GartPlan product versions

GartPlan product versions

GartPlan is available in 3 versions: Basis, Standard, and Maxi.

The versions fulfill in different ways the overall goal of GartPlan, which is

· To ensure an optimal utilization of the production area and labor resources in the greenhouse

· To produce an operating budget and make profitability analyses of each product in the greenhouse

· To produce the information necessary for realizing and controlling the production

GartPlan Basis: This version is mostly developed for users, who want an effective tool for planning area utilization, labor consumption, and selling quantities when making a production plan, but do not need economy analyses and budgets.

The program is a simplified version of GartPlan Standard, and all data entered are fully reusable if you later on upgrade to the Standard version or the Maxi version.

GartPlan Standard: This version enables the user to calculate the space, labor and production requirements for any plan as well as the profitability of individual crops and the greenhouse as a whole. It is supported by a range of interactive graphics, which enable the user to see the consequences of any change in the plan immediately.

GartPlan Maxi: This more comprehensive version also includes material and activity planning as well as a wider range of analysis, controls, and graphics, which are valuable for the planning of a successful greenhouse

The following pages show a detailed overview of the features in each version.

Files	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Greenhouse General data concerning the greenhouse as a whole.	ü	ü	ü
Section Area data for sections. The file is used when planning in bench quantities, but is not required in any other way.		ü	ü
Department Area sections or area types that the planning is to be based upon.	ü	ü	ü
Operation Labor processes used in the production.	ü	ü	ü
Materials Materials used in the production.		ü	ü
Crop/Batch Production recipes (propagation recipes) for the products in the greenhouse.	ü	ü	ü
Plan Production quantities and department placements for the crops/batches participating in the production plan.	ü	ü	ü
Reservation Reserved quantities per week and per crop.			ü
Diary Miscellaneous notes/remarks regarding the crops/batches in the greenhouse.			ü
Tables Heating, Growth light, and CO₂ tables used when calculating the heating, lighting, and CO₂ consumption.		ü	ü
Optimization Limitations on area, labor, and selling quantities that may be used when producing an optimal plan (linear programming). Has no impact unless the supplemental optimization module is installed.		ü	ü

Analyses	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Crop - Summary Profit margin /Year-m² per crop/batch in a summary survey.		ü	ü
Crop by batch (PM) Profit margin /Year-m² as well as required selling prices per crop/batch.		ü	ü
Crop by batch (Spec) Profit margin and costs specification per plant sold per crop/batch.		ü	ü
Crop by week Costs specification and required selling prices for each week for a given batch.			ü
Crop survey Survey containing starting quantities, selling quantities, area consumption, and labor consumption per crop.			ü
Area Area consumption per crop/department.	ü	ü	ü
Labor Labor consumption per crop/department.	ü	ü	ü
Energy Heating, electricity and CO₂ consumption per crop/department.		ü	ü
Selling Sales survey per crop/department, optionally with expected selling prices.	ü	ü	ü
Waste Waste analysis per crop/department, optionally divided into production waste and sales waste.			ü
Cuttings Cuttings and young plants consumption compared to the corresponding stock plants production of cuttings and young plants.			ü
Stock Stock taking calculating the value of the current production per crop/department by the end of a given week or month.			ü
Budget summary Summary budget that with regards to both quantities and amounts produces an overall survey of the production plan. The report may be specified regarding crops/departments and furthermore contains a number of important key figures.		ü	ü
Period budget Detailed budget with subjects as in the summary budget but specified per week or per month.			ü

Production control	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Bar plan Graphical representation of the production plan.	ü	ü	ü
Batch plan Report with planned activities per crop/batch with space for manual recording.			ü
Activity plan Report containing overall activities such as batch starts, spacing, and selling together with a number of optional operations.			ü
Production plan Survey containing starting quantities and the corresponding cuttings consumption per crop.	ü	ü	ü
Normtimes Report with operations per batch with corresponding normtimes, labor requirements, and number of plants.			ü
Operation lists Labor consumption by operations per crop, batch, or period.		ü	ü
Material lists Material consumption per period or as a survey.			ü
Plan control Control that the facilities required by the batch recipes are present in the departments where the batches are actually placed.			ü
Diary Printout of the diary notes for batches selling in a given period.			ü
Reservations Report that per crop shows the sales quantities from the production, any reservations, and the resulting surplus quantities.			ü

Interactive graphics	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Crop analyses Simulation graphics showing profit margin/year-m², required selling prices, and costs specifications.			ü
Crop times and batch courses Graphical representation of production times per batch.	ü	ü	ü
Area / Labor / Sales Graphical representation of area consumption, labor consumption, and selling quantities.	ü	ü	ü
Batch sizes (plan) Graphical representation of starting quantities per batch.			ü
Multiple graphics Simultaneous display of several graphics of the type ”Area/Labor/Sales”. E.g. display of area for each department.			ü
Multi color graphics (crops) Display with different colors assigned to the crops in graphics of the type ”Area/Labor/Sales”.			ü

Optimization* A fully integrated Optimization-module (linear programming) for economical optimization of a production plan using indicated limits regarding space, labor hours, starting and selling quantities. Further you can link batch sizes in groups to obtain a continuous and practical production plan. The optimization respects current production and already planned production	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Standard optimization Calculation of an optimal plan respecting the current production and any planned production.		ü	ü
Cyclic optimization Calculation of an optimal plan that may be repeated year after year.		ü	ü
Plan adjustments Optimal change of existing (manual) plan.		ü	ü

* Only functional if the supplemental optimization module is installed.

Miscellaneous	Basis	Std.	Maxi
Internal purchase/sale Internal purchase/sale between stock plants and finished goods crops.			ü
Grouping of crops Grouping of crops in calculations and reports.			ü
Variety crops Facility for easy handling of variety crops.			ü
Cut crops Handling of crops being harvested or cut crops.			ü
Supplemental materials Material consumption at phase level in the crop/batch recipes.			ü
Informational data in Batch and plan files Information about quantities, area, hours, waste, and selling quantities per phase in the batch and planning files.			ü
User defined period indications Optional period intervals in calculations.			ü
Batch delimitations in analyses Delimitation at batch level in calculations.			ü
User defined layout in reports The user may design the layout of reports.			ü
Data export Export of plant quantities, hours/operation, and area as a supplement to the general data export.			ü
General export of data The data forming the basis of a report can be exported.			ü