The 14th ANNUAL TIGER POCKET AND WEB JILL Conference held November 30th, December 1 and 2 drew hundreds of users from all over the nation to view the newest software for management, food safety, pesticide reporting, record keeping, recommendation and billing. The type of attendees varied greatly, from food processors, large and small growers and shippers, pest control advisors, to applicators and retailers. To name just a few: Gerber Foods, Yoder nurseries, Six l’s, Nunes, Prime Time, Desert Farms, Sutter Home, Franciscan, Harry and David, Vance Air, Blair Air & Ground Services, Bettencourt Flying, Independent Custom spray, and many more. Also in attendance were various government officials, including several county Ag commissioners and State reps as well as top Viniculture and Ag personal from Fresno State.

Many topics were covered during this three-day event:
New Scheduling Module, New Planting/Seeding Module, New Irrigation Module, New Tractability Module, New Pocket Jill, New Employee Tracking, New Grower Notification, New Material Price Schedule, New Spray Calculator, New Crop estimate feature, New Expert module, New Budget Module, New Integration with other software, New Multi user for Citrix, New Ground Water protection Permit.

The new CEDETS Sending Pesticide record via a Web portal to California Ag commissioners were unveiled by Dave Greenwood of DPR. The Ground Water Protection being introduced for Users with a error checking capabilities to id sites that are in protected zones. Pocket Jill was the main topic of the day. It is designed to allow growers and advisers to transmit electronically - pesticide applications and other activities from the field to the office.

Due to the Federal Quality Protection Act, Export requirements and tractability issues the need to track crops in the field - an extensive presentation of the TRACABILITY module took place. Food safety as well as Ag production software has become very important to all food processors, growers shippers and packers all over the country. Orchards, Row Crops, Vineyards, Vegetables, Nurseries, Transplants and other agribusiness joined Orange for our 20 years of software development celebration.

Sara Savary gave a presentation on Tiger & Pocket Jill implementation at Crop Care. Sara Savary fills many several different roles at Crop Care Associates, Inc., consulting in the fields of pest, irrigation and fertility management while running the company's Human Resources function as Vice President. Sara has been with Crop Care Assoicates, Inc. for thirteen years, and has advanced through the ranks of field and regional management positions consulting throughout California.

Tiger & Pocket Jill perform as a field data collection system that enables management to collect sampling, scouting and other information. Pocket Jill uses mobile computing technologies to collect soil tests, plant growth and tissue samples, sugar brix data, weed and disease identification, yield estimates as well as all applications, fertilization, irrigation and more. Pocket Jill retrieves data from remote locations with bar code scanning and GPS technology.

Through the use of GPS technology, all observation and sampling data is collected with GPS data coordinates. Pocket Jill technology enables the user to scan bar codes to locate the block, automatically record data into the block records, and record specific samples and observations that are taken. All data is collected in an organized and transferable structure that can be used to retrieve accurate data for a specific block.

The employee tracking module allows supervisors to record time and productivity of a field labor force. The employee tracking utilizes Windows Mobile technology and a Web-based solution to collect information on the worker, the crew he/she is assigned to, and the crop harvested or tasks performed while in the field.

When using the employee tracking mobile solution, the user can view and audit payroll information, record work by the piece or hour, clock in or out a crew of several or a single employee, record pick-ups during harvest activities including net weight and GPS position, and securely upload this data to Jill Web-based payroll management system.

While utilizing Jill’s secure Web-based application, the user can select and view data by block, crew, or individual, then query that data by date range. The user also has the ability to review and edit payroll data, and apply various payroll rules based on labor contracts or labor law standards.

Tiger Jill is a information system which allows managers to capture data needed for planning, recording, and analyzing ranch level activities. Tiger Jill also provides chemical application data for all reporting requirements. Through the use of Windows Mobile technology, bar code scanning, GPS technology, secure Web-based data systems, the client can plan and effectively manage their ranch, equipment, personnel, and other inputs on a real time basis.

Tiger Jill integrates scouting and analysis data from the field. The ability to see several years' worth of information for a particular ranch or block will make for more effective planning and decision-making. Tiger. Web & Pocket Jill own data base & connectivity features makes information available where it's needed.

Tiger Jill® is a premier modular software program designed to record, analyze and report all applications, Measurements, Cultural activities, Caretaking, Labor, Equipment, Inventories, Billing, Scheduling, Planning, Budgeting, Mapping, Food Safety subject matter, Spray History, Lab information, Employee safety, Chemical applications, Worker Protection Standard, Hazardous Manifest, Recommendation and many other Management, Reporting and Analysis capabilities. Tiger Jill Tiger Jill® is the tool for crop and seed information, planting, Caretaking, tillage and irrigation, scouting reports, soil and tissue tests, applications of NPK, lime, micronutrients, fertilizer, manure and chemicals, harvest, yield and quality factors, Lab analysis,GIS Interface and more.

Some of the new and improved features Newest TIGER JILL Enhancements and Modifications Now Available

1. Enhancements, Modifications and Improvements to Applications:
2. Adding a variety field that can be used to select all the blocks of the variety.
3. Adding EPA number to material lookup in application and purchase screen.
4. Changes in the date selection in the Application Record Report Specifications. First is Completion Date (empty if the record was not completed, otherwise the first date any or all blocks were completed). Second is Record Entry Date. Third is Block Completion Date.
5. Adding Charges to the Crew and Equipment tabs of the Application Record when Charge Billing Module is included. The program will accumulate to be one line on the invoice.
6. In the application screen, adding the option of changing the order of the first columns in Material Grid. The columns that can be ordered are: Rate, Total, Pest, Tank Amount and Dilution Amount. The order is determined in the Preferences | Application Tab
7. Enhancements, Modifications and Improvements to the Measurement and Measurement Analysis modules and reports:
8. In measurement records added an option to use a description instead or in addition to numeric value. For example wind direction can be given as 90 degrees or as East.
9. Changing the Measurement type approach. Measurements no longer have measurement type. Measurement type has a grid of measurement that belong to the type. A measurement can belong to several measurement types. Also the measurement type determines if the Measurement Log grid is fixed or not.
10. In the Measurement Log Screen when changing the Location or the Measurement Type, adding the option of a change without emptying the Measurement Grid.
11. Crop estimates can be achieved the enhanced measurement module.
12. Adding the Mexico export OFM report to the program when the measurement module is included as well as creating a measurement type of OFM, and measurement records of Trap Count, Changed Bottom and Changed Pheromone.
13. Adding the options to remove from lookups all measurement records provided by Orange Enterprises
14. Adding to the Connectivity Menu an option to create a Measurement log items export file that can be used to transfer data to a Hand Held device
15. Enhancements, Modifications and Improvements to the Harvest Module and reports:
16. Adding to Harvest Record a Charge Tab, Equipment Tab and Crew Tab
17. Harvest Record allowing the definition of a Crop Variety that is different than the one defined in the Block's Season Grid.
18. New Preference Options:
19. Added a preference option to define the report default output method (Screen, Printer, or File).
20. Adding a Number of Printed Copies preference. This allows the printing of more than one copy. If the Number is set to 0 the program will ask the user to determine the number of printed copies each time the printing option is selected.
21. The change entails a preference in the application tab of “Select Blocks by Variety".
22. Added a preference option to define connectivity default method
23. Adding to the Preference Defaults Tab the option for "Invoice Inventory Center."
24. With the Material Billing Module adding an option to the Preference Billing Tab "Invoice Default to Material Tab". When set to Y automatically bring the Material Grid to the front of the Invoice Records instead of the Charge Grid.
25. Adding the Pocket Jill folder to Connectivity Preference Tab.
26. With the DOT Module adding a user defined emergency phone number, in the preferences.
27. Improvement of correction procedures when the Preference General Tab option "Start Part with New Record Mode" is set to Y
28. Adding an additional selection (3) to the Preferences | Reports Tab option "Group Blocks by Site”
29. Added a preference option to check training of reportable materials only.
30. With the accounting module added several options including an option for using automatic updates, exporting cost of goods sold, exporting applications and treated area.
31. Other modifications, enhancements and improvements:
32. The Grower Notification Module has been enhanced to provide compliance with CCR 6618 and 6619.
33. With the connectivity module, added a log file that includes the references of the records that were added, modified or rejected.
34. Made major changes in the AZ 1080 report to use the screen to define many items that previously were entered manually.
35. With the Banding Module made the following changes: When the unit of the row and width is changed the program recalculates band and width. Making it possible to define an application as a banded application or not banded; If adding an application type of "Banded" the program copies the band width and row width from the block record. If the application type is not defined or other than "Banded" no values are entered to the row width and bandwidth.
36. Adding tip of the day. Separating the "What's New" from the help file and integrating it with the program update. This way, users that do fast internet update (without help) get the "What's New". In
37. Accuracy improvement of converting between English and Metric units.
38. In Person when record name includes commas removing them when interpreting the name on reports.
39. In Operation modifying the sales tax accuracy to 3 digits.
40. In Block when multi block module is not included setting the state and county based on the owner's record.
41. Changes in dollar terminology: If Material Billing module is included and If Pricing Schedule is included: 1. Cost of material unit, 2. Cost of one Container; If Pricing Schedule is not included 1. Price of material unit 2. Price of one container 3. Cost of one Container; If Material Billing module is not included 1. Cost of material unit, 2. Cost of one Container
42. When saving a new user masking password confirmation.
43. When Harvest interval is defined in Material Record Harvest interval is not required in Crop tab of the record.
44. Adding support email address to recipients of the program upgrade email
45. Internet Links access expires when support expires.
46. Improvement of the service charge procedure
47. Disabling the navigator buttons in the procedure of saving service charges.
48. Improving the way the program handles version information in the report headers.
49. Improvement of the way the program handles the addition of a season line when zooming from the application to the block record
50. Correction of run time error in the report specification window. This error appeared when the users typed a letter in a selection option instead of using the drop down list.