The 12th Annual TIGER JILL Seminar ended December 5, 2002.
Direct Bottom Line Impact from New TIGER JILL Modules

The seminar was dedicated to Pest Control Advisers, Growers, Management companies, Food Companies, Consultants, Air and Ground Applicators, Chemical Retailers, and Managers. During the Seminars a number of new modules for TIGER JILL was presented as well as some major improvements to the Program, Reports and Help.

A week of extensive and successful seminars ended on December 5, 2002. Instructors from Orange Enterprises, Inc had the opportunity to visit and to demonstrate the latest version of TIGER JILL to hundreds of users. Growers, Pest Control Advisors, Applicators, Farm Management Operations, Chemical Retailers, Food Companies, and all other Agribusiness new modules was unveiled during the 12th Annual TIGER JILL Seminar December 3rd and 4th, 2002.

John Baker of SBS Farm Service did a hands-on demonstration how he is using TIGER JILL on his laptop with the Nextel wireless modem to handle all aspects of his farm management operation. John records and manages all the spreading, harvesting, billing and government reporting while in the field. Using connectivity he transmits all his data to the home office for generation of the California use reports and invoices on every job.

The Connectivity Module is used to connect programs on different computers. It makes it possible to send records from one computer to another like sending PCA recommendation from the PCA computer to the grower's or to the applicator. There are several versions of this module that also allow growers to send records to processors and for employees to send records from their laptops to a central server.

Users were introduced to the Expert Module, which provides them with an economical advantage. The Expert Module was designed to help the user address their recommendation needs. TIGER JILL draws knowledge from past experiences recorded in their database. Materials can be displayed for a specific pest problem, for a unique crop situation or both. You sort the displayed information based on its effectiveness or price advantage. You can quickly see what mixes were useful in combating certain pests or diseases in the past. This module will greatly benefit Growers in their budget preparation and material purchasing.

The Grower Notification Module allows the user to automatically record when their customer has been notified of impending and/or completed applications. Then with one click of the mouse generate the appropriate Pest Control Notice Report and send via email or fax.

The Material Price Schedule Module provides Chemical Retailers the ability to mark up or reduce their material prices by specific percentages for each invoice.

The Spray Calculator Module will help you establish the data for the calibration of your sprayers, air & ground crop sprayers and fertilizer/powdered chemical applicators.

Users were familiarized with the new capabilities of the Report Writing features that allow producing multiple reports with one click. The Accounts Receivable functions and preferences were covered extensively to demonstrate all the new features available such as definition of customer terms and new fields available on the invoice and statements. The User Forum and Suggestions brought about many interesting and feasible possibilities that will be implemented into TIGER JILL very soon.

TIGER JILL is the most versatile management tool available in the industry. Depending upon the module configuration users were instructed on how to manage all their operation’s needs, from income to expense, government-reporting requirements, record keeping and application history, harvest and grade information, lab testing and measurements, equipment use and maintenance scheduling. You determine how much you want to maximize the benefits of this comprehensive program. For more information about our next seminar or the TIGER JILL Program please call (800) 656-7264.

The User Forum and Suggestions brought about many possibilities to be implemented into TIGER JILL in the very near future. (Look for Tiger Jill version 6.05)

Adding the Purchase Order field to the Application Record when the billing module is included.

Adding to the Preference Billing Tab an option for the Invoice Report to group by site.

Changing the order of items in the Application Record, moving the reentry and harvest intervals below the Material Grid.

With the Accounting Interface Module adding to the Preference Accounting Tab the option to suppress Update Needed Message when changes are made to records that sends information to the accounting program.

In Recommendation Expert adding a cost column when making a selection based on application records.

Adding the capability of creating a multiple report definitions using the save report definition option. It is achieved by appending the report definition of an existing report definition file.

Adding a Spray Calculator Module.

Adding a Recommendation Expert Module.

In report specifications date selection adding an option for Current and Last dates

Adding to Preference | Defaults Tab option for Pending Field in the Invoice Record.

Adding the Grower Notification Module

Adding the Material Pricing Schedules Module.

In the Charge Record adding the typical rate field. For example when the charge unit is an hour (like tractor use charge) the typical rate is how many hours are required to cultivate one acre.