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Packhouse software for fruit vegetable hop processing hop 

milling flower packing pack shed quality control pack shed KPI 

packing fruit sorting fruit washing fruit grading potato packing, 

Packhouse Management Software Traceability Pack Shed 

Fruit vegetable hop milling hop processing flower packing 

software fruit traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions grape packing hop processing fruit and 

vegetable quality control software. Produce plus 

traceability equals challenges in the quality control 

process for packing. Citrus processor co-operative packers 

harvester and fresh fruit packers fruit storage PTI produce 

traceability initiative compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

compliance systems for packhouses. Packing shed 

management solutions for fruit packing software. 

Corporate fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

systems fruit packing plants fruit packing machinery fresh 

produce traceability fruit dispatch management 

Packhouse sales Packhouse invoice agriculture 

horticulture flower packing flower cutting hop processing 

hop packing hop bailer fruit grading and sorting solutions 

quality control records Packhouse record keeping. 

Packhouse cost management including KPI’s, labor costs, 

Packhouse materials and material traceability Packhouse 

recalls and entire supply chain traceability.





Packhouse management made easy! 

FarmSoft Packhouse Management is a revolution for pack houses and pack sheds in the fruit, 

vegetable, flower, grain, and fresh produce industries; developed from a decade of research of 

packhouse management solutions. 

FarmSoft Packhouse Management concentrates on core industry challenges including 

traceability, Packhouse efficiency, cost monitoring & control, reporting and KPL analysis, and 

resource and employee accountability. The solution delivers real world benefits with a rapid 

return on investment for today’s smart packhouse. 

FarmSoft Packhouse Management delivers a rapidly deployable and easily configured pack shed 

management system at a competitive price, with solid support & training options via partners in 

dozens of countries worldwide. 


software � Maximize Traceability fruit with traceability complete fresh produce, Packhouse software packing 

packing materials traceability, to the case or even 

solutions individual consumer grape unit and individual packing fruit level hop processing fruit and 

� Reduce fresh produce waste via comprehensive 

vegetable management and quality monitoring of control fresh produce software. Produce plus 

inventory, and identifying where waste is occurring (ie: 

traceability washing, grading, equals sorting, packing, challenges post pack in the quality control 

processes) 

process � Pass audits for with packing. ease by having Citrus farm packhouse processor co-operative packers 

traceability and operations information, at your 

harvester fingertips in a and useful format; fresh at all times fruit packers fruit storage PTI produce 

� Reduced compliance costs result from standards 

traceability enforcing processes initiative that are built into compliant the core HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

processes of the pack shed solution 

compliance � Minimize material waste systems and shrinkage via for easy to use packhouses. Traceability Packing shed 

inventory management processes that incorporate 

traceability processes 

management solutions for fruit packing & software. 

� Identify opportunities & eliminate problems through 

easy to understand comprehensive KPI reporting and 

Compliance 


monitoring 

� Reduced administration costs resulting from easy 


collection and reporting of costs, packing charges for 

co-operatives, and traceability information 


� Improved quality and compliance from best practices 

that are built into fresh produce management 

Packhouse sales Packhouse invoice Cost 

processes within FarmSoft 

agriculture 

� Rapid management response improves profit via on- 

Control 

horticulture screen and emailed flower alerts, improved packing reporting, mobile flower cutting hop processing 

monitoring, and easy packhouse monitoring and 

hop observation packing systems hop bailer fruit grading and sorting solutions 

� Reduced material & labor costs are a direct result of 

quality accurate capture control & monitoring of records employee labor, and Packhouse record keeping. 

inventory management 

Packhouse � Stay informed of cost all Packhouse management operations via mobile including KPI’s, labor costs, 

Packhouse monitoring tools for smartphones, tablets, 

Packhouse netbooks, laptops materials and PC’s. and material traceability Packhouse 

� Enforce high quality control via the FarmSoft Quality 

recalls Control and module 

entire supply chain traceability. 

Benefits for your packhouse… 

Monito 

KPI 

Analys





A feature rich suite of solutions 

Every fruit packing operation has its own challenges and management priorities. Tenacious Systems understands 

this, that’s why we provide a comprehensive selection of solutions where all common features are included in 

the FarmSoft Packhouse Management bundle. Our clients pick and choose which modules they wish to 

implement, creating a simple solution or a comprehensive business wide management system – it’s your choice! 

FarmSoft Packhouse Management Feature Summary 

Module Summary 

Incoming Fresh Produce Comprehensive management of all incoming produce, from your own farm, or direct from 

Management 

external suppliers, importers, or from co-operative suppliers. 

Fresh Produce Inventory Complete management and tracking of all fresh produce across the entire Packhouse, or 

multiple packhouses 

Batch Packing 

Batch based management of packing produces carton level traceability for all fresh 

Management 

produce packed in the pack shed. Plan packing work, and assign materials to each batch. 

Sales & Shipping Easily manage the sales and shipping processes with comprehensive and easy to use sales 

Fruit vegetable and shipping hop processes milling and reporting hop processing flower packing 

software fruit from the moment traceability fresh produce arrives Packhouse or is ordered (or even prior software to planting if you are packing 

using FarmSoft Farm Management ERP) – traceability is being automatically enforced and 

solutions remains grape auditable at packing all times and can be hop traced to from processing the field to the trade or consumer fruit and 

unit. 


or request labels tailored to your specifications 

traceability Empower equals pack shed employees challenges with mobile inventory in management the systems quality available for control 

PDA (with barcode scanning), smartphones, and industrial & domestic tablets. 


Manage packing materials such as cartons, returnable plastic crates, labels and more. 

harvester and Alerts for fresh re-ordering fruit materials, packers stock takes and more… fruit storage PTI produce 

tasks. Generate purchase orders to acquire raw produce, packed produce, or wholesale 


produce from external suppliers. 


fruit labeling. Ensure case level traceability with ease. Produce Traceability Initiative/PTI 

style labels with GS1 barcodes, labels tailored to your Packhouse requirements and more. 

management Automatic management solutions and enforcement for of temperature fruit zone packing rules based on produce software. 

and variety type, stops storage of produce in a non approved zone, pre-set ripening 

Corporate programs fruit alert packing users to move produce systems when ripening fruit processes grading have been completed frit packing 

Generate invoices for packing services, create unlimited packing charges and fees for the 

systems fruit Packhouse, packing bill customers plants (suppliers, customers, fruit farms) packing for packing, storage, machinery sorting, fresh 

quality control, and other packing services. 

produce Comprehensive traceability reporting of pack fruit shed KPI gives management dispatch new performance management 

monitoring tools… 


FarmSoft can run multiple packhouses at the same time, allowing larger packing co- 

horticulture operatives flower to delegate packing individual management flower teams to cutting each Packhouse, hop whilst separating processing 

inventory and packing processes between packhouses 

hop packing With only hop a few bailer swipes of your fruit finger, see grading the performance and of the days sorting packing on your solutions 

smartphone, no matter where you are… 


actions at all times 

Advanced batch processing features support processes for drying of hops and coffee beans 


including moisture content reporting, average drying temperature and more… 


recalls and entire supply chain traceability. 

Packhouse Traceability FarmSoft’s thousands of built in processes bring bullet proof traceability to your pack shed, 

Fresh Produce Labeling Generate Produce Traceability Initiative compliant labels, use FarmSoft proprietary labels, 

Mobile Packhouse 

Inventory 

Mobile POS Sell goods via mobile device from anywhere, manage stock, generate invoices and more. 

Packing Materials 

Management 

Order Management Manage sales orders from customers and use the demand information to plan packing 

Fresh Produce Labeling Extensive labeling from shipping container, pallet, trade unit, consumer unit, to individual 

Ripening & Temperature 

Zone Management 

Packing Services & Cooperatives 

Performance & Cost 

Analysis 

Reports 

Multi-Packhouse 

Management 

Mobile Packhouse 

Monitoring 

Quality Control State of the art quality control management systems prompt staff to take the correct 

Drying of hops and coffee 

beans





Incoming Fresh Produce Management 

Your opportunity for maximum traceability and efficiency starts here when the produce is delivered. 

FarmSoft provides extensive management of incoming fresh produce & fruit/vegetables from the very moment it 

is delivered to the pack shed. Comprehensive labeling, movement tracking, documentation, and registration of 

incoming produce is essential in creating a strong traceability audit trail. 

Easily allocate traceability information for all inventories, allowing rapid recalls and traceability processes to meet 

the highest international food safety standards. Simple stock-take processes ensure continual accuracy of stocktake 

information across the entire farm. 

Incoming Fresh Produce Management 

� Receive fresh produce from your own farms, co-operative 

farmers, wholesalers, and importers/exporters – whilst 


maintaining the same high level of traceability regardless 

of the origin software fruit traceability Packhouse software packing 

� Label all incoming fresh produce with unique identifiers 

that incorporate human readable information such as 

solutions supplier/origin, grape fruit & vegetable packing description, harvest hop processing fruit and 

date, delivery date, delivery company, initial storage 

vegetable location, plot/block/crop quality origins control software. Produce plus 

� Apply barcode labels (which include human readable 

traceability information as above) equals to produce to increase challenges the accuracy in the quality control 

of inventory management 

process � Record multiple for levels packing. of traceability, Citrus one up one down processor is co-operative packers 

the minimum, so FarmSoft goes further and allows 

stock-takes 

harvester tracking of origin and two fresh levels down fruit the supply packers chain fruit storage PTI produce 

(instead of just one level as is supported by other 

accountability 

traceability solutions), providing initiative a truly unique compliant extra level of HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

traceability management 

compliance � Describe product upon systems arrival, including for quality, grade, packhouses. Packing shed 

color, size, and more. 

management � Create your own “feature” solutions types to describe the for state of fruit packing traceability software. 

fresh produce 

Corporate � Generate receipts fruit for delivery packing of produce systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Associate deliveries with existing Purchase Orders 

systems � Assign ownership fruit of incoming packing produce plants to customers (ie: fruit if packing machinery fresh 

you are packing the goods on behalf of another company) 

produce � Manage fresh produce traceability of any type, from fruit and dispatch management 

vegetables, to seafood and other meats 

Packhouse � Records the cost of incoming sales produce, or Packhouse have it inherited invoice agriculture 

from a Purchase Order 

horticulture � Easily assign incoming flower produce to packing storage areas, for flower long cutting efficient hop fresh processing produce 

or short term storage 

� Incoming produce can be packed immediately, or stored 

hop packing hop bailer fruit grading and sorting handling solutions 

for any period and packed to order when necessary 

� Track details of transport companies immediately upon 


delivery of fresh produce 

� Recording produce expiry dates 








Fresh Produce Inventory Management 

Maintaining strict control over inventory provides not only a high level of traceability, but also creates the 

opportunity to reduce waste and shrinkage. 

Rapidly asses all fresh produce within the business, making clear distinctions between produce from external 

suppliers, raw unprocessed produce, unsorted produce, ungraded produce, and fully packed produce. 

Create unlimited warehouse storage areas, which can even use 3D storage to increase accuracy in large cool rooms 

and warehouses. Assign rows, columns, and levels to each warehouse, cool room, hydro-cooler, washing, or 

storage area. 

fresh produce 


software fruit traceability Packhouse software inventory 

� Manage and monitor the storage and status (ie: in 

packing 

processes such as sorting, grading, cooling, ripening etc) 

solutions of all produce, regardless grape of its state packing hop processing management fruit and 

� Manage produce in bulk storage (ie: produce that is not in 

vegetable bins or containers), quality bins & containers, control pallets, palletized, software. Produce plus 

and shipping containers 

is the core of pack 

traceability � The movement history equals of all produce challenges is being captured in in the quality control 

the background, providing an audit trail of which produce 

process was stored for where packing. at what times, and Citrus moved by processor whom; shed co-operative traceability packers 

providing an unparalleled background traceability 

harvester management and for all produce fresh in the Packhouse fruit packers fruit storage providing 

PTI produce 

� Easily move fresh produce between cool rooms, ripening 

traceability rooms, hyrdro-coolers, initiative and warehouses compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

� Manage packed (finished) product that is both on and off 

compliance of pallets systems for packhouses. management 

Packing shed 

� Assign non palletized fresh produce to existing pallets or 

management remove from pallets, or move solutions between pallets for fruit of fresh packing produce software. 

� Stock take fresh produce based on comprehensive filters 

Corporate allowing rapid fruit stock takes packing of very specific systems produce, or fruit grading frit packing 

stock takes in specific locations, or for specific finished 

products systems fruit packing plants fruit packing machinery traceability fresh 

� Set standard (current) sale prices for different types of 

produce 

traceability fruit dispatch automatically 

management 

� Fresh produce inventory management via using unique 

identifiers for each inventory item, including barcode and 


human readable labeling 

for all pack shed 

� Manage fresh produce that is stored across many sites, 

horticulture including sites that flower may be anywhere packing in the country, flower or cutting hop processing 

even across the world 

hop packing hop bailer fruit grading and sorting operations 

� Manage and monitor expiring inventory 

solutions 

� Manage and monitor fresh produce that belongs to ther 

quality companies, control with easy reporting records and stock take tools Packhouse that whilst record minimizing keeping. 

cater for external ownership of produce 


Packhouse materials and material risk traceability in the event Packhouse of 


Fresh Produce Inventory Management 

a recall





Batch Based Fruit Packing & Processing 

Easy, batch based packing allows ad-hoc and pack to order processes. 

Batches become the central traceability point for all produce leaving the Packhouse. Easily create new batches 

and rapidly add materials and fresh produce. 

Many solutions will not allow you to mix multiple varieties in one batch, of course, FarmSoft handles this with 

ease. Many solutions can’t handle one batch containing produce from multiple sources (even multiple external 

suppliers), FarmSoft also handles this with ease. 

FarmSoft even supports processing of produce that may include additional processes such as drying, blending, 

juicing and more. You can even mix unlimited batches with other batches to make a “final product”. 

Batch Management 

� Optional automatic batch creation for bar-code enabled 

Easy batch 

management of 

packing processes allows team members to continually 


scan produce into the processing line, with automatic 

batch creation when the origin of the produce changes 


� Create unlimited batches, with inputs such as fresh 

produce, packing materials, and any other inventory fresh produce 


� Full traceability of all batch inputs 

� Product processed in a batch can be re-used in another 

vegetable (or unlimited) batches quality control software. packing Produce provides plus 

� Batch progress management 

traceability � Assign clients to a batch equals challenges in the quality control 

the highest levels 

� Assign multiple Sales Order Items to a batch, creating 

process batch work for orders packing. & instructions Citrus processor co-operative packers 

� Assign managers, and inventory managers to batches 

harvester and fresh fruit packers fruit storage of pack PTI produce shed 

� Mix unlimited sources of produce (ie: from your farm, 

external suppliers, co-operative growers) into one batch 

traceability whilst maintaining traceability initiative compliant HACCP traceability BRC GlobalGAP via 

� Mix unlimited varieties (and even different produce types, 

compliance eg: leafy lettuce and systems spinaches to make for a salad mix) packhouses. in 

Packing shed 

one batch whilst maintaining full traceability 

management solutions for fruit packing automatic 

� Easy to access based reporting, analysis and KPI’s 

software. 

� Bill/Invoice co-operative customers and packing 

Corporate customers for packing fruit services packing on a batch by systems batch basis fruit grading traceability frit packing 

� Assign labor & materials to batch costs 

systems � Report on fruit batch costs packing for labor, materials, plants and more fruit packing machinery fresh 

� Create templates for Estimated Bill Of Materials monitoring of 

produce � Produce Bill traceability Of Materials projection fruit of batch dispatch management 

requirements and ingredients pick list 

Packhouse � Add packaging materials sales to a batch Packhouse fresh invoice produce, agriculture 

� Add ingredients to a batch (ie: manufacturing or 

horticulture processing) flower packing flower cutting hop processing 

� Perform processes on batch contents, eg: drying, juicing, packaging 

hop press, packing etc. hop bailer fruit grading and sorting solutions 

� Mix unlimited batches together to produce a final product 

quality whilst maintaining control traceability records Packhouse materials, record keeping. and 

� Mix produce from multiple origins whilst maintaining 

Packhouse traceability cost management including pack KPI’s, shed labor labor 

costs, 







Drying of Hops, Coffee Beans, and Herbs 

FarmSoft supports multiple processes for drying hop, coffee bean, and herb produce. 

Quickly and rapidly record the drying processes, whilst maintaining traceability and accountability of costs. 

Hop, coffee, herb drying process features 

� Mix coffee, hops, herbs from multiple sources and still 

process & dry 

coffee beans, 

hops, herbs, 

maintain traceability 


� Kiln level management of hops and drying 

� Record drying temperatures, depth of product, start 

software fruit traceability Packhouse software spices with packing 

moisture, finish moisture, cooling times and more 

� Blend produce from different kilns/batches/roasting 


processes. 

FarmSoft batch 

� Report on average moisture, cooling times, etc for 

vegetable blended batches quality control software. Produce plus 

� Unlimited mixing of batches and kilns, whilst still 

traceability equals challenges based in the processing 

maintaining traceability 

quality control 

� Seamless integration with the bailing, packing, or 

process packaging for process packing. as required Citrus processor of co-operative herbs spices packers 

� Report on batch costs and batch packaging and labor 

harvester costs and fresh fruit packers fruit storage PTI produce 

� Batch traceability using international standard hop related coffee beans and 

traceability “Lot” mechanisms, initiative including easy look-up compliant and search HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

facilities for recalls and audits 

compliance � Bailing processes specific systems for hop processing for and bailing packhouses. Packing hops 

shed 
















Sales, Shipping, and Order Management 

Fill orders with ease! No more searching 30 emails and spreadsheets to figure out dispatch requirements. 

Automatic management of orders in progress and generation of paperwork makes the sales, dispatch, and 

shipping processes easy. 

Many solutions will not allow you to mix multiple varieties in one batch, of course, FarmSoft handles this with 

ease. Many solutions can’t handle one batch containing produce from multiple sources (even multiple external 

suppliers), FarmSoft also handles this with ease. Manage Purchase Orders and Sales Orders. 


� Manage customer orders, with automatic balance 

software deductions during fruit the dispatch traceability and shipping processes Packhouse software packing 

� Purchase Orders can be for packaging materials, raw 

solutions produce, or any grape other material. packing hop processing fruit and 

� Purchase Orders include an approval process, and an 

vegetable email alerts process quality that alerts control the author of software. Produce plus 

approval/disapproval and alerts staff that need to 

traceability approve Purchase Orders. equals Email alerts challenges can also be sent to in the quality control 

suppliers detailing the purchase order. 

process � Full management for packing. of Sales Orders, including Citrus email processor alerts, co-operative packers 

online entry and more… (See Online Entry of Orders) 

harvester � Record dispatch and temperatures fresh (optional) fruit for packers pallets, cool fruit storage PTI produce 

rooms, and trucks/shipping containers 

traceability � Capture dispatch times, initiative and the employee compliant performing the HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

dispatch 

compliance � Generate invoices for systems product that was for packed in packhouses. your 

Packing shed 

Packhouse, purchased from a third party, or packed on 

management behalf of another farm solutions for fruit packing software. 

� Print transport documentation 

Corporate � Sell directly to Sales fruit Orders, packing or; systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Sell directly to an Invoice without needing a Sales Order 

� Sell produce on ‘consignment’ where no price has been 


agreed 

� Maintain sales pricelist for all products 


� Assign sales to sales persons 

� Perform sales process by using barcode scanning PDA 


devices (see Packhouse Mobile modules) 

� Generate Pick Lists and more … 







Sales, Shipping, and Orders 

fresh produce 

shipping and sales 

management 

including pallet 

and crate level 

traceability, 

shipping 

temperature of 

pallet, warehouse 

or coolroom, and 

truck temperature 

monitoring





Traceability 

Traceability can make or break a packhouse, it’s no longer an ‘optional’ regulatory requirement. 

FarmSoft Packhouse Management provides a strong platform for accurate recording of traceability 

information, via a variety of easy and logical methods. Risk exposure to the pack shed is greatly reduced by 

having highly granular traceability, which in turn reduces financial exposure to the packhouse should a 

recall become necessary. Accurate traceability reduces the quantity of fruit/vegetables in a recall, and 

therefore reduces the businesses financial exposure. 

Best practice standards for farming such as BRC, GlobalGAP, ISO, HACCP (and many more) are supported by 

the system, making audits less expensive, and compliance easier and less expensive. 

The traceability systems in FarmSoft Packhouse Management constitutes thousands of processes that are 

integrated throughout the entire system, forcing users to record correct traceability details at the correct 

Fruit time. vegetable hop milling hop processing flower packing 

software FarmSoft Packhouse fruit Management traceability ERP minimizes the data Packhouse capture and entry costs software associated with packing 

traceability using various innovative techniques. 



traceability Traceability features equals challenges in the quality control 

process � Recall both for up, packing. and down the supply Citrus chain for as processor many steps co-operative packers 

as recorded data allows. Unlike other solutions, FarmSoft 

harvester and fresh fruit packers fruit storage PTI Customer 

allows multiple levels of origin to be recorded for fresh 

produce 

produce 

traceability � Traceability can start initiative at the point of purchase compliant order creation HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

for inventory, or can start at the point delivery of produce 

compliance from a supplier, or systems all the way back on for the farm packhouses. – before 

Packing Supply Chain shed 

planting has taken place (if you are using FarmSoft Farm 

management Management ERP), providing solutions the packhouse with for a choice of fruit packing software. 

which traceability model to implement, and greatly reducing 

Corporate paperwork and fruit data entry packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Capture and archive (for rapid recall) all traceability records 

Supplier 

systems related to fruit use of materials, packing employees, plants equipment – fruit suitable packing machinery fresh 

for use with HACCP, GlobalGAP, BRC, FarmSafe, PTI , ISO9x 

and more… produce traceability fruit dispatch management 

� Materials and inventory can be issued with system 

generated Inventory ID labels which contain a unique 


Inventory Number that relates to the inventories traceability 

Packhouse 

details. The Inventory Number can be recorded via a mobile 

horticulture flower packing flower cutting hop Traceability 

device when used, or entered onto a task sheet for later 

processing 

entry; this method makes recording of inventory very rapid 

hop and packing accurate. hop bailer fruit grading and sorting solutions 

� Individual task Quality Check by QC officer, including time, 

quality officer, date, control and notes records Packhouse record keeping. 

� The FarmSoft system will reject delivery of produce that is 

Packhouse still within a PHI/Pre cost Harvest management Interval or withholding period. including KPI’s, labor costs, 







FarmSoft Traceability Codes 

End consumers are 80% more likely to choose fresh produce that has an open traceability policy over product 

that does not have open traceability. Allow customers or end consumers access traceability, quality, and product 

information simply by scanning a barcode or entering a code on phone or PC! Apply the FarmSoft Traceability 

Codes to finished product and or consumer units. 

Sharing your choice of supply chain information has never been easier. Share your choice of information with 

customers, end consumers or both. Use your choice of barcodes, code labels, or have the labels tailored to your 

specification. 

Scan Consumer Unit Barcode FarmSoft Traceability Code 







Scan harvester Trade Unit Barcode and fresh fruit packers fruit FarmSoft storage Traceability PTI Code produce 








Enter Code from any Unit FarmSoft Traceability Code 











FarmSoft Traceability Codes (Continued) 

Why use traceability sharing tools? 

End consumers are 80% more likely to choose fresh produce that has an open traceability policy over product 

that does not have open traceability. Truth is, very few consumers will ever lookup a traceability code, however, 

they want to know the option is available. For your customers, instant access to quality control information can 

assist them in decision making processes and increases customer confidence and supply chain traceability. 

How can users scan a barcode? 

Its easy, they can use one of many dozens of free apps on their Apple, Android, or Blackberry phone – many 

users will already have these apps installed. Simply use an app like Google Goggles, Barcode Reader, Shop Savvy 

etc. Once the barcode is read the information relating to the fresh produce is automatically shown to the user 

via a web page. 

Who do I share the information with? 

Fruit If you place vegetable labels on retail units, hop obviously milling only your customers hop will processing have access to the code. flower If you place codes packing 

on consumer units, end users will also have access to your choice of traceability information. 


solutions What information can I grape share? packing hop processing fruit and 

Turn on or off the following details: 

vegetable � You can write a quality few paragraphs about control your software. Produce plus 

company, quality, and produce. This will be 

shown at the start of all traceability results 


� Company Name 

� Company Logo 


� Produce, Variety 

� Traded Unit/Finished product name 


� Batch Number 

� Batch Pack Date 


� Land Origin 

� Weight & Measure 


� Country of Origin 

� Shipped on Pallet Number 


� Pallet Creation Date 

� Ship Date Corporate fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Transport Company 

� Transport Reference 


� Invoice Number 

� Sales order Number 


� Customer Reference (from Sales Order) 

� Invoice Custom Field 1, 2, 3, and 4 


� Quality Control Results 

horticulture What labels can I use? flower packing flower cutting hop processing 

Use standard labels built into FarmSoft, or request a 

hop tailored packing label built to your hop exact bailer specifications. fruit grading and sorting solutions 

Labels can be virtually any shape and size, and 

quality contain any information control you wish to show records in human Packhouse record keeping. 

readable format or encoded into your chosen 

Packhouse format of barcode. 

cost management including KPI’s, labor costs, 







Quality Control for fresh produce 

FarmSoft provides cutting edge management of quality control, guiding employees to take the correct actions 

and apply correct grades and classes to fresh produce. 

FarmSoft Quality Control can force produce to be “placed on hold” and automatically alert senior quality officers 

that a further inspection needs to be made. During the additional inspection, the quality officer can reassign the 

class and grade, product features, storage location, and make the produce available for packing or sales. 

Quality Control Features 

� Configure unlimited quality control 

programs, including specific programs for 

� Flexible configuration allows you to specify 

which quality tests require information 

Fruit specific vegetable produce, variety, hop customer, milling or 

such as: hop processing flower packing 

finished product 

o Pallet number 

o Inventory number 

software � Tests can be fruit for almost traceability anything, such as Packhouse software packing 

testing incoming produce, outgoing 

o Supplier 

solutions produce, pre grape pack, pre graded packing produce, 

o Transport Company 

hop processing fruit and 

Packhouse cleanliness test, employee 

o Employee 

o Task Number 

vegetable performance, task quality control etc. control You software. Produce plus 

can define the subject (thing) that you are 

o Farm 

testing 

o Warehouse 

traceability equals challenges in o Site the quality control 

� Each test can be a pass/fail, or range style 

o Storage Location 

test (ie: where results must be within the 

process for packing. Citrus processor o Equipment co-operative packers 

range of two numbers, or above or below a 

o Produce 

number) harvester and fresh fruit packers fruit o Produce storage PTI produce 

� Automatically force produce to be put on 

o Variety 

hold if selected tests fail 

traceability � Manually put produce initiative on hold for further compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

inspection 

compliance � On screen alerts for systems produce that has been for packhouses. Packing shed 

put on hold 

management � Set the number of tests solutions to make the entire for fruit packing software. 

test program fail 

Corporate � Set individual fruit tests to make packing an entire test systems fruit grading frit packing 

program fail 

Identify Test 

systems � Set the number fruit of packing tests in a Category plants to fruit packing Requirements machinery fresh 

make the entire test program fail 

produce � Each quality traceability control program can be fruit dispatch management 

configured to have unlimited categories 

Packhouse � Each quality control sales category can have Packhouse invoice agriculture 

unlimited tests 

Classify 

horticulture � Each quality control flower program can packing record flower produce 

cutting hop processing subject 

important details such as version, 

hop manager, packing and hop quality bailer control fruit grading and sorting solutions 

documentation can be directly attached to 

quality the quality control program records Packhouse record keeping. 

� Configure unlimited “classes” that can be 

Packhouse assigned to produce cost management including KPI’s, labor costs, 

� Configure unlimited “features” that can be 

Packhouse assigned to produce. materials There can be and four material Make traceability Packhouse 

sets of features, for example color, grade, 

corrective 

Perform Test 

size, pack, etc. 


action 

Identify test





Mobile Packhouse Inventory 

Modern packhouses are busy, hectic, environments. Carrying your business management system in 

your pocket can save a lot of time for employees. 

Manipulate inventory, move fresh produce, add produce to a batch, consign, sell, and ship, all from a 

PDA, smartphone, tablet, or touch screen. 


software Mobile Packhouse Inventory fruit traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Perform stock takes grape & view stock packing take information hop processing fruit and 

� Lookup inventory or pallet information (manually enter 

vegetable inventory/pallet quality number, or scan the control barcode) software. Produce plus 

� Move and manipulate pallets and inventory 

traceability � Edit and create new equals inventory such as challenges incoming produce into in the quality control 

the Packhouse 

process � Split inventory for into packing. multiple lots Citrus processor co-operative packers 

� Grade, sort, and otherwise tag the status of inventory 

harvester � Build orders and (by scanning fresh barcodes fruit on inventory packers and pallets fruit storage PTI produce 

or by manually entering their numbers) 

traceability � Dispatch and ship initiative pallets compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

� Create invoices 

compliance � View Sales Orders systems for packhouses. Packing shed 

� View suggested inventory to fill Sales Orders 

management � Access essential packhouse solutions reports (great for remote fruit packing software. 

monitoring of packhouses) 

Corporate � Suitable for use fruit on smartphones packing (with minimum systems 3.5 inch fruit grading frit packing 

screen) and all tablets and touch screen devices 

systems � Notebook fruit and notepad packing devices can plants also easily fruit and packing machinery fresh 

effectively use the PC interface via a mobile connection 

� Mobile access requires a data connection on your device 



Sample devices supported 


� PDA’s from Symbol, Datalogic 


� Motorola Mobile Scanning devices and industrial 

smartphone models 


� Apple iPhone 

� Apple iPad Packhouse cost management including KPI’s, labor costs, 

� Android smartphone 

� Android tablet 


� HTC Smartphones (Windows & Android) 

� Blackberry (smartphones & tablets) 


� PC Based touch screens & small notebooks and notepads





Mobile Point of Sale (POS) 

Sell fresh produce using a touch screen smart-phone, tablet, or netbook 

FarmSoft allows sales of fresh produce using a mobile device, this allows 

“off the truck” sales to customers at the customers site. All information 

recorded is instantly inserted into your FarmSoft database. 


Mobile Point of Sale (POS) 


� View stock available in current truck 

solutions � Create invoices grape for sales from packing any location (for hop processing fruit and 

example: at customer warehouse or retail outlet) 

vegetable � All data is instantly quality sent to your main control FarmSoft software. Produce plus 

database for invoicing purposes 

traceability � Mark invoices as paid equals (can be paid at challenges client site) in the quality control 

� Move inventory to a “truck” or mobile sales 

process unit/site for packing. Citrus processor co-operative packers 

� Requires always on data connection 

harvester � Note: No credit and card processing fresh facility fruit included packers fruit storage PTI produce 


Sample devices supported 


management � PDA’s from Symbol, Datalogic solutions for fruit packing software. 

� Motorola Mobile Scanning devices and industrial 

Corporate smartphone models fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Apple iPhone 

systems � Apple iPad fruit packing plants fruit packing machinery fresh 

� Android smartphone 

produce � Android tablet traceability fruit dispatch management 

� HTC Smartphones (Windows & Android) 

� Blackberry (smartphones & tablets) 


� PC Based touch screens & small notebooks and 

notepads 











Receive Customer Orders Online 

Deliver new levels of customer service by allowing selected customers to enter orders online, 24X7 

Reduce administration costs, and ensure all relevant team members are aware of orders from 

customers. An alert system and order approval system brings new orders to the attention of sales 

staff, and allows management and approval of orders. 


software Online Customer Orders fruit traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Customers can grape enter orders online, packing selecting from hop your processing fruit and 

database of available finished products. These Orders 

vegetable become Sales Orders quality in FarmSoft. control software. Produce plus 

� Your team members can automatically receive email alerts 

traceability when a new order equals is placed. The email challenges alerts can be sent to in the quality control 

one or more recipients. 

process � Orders are for “Not packing. Approved” when entered Citrus by customers, processor and co-operative packers 

must be manually checked and accepted by your team 

harvester members before and going fresh into production fruit packers fruit storage PTI produce 

� Each customer can have unlimited “Employee Profiles” 

traceability recorded in FarmSoft, initiative this allows your compliant company to issue HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

separate username and password credentials to each 

individual, compliance systems for packhouses. Packing shed 

� Each order automatically records which customer employee 

entered the order, to make contacting them easy 


� During the order creation process, the customer can enter as 

many notes or written requirements directly onto the order 

Corporate as required fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Orders can optionally be used as work instructions for the 

systems packhouse 

fruit packing plants fruit packing machinery fresh 













Fresh Produce Labeling 

Today’s labeling requirements can be complex and time consuming to implement. FarmSoft helps 

you implement many labeling standards such as Produce Traceability Initiative / PTI style using GS1 

barcode formats, built in proprietary labels, or implement your own specification for a label with 

optional barcodes or RFID encoded information. 

Out of the box, FarmSoft will generate dozens of labels for instant use in your fruit & vegetable pack 

house or pack shed. 


software Fresh Produce Label fruit Standards traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Print Produce Traceability grape Initiative packing / PTI style labels for hop fresh processing fruit and 

produce pallets (PTI Hybrid Pallet Label with GTIN and SSCC 

vegetable via GS1 128 barcodes) quality control software. Produce plus 

� Generate standard FarmSoft fresh produce pallet labels with 

traceability SSCC and human readable equals details challenges in the quality control 

� Print Produce Traceability Initiative / PTI style labels for fresh 

process produce for crates packing. (PTI Crate/Carton Citrus Label with processor GTIN and co-operative packers 

human readable data) 

harvester � Generate standard and FarmSoft fresh inventory fruit labels packers for identifying fruit storage PTI produce 

fresh produce that will be processed further before sale 

traceability � FarmSoft’s development initiative team can build compliant any label required HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

by your Packhouse, including pre-printed formatted labels 

and more… compliance systems for packhouses. Packing shed 


Printers Supported Corporate fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Thermal: Most FarmSoft labels will print on standard 


thermal printers. 

� Laser: FarmSoft labels can be printed on Laser if required. 













Temperature Zone Control 

Easily enforce storage of fresh produce at the correct temperature. Ensuring the correct handling 

and storage of fresh produce is an important factor in packing the highest quality produce, and 

ensuring the quality of produce is maintained according to the required quality and management 

specifications. 


software Temperature Zone fruit Control features traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Specify the minimum grape and maximum packing temperature of hop each processing fruit and 

cool room, warehouse, storage location, chilling equipment, 

vegetable hydro-cooler quality control software. Produce plus 

� Specify the temperature at which each variety of produce 

traceability must be stored during equals the Packhouse challenges processes in the quality control 

� Employees receive on-screen alerts when they attempt to 

process store produce for packing. in a location that Citrus doesn’t processor match the co-operative packers 

temperature requirements of the produce 

harvester � Alerts are generated and fresh whenever fruit inventory packers or pallets are fruit storage PTI produce 

created, edited, saved, or moved 

traceability � Supports unlimited initiative variety temperature compliant settings HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

� Supports unlimited warehouse/location temperature ranges 













Packhouse 

temperature zone 

control provides 

superior food 

safety and food 

quality 

enforcement





Alerts for Quality and Produce Movement 

Selected employees can receive on screen alerts for important issues. For example, if inventory is 

put on “hold” because of a quality issue, the quality manager on duty will be alerted instantly on their 

screen of the incident, can immediately view all related details, and can take a corrective action. 

Some packhouses must move inventory from one location to another at a specific time, this is 

important when moving goods in or out of ripening, gassing, or hydro cooler facilities. The on screen 

alerts ensure the employee moves the correct inventory at the correct time, maximizing quality and 

minimizing waste. 

Instant quality 

and fresh 

produce 

movement 

alerts ensure 

maximum 

quality and 

minimum 

waste 


software Alerts for Quality and fruit Produce traceability Movement Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Instant on screen grape alerts show automatically, packing the employee hop processing fruit and 

does not have to manually refresh the page 

vegetable � Click on the alert quality icon to view full details control of all current alerts software. Produce plus 

� Resolve alerts and record resolution notes, reasons, date, 

traceability time, employees involved, equals and other challenges important data in the quality control 

� Search historical alerts 

process � Re-activate for resolved packing. alerts Citrus processor co-operative packers 

� Supports unlimited variety temperature settings 

harvester � Supports unlimited and warehouse/location fresh fruit temperature packers ranges fruit storage PTI produce 

� Alerts generated automatically from the Quality Control 

traceability module or can be initiative created manually compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 


quality alerts 
















Packing Services & Co-operatives 

Easily record and invoice farms, customers, and clients for packing services. Maintaining an invoice 

enabled log of all packing services performed by the Packhouse on behalf of a customer or supplier is 

essential to ensuring smooth Packhouse operations, and efficient billing of packing services. 

Packing Services features 

� Invoice customers, suppliers, or even internal departments 

for packing services 

� Configure unlimited service charges such as 

o Sorting 

o Packing 


o Grading 

o Packaging Materials 

software o Cooling fruit traceability Packhouse software packing 

o Storage 

solutions o Transport grape packing hop processing fruit and 

o Labor 

vegetable o And more… quality control software. Produce plus 

� Associate service charges to specific deliveries of produce, 

traceability batches, or date range. equals challenges in the quality control 

� Multi-currency invoicing for services 

process � Packing for charges packing. may be measured Citrus using: processor co-operative packers 

o Batch output 

harvester o Weight and of delivered/packed fresh fruit produce packers fruit storage PTI produce 

o Per unit output 

traceability o Per hour initiative of packing time compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

� Add charges to a supplier/customers invoice as they happen, 

compliance keeping an accurate systems log of activities as they for happen packhouses. Packing shed 

� Close invoices to ensure future charges will be billed on 

management future invoices solutions for fruit packing software. 

� Record payment method, payment date, payment status for 

Corporate each invoice fruit packing systems fruit grading frit packing 

� Make notes on each invoice item to provide 

systems supplier/customer fruit packing with details of individual plants charges fruit packing machinery fresh 

� Keep notes on invoices for administrative purposes 













Multi-Site, Multi-Packhouse Compatibility 

Manage multiple packhouses using the one platform. FarmSoft is a multi-site, multi-packhouse 

solution. This allows an unlimited number of packhouses to operate FarmSoft for their Packhouse, in 

an almost “independent” manner. 


software Multi-Site, Multi-Packhouse fruit features traceability Packhouse software packing 

solutions � Run an unlimited grape number of packhouses packing simultaneously hop and processing fruit and 

independently of each other 

vegetable � Each packhouse quality has its own warehouses control and storage software. areas 

Produce plus 

configured 

traceability � Each packhouse maintains equals its own challenges independent packing in the quality control 

materials inventory 

process � Each Packhouse for packing. maintains its own Citrus independent processor fresh co-operative packers 

produce, pallets, and finished product 

harvester � Transfer produce, and fresh pallets, finished fruit product, packers packing fruit storage PTI produce 

materials, and raw produce between packhouses 

traceability � Reporting at each initiative Packhouse will only reveal compliant details from the HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

Packhouse which the employee has permission to see 

compliance � Easilly set standards systems across all packhouses for via packhouses. FarmSoft 

Packing shed 

being the central administration point for setting operational 

variables management solutions for fruit packing software. 

� Senior management and administration can report over 

multiple packhouses simultaneously, or concentrate on one 


selected Packhouse for reporting purposes 

� Compare KPI’s across multiple packhouses 














Field to Packhouse bin scanning process 

Streamline the harvest and fresh produce collection and delivery process 

Barcodes, scanning, and harvest authorizations can be used to improve the fresh produce 

handling process, increase communication, and enforce accountability. 

Field to pack shed scanning features 

� Parcels of land (fields) can have a large FarmSoft 

generated barcode applied to their entrance points 

Fruit in vegetable weatherproof sleeves hop milling hop processing flower packing 

� The Parcel barcode can be scanned (or snapped) by 

software the harvest manager fruit using traceability a smartphone, tablet, or Packhouse software packing 

similar device (or can be recorded manually by 

solutions entering the grape Parcel number packing into the mobile hop processing fruit and 

interface). This process creates a Harvest Alert and 

vegetable lets the Packhouse quality know that harvesting control of a software. Produce plus 

particular variety from a particular area of land has 

commenced (this information is updated live on the 


Harvest Alerts screen in the Packhouse) 

� Goods harvested can have a tag placed inside the 


bins/totes (note that subsequent steps require 

FarmSoft Packhouse Manager) 


� When the produce reaches the Packhouse, the 

produce can have its tag scanned, or the Harvest 

traceability Alert selected, this initiative will tell FarmSoft the compliant exact origin HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

of the goods and select all relevant information for 

compliance the incoming goods. systems Users can then for enter the packhouses. Packing shed 

weight, quantity, and other optional details such as 

management grade, class, size, solutions color, storage location, for fruit packing software. 

temperature etc. If the bins were not tagged prior 

Corporate to delivery, labels/tags fruit can packing be easily printed systems during fruit grading frit packing 

this step, they will be used to identify the produce 

systems during the fruit Packhouse packing processes. plants fruit packing machinery fresh 

� During packing the bins can be scanned to “add” 

produce them to a batch. traceability Automatic batch creation can fruit be dispatch management 

performed at this time, based on unique 

Packhouse combinations of origin sales and packing date. Packhouse invoice agriculture 

horticulture Variations of the above process flower are available, packing and can be flower cutting hop processing 

tailored to suit individual business process requirements. 

Talk to a FarmSoft consultant to discuss your opportunities. 










Accessible from anywhere, in any language 

Web based access to the full suite of features allows full mobility for operations and 

management employees 

Simply access a browser & internet and you can access your entire packhouse 

management system and reports remotely. This allows many packhouses to use the same 

system easily, and gives useful monitoring abilities to management that may be offsite or 

traveling. 

The entire solution is multi-language, featuring 16 different languages. You can have 

multiple staff in the same office using the system in multiple languages at the same time, 

for example, Spanish and English at the same time. 


Remote Access 

� The client runs in a web browser, this 


means there is no requirement to install 

software on any computers (except for 


your server) 

� Client computers never need updating, 


this simplifies management of your 

solution traceability � Client computers can equals use any operating challenges in the quality control 

system and any version (after Win98), 

process including for new mobile packing. operating systems Citrus processor co-operative packers 

and tablet operating systems 


Language 

traceability � The entire interface initiative is multi-language, compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

this includes reports, menus, and all 

compliance screen elements systems for packhouses. Packing shed 

� The mobile interface is multi-language 

management � Each user can set their solutions language at any for fruit packing software. 

time with one click 

Pack Shed 


Server 




Off-site 

On-site 




Packhouse cost management iPhone including iPad KPI’s, labor PC costs, 







Technical Details 

Server Minimum Requirements 

� Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 (Home Premium/Professional),Win Server 2003/2008+ , 32Bit/64 Bit 

editions of all OS , Must have IIS and .net 3.5+ and .net 4.0 

� 2GB+ RAM, 2Ghz+ processor (recommended 64 Bit, i7+, 4+ core, 6 GB Ram+) 

� 3GB Free HDD Space (SSD recommended) 

Client Requirements 

� Browser 

� If you wish to use a bar code reading PDA, you can use any PDA/Barcode device that has full browser 

functionality and has access to (or any other program that has the same functionality as) 

Datawedge. Give this information to your PDA dealer for a test prior to purchase. 

(see http://www.farmsoft.com/Farm/farmsolutions/technical-details for up to date details) 


Support Services & Upgrades 

software TSL Support Partners fruit provide comprehensive traceability training, support, Packhouse and consulting services. software We have streamlined packing 

the 

configuration and training processes to make implementation a fraction of the effort required by competitor 

solutions solutions, saving your farm grape time and money. packing An annual subscription hop needs processing to be paid to continue fruit using the and 

software every anniversary of initial purchase, the annual fee is not optional and increases by roughly ten percent 

vegetable in January each year. The quality annual subscription control helps TSL provide software. all clients with important upgrades Produce and changes plus 

as the industry continues to evolve. 


Deployment Process 

process Depending on the for modules packing. chosen, the complexity Citrus of your processor farm, and the training co-operative method and partner chosen, packers 

deployment can take between five days and five weeks. The software is delivered digitally (DVD can provided for 

harvester an additional fee) and fresh fruit packers fruit storage PTI produce 

� Installation 

traceability � Configuration initiative compliant HACCP BRC GlobalGAP 

� Training 

compliance � Trial Run systems for packhouses. Packing shed 

� Go Live! 

management solutions Installation for fruit packing software. 


systems fruit packing plants fruit Configuration 

packing machinery fresh 


Packhouse sales Training Packhouse invoice agriculture 

horticulture flower packing flower cutting Trial hop run processing 



Packhouse cost management including Go KPI’s, live! labor costs, 


Contact us for a quotation using the Contact form on our 


website, our local partners will contact you ASP

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