PORKSHOP.2003 FOLLOW-UP

Thanks to our dynamic presenters, enthusiastic participants and timely topics, PORKSHOP.2003 was a stimulating event.  Our guest speakers—Drs. Tom Stein and Rick Sibbel-offered two widely-divergent strategies for success in the pork industry.

"Some producers have taken a detour to focus on revenues rather than driving down costs." Dr. Tom Stein	"Least-cost production is not the end game anymore." Dr. Rick Sibbel

    We'll cover both presentations in upcoming issues of e.farmSMART.

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Speaking of exciting events, FBS's tenth annual Advanced Training Seminar will have a whole-new look, feel, time and location this year.  Rather than adjoining Labor Day weekend as in prior years, ATS will be held on the Thursday and Friday, September 4th and 5th, preceding "Management Day" weekend.  The location has changed as well: the Quad City Airport Holiday Inn, Moline, IL, conveniently located to weekend cultural and sports events as well as popular "Deere" attractions.
    The classroom time, though, will be all-business, featuring these topics:

•	A preview of major changes in the upcoming "7.5" line of software
•	SST's new Summit (desktop) and Stratus (PDA) software and links with Crop Audit
•	Setup, operation and consolidated reporting in multi-entity operations
•	Wireless and Internet remote access technologies
•	e.CLIPSE diagnostics and application to new commodities (One free registration for e.CLIPSE customers)
•	Standard operating procedures for producers and accountants
•	The status of Livestock/Crop Standards

    Don't miss this once-a-year opportunity to enhance your management, accounting and computer skills, as well as enjoy the company of other leading producers and professionals.  Space is limited so make your reservation now.  Click here to pre-register.

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This is a reminder that you only have just a few more days to take advantage of your Client Appreciation Program (CAP) discount and save 10-40% on any new FBS module.

•	TransAction Plus	•	e.CLIPSE (SF/CA)
•	Payroll	•	Smart Feeder	•	Feedmill/Packer Interfaces
•	A/P-A/R	•	Group Tracking	•	Smart Breeder (Windows)
•	Report Generator	•	User-Defined Reports	•	Accountant Import/Export
•	Crop Audit Plus	•	Feed Budget/Delivery	•	TA+ Import/Export
•	MaCH 1.0	•	Group Monitor	•	CA/SF Performance Monitors

    You've spent up to four years earning your CAP credit please don't let this unique opportunity pass you by.  
Call your FBS sales representative at 800.437.7638 today

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SOFTWARE Q&A – WITH Q'S FROM YOU, OUR CLIENTS!

Send us your questions/problems–be they short, long, simple or downright frustratin'!–about SeRVware and we'll handle them right "on the air" for the benefit of all.  This month's question represents a "group" effort among four different clients.

Q.

My Accounts Payable Aging report doesn't agree with the ledger balance for the Accounts Payable account.

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To find the entries that are causing the reports to not agree, run an A/P Detail report for all unpaid invoices, one line per invoice and cross check the entries with a Ledger Account Detail report for the accounts payable account.  Find the entries that are in one report but not the other.  Here are some possible causes and solutions: (1) Cause:  Your Accounts Payable ledger account is used for entries other than those entered through the Accounts Payable module.   Solution: Set up another liability account for other types of payable entries and edit those entries that have been entered to the Accounts Payable module ledger account to the new account. (2) Cause:  Not all invoices have a unique number.   Solution:  Find invoices without numbers (run the A/P Deatil report for all invoices, one line per invoice, report type 4), number them and edit the amount paid to zero (edit the detail by right clicking on the entry in the A/P report).  Then delete the checks used to pay the unnumbered invoices.   Note: Invoices with numbers will have to be edited as well if paid by the same check.  Re-enter the checks paying the invoices again through the accounts payable module.  This will "link" the checks to the invoices. (3) Cause:  Invoices have been manually edited as paid without going through the Accounts Payable module. Solution:  Edit the paid amount of the invoices to zero then pay A/P entries through the A/P module. Call in your questions (800.437.7638) or e-mail them to support@fbssystems.com.

•  Welcome!

New clients Butte Creek Milling/Pioneer Pork, Lamar, CO, and Signature Farms, Sheridan, IN

•  In the News!

National Pork Board member Dave Culbertson, Geneseo, IL, described the NPB's 15-year initiative to better understand, control and eliminate porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the June 23, 2003 issue of Feedstuffs.