - New standard "Vendor Disbursement Report - by Voucher Type" to assist with verifying 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC form information

(AGS-11205)

  • Reduce time and effort to identify and verify payments when using Voucher Type for purposes like non-employee compensation on forms 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC

Learn More

Accounts Receivable (ACR)

Ability to override the Invoice Date for finance charge invoices

(AGS-10986)

  • Eliminates static finance charge invoice date set to aging period-end date

  • Reduces the time and need to run multiple aging processes in order to correctly set the finance charge invoice date

Learn More

Booking and Prepayments - New standard forms that include signatures from AGRIS Sales App for storage and viewing in AttachToo

(AGS-11176)

  • Reduce time and effort to see signatures on Bookings and Prepayment forms that flow from the AGRIS Sales App into the AGRIS AttachToo document storage system

Learn More

Bank Management (BNK)

Standard report to create ACH cash receipts (auto-debit payments from customers)

(AGS-11765)

  • Reduce time and effort to receive and apply cash from customers via ACH

Learn More

AttachToo Document Storage (AT2)

AttachOne - Ability to send attachments from oneWeigh remote scale to the server if using AttachToo

(AGS-10303)

  • Reduce the effort to move supporting documents (e.g., bill of lading, wash ticket) in one file with the ticket from the scale to the main AGRIS system

Learn More

Commodity (GRN)






Apply From Hold and then Settle ticket-by-ticket

(AGS-11292)

  • Minimize time and effort to correctly select, process, and settle tickets following entry of final weights/grades

  • Minimize mouse movements and keystrokes to process tickets through to delivery sheet application

Learn More

Apply to Spot Contract - Add Market Region (Tran Codes), freight price, broker price, other price, and Name IDs (Broker, Misc, Other, Shipper)

(AGS-11551)

  • Reduce time and effort by eliminating the need to edit the Spot Contract after the loads have been applied

  • Maximize reporting capabilities for Spot Contracts

Learn More

Freight Vouchers - setup option to control their Invoice Number field

(AGS-11968)

Maximize the flexibility to manage freight voucher information in Accounts Payable

Learn More

Near real-time integration with the Hrvyst Hedge Management System from R.J. O’Brien & Associates.*

(AGS-8899)

  • Maximize the ability for grain merchandisers and originators to use a single, broker-agnostic trading platform

  • Reduce time and effort to capture new Contracts and Contract changes in AGRIS resulting from the Hryvst Hedge management system

  • Minimize hedge slippage

  • Improve accuracy and timeliness of contract/hedge position information in AGRIS

  • Reduce effort to communicate AGRIS hedge position changes from spot contracts and over-/under-fills contracts to the Hryvst Hedge management system

  • Reduce time and effort to enter and wash hedges

Learn More

New Standard Inventory Audit Report that shows a Beginning Balance as of a desired date in order to help growers calculate "unpriced inventory" per the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act.

(AGS-12124)

  • Reduce time and effort to help growers figure out unpriced inventory balances as of a given date in the past

NOTE: These reports will only show customers that have a change to their storage balance within the parameter.

Learn More

oneWeigh (BLK, ONE)

Alert Router - Receive an immediate email notification when events you designate occur at the scale. Receive an automatic daily summary of events posted to a network drive or via email.

(AGS-5053)

  • Maximizes the chance that those who need to know that certain actions have occurred at the scale get alerts when they happen

  • Minimizes the effort to figure out what happened, when, and by whom

  • Reduces the effort to keep a thorough audit of scale events for compliance purposes

AttachOne* - Capture supporting load documents such as wash tickets, origin BOL, etc. at the scale at time of transaction. These supporting documents will generate as additional pages in the electronic PDF copy of the ticket.

(AGS-10303)

  • Ensures all necessary documentation is captured at the time of shipment or receipt in a single file

  • Eliminates the need to manually combine paper copies later and file

  • Eliminates the need to electronically scan in supporting ticket documentation after tickets are generated

  • Automatically transmits supporting documentation back to AGRIS if using AttachToo (not a requirement)

  • Minimizes the effort to have all necessary ticket and supporting ticket documentation available for document management systems in a single PDF

Self Check-In* - Touchscreen application to let the driver initiate the check-in process using a simple and easy-to-use interface.

(AGS-5300)

  • Reduce the amount of operator interaction with the driver

  • Increase operator focus on important tasks like grading

  • Eliminate redundant operator/driver interaction that occurs 100s of times each day

Patronage (PAT)





New "Qualified Payments Export/Import" standard spreadsheet report to help prepare 1099 PATR - Box 7 Qualified Payments amount.

(AGS-10817)

  • Reduce time and effort to calculate the Qualified Payments amount in Box 7 of the 1099-PATR based on your situation

  • Maximize flexibility to calculate the Qualified Payments amount in Box 7 of the 1099-PATR based on your situation

Learn More

Advanced Report > Standard Stock/Equity Balance Report and Spreadsheet - Ability to include Qualified Payment with other Pass-Thru Credit amounts.

(AGS-11082)

  • Improve flexibility to report and share Qualified Payment with other Pass-Thru Credit amounts

Learn More

Payroll (PAY)

  • Forms - Ability to use an Active graphical check form within the Payroll program (AGS-9609)

  • Payroll Check Form - Create Standard Remittance Form (AGS-11019)

  • Payroll Check Form - Ability to email check remittance forms to employees who receive pay by direct deposit (AGS-10983)

  • Maximize the ability to communicate relevant information to employees on payroll checks

  • Automatically email and reduce time and expense to distribute payroll check remittance forms to employees who receive their pay via direct deposit

Learn More

System (SYS)

Ability to mask/scramble personal information from datasets before sending to others for improvement testing and troubleshooting. 

(AGS-8808)

  • Alleviate privacy concerns when sending datasets to Greenstone Support

  • Reduce time and effort to remove personal information before sending datasets to Greenstone Support

  • Maximize the ability to comply with privacy laws and policies

Learn More

Support the Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition database engine.

(AGS-10196)

  • Increase flexibility to run AGRIS and AgroGuide on the latest Microsoft database engine

For information about the features and benefits of the Microsoft SQL Server 2019 database engine, go here.

* New Extended Option Available For Purchase. Please contact your Greenstone Account Manager for more information.

How can you get it?

Go here to see the prerequisites, highlights, technical information, and supporting software pertaining to this release, as well as the link to download it. 

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  1. Click http://www.greenstonesystems.com/customer-login to register.

  2. Once you are registered, click here or in the Search field type "20.1.0" and select "AGRIS 20.1.0 is Available!"

  3. With the Greenstone Community you can:

    • Create and manage support cases with the ability to indicate severity.

    • Quickly search knowledgebase articles.

    • Interact with other Greenstone customers on topics important to you and your business.

    • Find the latest news on the products you use (including the latest software releases and updates.)

Need more help?

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