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SPECIAL OFFERS/SUPER SAVINGS END APR. 15!
Between now and April 15, 2003—if you buy one program,
you can get a second one of equal or lesser value at 50% OFF; buy two
programs, get a third one of equal or lesser value absolutely FREE. If
you've always thought of price as a barrier to investing in the leading
integrated management information system, it's time to re-think
… time to act! Choose from a range of "scenarios in savings."
Here are two:
If
you're a new client and you buy
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If
your're an existing client with a 30% accrued Client Appreciation
Program (CAP) discount and you buy… |
Program
TransAction Plus
Crop Audit Plus
Smart Feeder
User-Defined Reports
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Price
$ 995.00
995.00
1495.00
595.00
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Program
Payroll
Crop Audit Plus
Smart Feeder
User-Defined Reports |
Price
$ 995.00
995.00
1495.00
595 |
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…you
can also get Accounts Payable ($395) and Group Tracking ($595 free. Then
if you applied your 30% CAP discount toward the purchase
of an e.CLIPSE inventory
evaluation module ($1995 without training), you add another $595.50,
for a total saving of $1588.50. |
Of course, you don't
have to make big-package buys. Two- and three-program purchases earn significant
savings. You have many options, many possibilities. And
don't forget those 60 days of free support! For the complete
list of programs, visit 2003 offer …
then call your authorized dealer or FBS at 800.437.7638 for help in deciding
the purchase plan best for you. So check our Web
page today, pencil-in those selections—and call by April 15!
SPECIAL NO. 2:
BUY THE COMPLETE e.CLIPSE
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. SAVE $1,390! GET A FREE COMPAQ iPAQ
POCKET PC!
Two days of on-site
training are included in the package. (Free SST Stratus
software also included with crops version of e.CLIPSE.) This
is our first special on e.CLIPSE—and
it hands you a turnkey integrated MIS at unprecedented savings!
For particulars on both specials, including details on all programs, features and benefits, call 800.437.7638. But the top half of the hourglass is nearly empty. So better act soon!
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COMBINE
YOUR 'CAP' CREDIT WITH ONE OF THE ABOVE SPECIALS AND YOU MAY ENJOY
YOUR BEST SAVINGS EVER!
Have you
checked your Client Appreciation Program (CAP) credit lately?
If you've been on the TiMEsavr Service
Agreement for three years, paid each invoice by June 30th and
haven't redeemed any of your CAP credit, you've accumulated
the maximum 40% discount toward the purchase of any FBS program. Amount
of credit is determined by the number of years spent on TiMEsavr
and accordingly would currently stand at 10, 20, 30 or 40%.
If you don't know your actual CAP
credit/discount, contact your FBS sales representative at 800.437.7638
or email sales@fbssystems.com.
By combining this opportunity with Special Offer No.1 (above),
you could add another module for extra savings up to $798!
So set your CAP for maximum savings. But as we've mentioned, time's running out on these great special offers. Contact us today!
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SOUTH DAKOTA SUCCESS STORY, CHAPTER VII-BREEDING TIMELINE
Most
cattle breeders use computers primarily to track reproductive performance. Jorgensen
Land & Cattle, Ideal, South Dakota, is also monitoring financial performance
through a new system being collaboratively developed with FBS and Jorgensen
controller, Daryl Ellis. At FBS's 2002 Advanced Training
Seminar, Ellis presented a timeline that depicts the overlapping cost
structure of cow-calf operations.
Unlike sows, which follow a breed-farrow-wean-breed cycle, the cattle
cycle is breed-calve-breed-wean. For example, breeding begins
in April of 2001, calving in February or March of 2002. Cows
are then rebred again in April 2002 to calve in February 2003. Finally,
the 2002 calf crop is weaned in the Fall of 2002.
Therefore, if you consider each calf crop a
"group' you really have two sub-groups open at one time within the same
group of animals–last year's calves on the cows and next year's
calves in the cows. Figure 1 shows how this process begins
with replacement heifers.
Figure
1 October 1999-April 2000
In this example,
the 8009-D group represents heifer calves weaned and put into the Development
stage in October 1999. During Development stage, these animals
may be culled and moved at any time to the Cull group (8009-C).
Figure
2 May 2000-April 2001
Once heifers are exposed to bulls in 2000, they are moved from the Development group (8009-D) to the First-calf Exposed Gestating group (8009-1). From the Gestating group, heifers can be culled and moved into the Cull group (8009-C) or sold as bred animals (group 8009-S).
Figure 3 May 2001-April 2002
Group 8009-1 is reclassified as an "unweaned" group from calving in the Spring of 2001 through weaning in the Fall of 2001. During that same period, exposed heifers are transferred to a new gestation group (8009-2). As a result, costs are now split between two groups: the Unweaned 2001 calf crop (8009-1) and the Gestating 2002 calf crop (8009-2). In November of 2001, the first-calf unweaned animal costs (Group 8009-1) are moved into an actual animal group. A year later, this same process repeats for the second year calves (Group 8009-2).
All of these factors—two years of breeding
cycles, overlapping calf crops and culls—all affect the cost of
the final product, the mature cow. "Management wanted me
to try to keep track of two years of replacement animals and make an
allocation of that second year fallout rate against the cost of the
mature breeding cow. So at any point in time I'll have first
calf heifers, second calf heifers and exposed cows group," says Ellis. "One
of the problems I had before e.CLIPSE
came along was that I could never use those bred cows as a cost reducer
against those weaned calves. If you sold a high percentage
of those animals as private sales of bred animals then your cost per
weaned calf was greatly distorted. At least with e.CLIPSE
when I move those animals to the next stage or center, I move those
costs with them.
Next month we will examine this cost transfer process within the cowherd.
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PORKSHOP.2003 TO EMPASIZE CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT
Only one seminar focuses exclusively on the vital information management side of pork production—PORKSHOP, held just once a year in conjunction with the World Pork Expo. This year's conference, scheduled for June 4th in Des Moines, IA, will build on FBS Systems' 23 years of leadership in swine software by stressing:
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Practical experiences from innovative producers |
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Proven guidelines that will increase your efficiency and profitability |
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Complete integration of all aspects of breeding, feeding
and financials |
If your operation
hasn't made any significant MIS changes recently, then you can't afford
to miss PORKSHOP.2003. For registration information
call the FBS sales line 800.437.7638 or email Norm
Brown .
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is designed for leading producers and their advisors. |
Meet
the best in the pork industry. |
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e.CLIPSE
FOR CROPS FEATURED
IN FARM INDUSTRY NEWS
You'll
find more information on the new crop version of e.CLIPSE
in the Mid-March, 2003 edition of Farm Industry News. You
can also view a summary of the article online by clicking on the following
link: http://farmindustrynews.com/ar/farming_communication_7/index.htm
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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.
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Now that you have met with your accountant and "closed" last year's
financial records you are ready to catch up on this year's records. You
have probably started this year's books, but do they have the correct
beginning balances? Are they in balance?
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If your fiscal year begins Jan. 1 you need to make an adjustment entry
on Jan. 1 to retained earnings for the amount of the previous year's net
income. To check your beginning balances run a trial balance beginning Jan. 1, 2003 and ending
Jan. 1, 2003. The net for the beginning period balance should be your
previous year's net income. If your only entry on Jan. 1 is the adjustment
to retained earnings the current period net balance will also be the net
income amount. The net ending period balance should be zero. Also run
check register and bank account summary reports beginning Jan. 1. The check
register uses a calculated beginning balance based on Jan. 1 of the previous
year. The bank account summary beginning balance is a stored beginning
balance rolled over from Dec. 31 of the previous year. The beginning
balances should be the same on each report. If they don't agree then it
means that you have a problem in the previous year, usually an undefined
entry or an out of balance entry. Use user-defined reports to find the
problem.
Coming next month: "Spring Cleaning" your accounting setup.
| – Cheryl Brown, Support Technician |
Call in your questions (800.437.7638) or e-mail them to
support@fbssystems.com.
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CLIENT'S CORNER
• Congratulations
Don
Sparling, Sparling Farm, Wabash, IN, is the winner of the iPAQ
Pocket PC given away by FBS in a computerized drawing March 4th.
Here
is what Don had to say about the prize.
"I want to thank you for the palm pilot,
I received it on Thursday 03/20/03. I hope our youngest
son that graduated from Purdue last semester and now has a job in
engineering will help me out. Last thing I heard was
that's a good one Dad, are you going to give it to me!!!"
Don went on to say, "With this new farm program and proving yields
I am glad I have had your TransAction Plus for the last few
years, making it much simpler. I never would have made
this change of accounting by computer, starting with the DOS program
now the windows with out all your help. "
(We thank all of you who signed up and urge
you to check our Web site regularly
for future special offers/opportunities.)
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