CUSTOMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATE

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1 Your Partner in Agri Business An AgVantage Software, Inc. Electronic Publication A P R I L, INDEX 2016 National Conference Updates p. 2 AgVantage Launches New Website..p. 2 New Software Releases/Features Coming Soon p.3-5 CUSTOMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATE Theresa Willems VP Customer Services theresaw@agvantage.com Welcome to Spring! Here in the Upper Midwest, we ve been battling cooler than average temperatures for some time, with just a few teaser days thrown into the mix, but now Mother Nature has quit toying with us and we are on our way to a beautiful transition to summer. Now the hum of tractors and the other sights, sounds and smells of spring fill the air as nature begins its hurried transition for the change of seasons. Our AgVantage staff is busy as well, preparing for our upcoming 2016 User Conference. Our Programming staff is hard at work putting the finishing touches on all the new programs and offerings we will be showcasing at this year s conference. Our Support staff is busy as well, starting to prepare our session presentations and putting together the best information for our customers to showcase new software, and also help you learn new tricks, tips and tools to help you make your day to day tasks more efficient. We truly are very excited to have you join us at this year s conference! Be sure to register for your sessions of interest early to reserve your spot in a session that is of great interest to you as some classes do fill up quite quickly. While our User Conference is a great learning opportunity for you, don t forget about our upcoming etraining sessions. We have a full series of sessions now through the end of May already out on our website. As in the past, we do not offer etraining during the month of June because of our Annual User Conference, but our regularly scheduled classes will start again in July. If there is ever a class you would like us to add to our sessions, please contact Elise (elisem@agvantage.com) or anyone from our support department and we ll be happy to add new course ideas to our session list. Looking forward to seeing many of you at our User Conference in June! Have a safe spring season, Theresa

2 A G V A N T A G E S O F T W A R E, I N C. Y O U R P A R T N E R I N A G R I B U S I N E S S PAGE NATIONAL CONFERENCE UPDATES REGISTER BY MONDAY, MAY 2 ND FOR A $100 DISCOUNT! Minneapolis, MN June 22-24, 2016 Lori Campbell Conference Manager loric@agvantage.com All of the pieces of the conference puzzle are fitting together nicely and we are excited to be offering our 31st Annual National Conference. The conference brochures were mailed last week. Registration is available via agvantage.com. The conference app will soon be launched for both the Android and Apple app store. Our support staff are busy getting ready and there s just a whirl of activity that touches all departments in our office! Come join us at the conference as you do not want to miss seeing all of the great new Edge products: Energy, Energy Dispatching & Mapping, Grain Customer Portal, Agronomy & Agronomy Dispatching, Feed, CRM, and Accounts Payable. We also have many sessions where customers are teaching, or assisting our staff, plus Lightning Rounds, and these make the conference extra special. Plus, the conference offers you a chance to participate in future software development by participating in the Customer Driven Development sessions. In addition, we have plenty of customer networking for you to meet others working in the Agribusiness industry. Please note that our $100 Early Bird Registration Special is a little earlier than usual because of the Guthrie theater tickets, so don t delay! Now is the best time to register as the $100 discount ends May 2nd. 5 Reasons To Register Today: 1. You will save $100 off of your registration fee. (expires on 5/2) 2. You will get all of the sessions that you want by registering early. 3. With 90+ sessions to choose from it s the best software conference in the Agribusiness industry! 4. You will definitely be able to reserve a ticket to the Thursday evening dinner/play at the Guthrie Theater South Pacific. AgVantage Software has 200 tickets on reserve. 5. You will quality for the buy 4 registrations, get 1 free program. Another $595 in savings! (expires on 5/2) Check out our new, mobile friendly website at agvantage.com

3 A G V A N T A G E S O F T W A R E, I N C. Y O U R P A R T N E R I N A G R I B U S I N E S S PAGE 3 AGVANTAGE SOFTWARE NEW RELEASES AND FEATURES COMING SOON BONNIE FOHRMAN Vice President, Programming bonnief@agvantage.com AgVantage Software New Releases for Version 8 See our Message Board for many Product Enhancements continuously available. Agronomy Menu option access to Derived From set up (371515) Accounts Receivable CDD Daily past due aging to reflect when terms become past due (360854) CDD Budget statements do not print Do Not Pay if credit balance (360856) New flag for work order to assign lot numbers Y/N (378094) eagvantage Accounts Receivable End of Year Grain Proof of Yield report accessed on eagvantage End of Year (362697) eagvantage Energy CDD Added security and set up features to on-line ordering (363045) CDD Captures who created the fuel order, producer or office staff (363051) Edge Edge Authority set to allow access to an option or not (369355) New Edge icons on Main Menu (374010) Added ability to Delete All to Edge Print Spool Program (377625) Edge Agronomy Recorded applied date in the U6FRMXH file (361039) Show salesman number on screen (361041) Added Refresh button to Order Application main screen (375441) Added soil type = peat and ability to adjust Wind Speed option (375596) Edge Accounts Payable Setup for Bank Reconciliation Group (379641) edocuments Enhanced error handling during ing of statements allows restarting in case of internet problems (376581) Energy New ability to not allow users to add or delete tanks on new security (375115) Cursor now flashes on tank size when the field is not populated (378612) General Ledger Inventory constants Y/N to summarize A/R Blends in G/L (378889) (continued on next page)

4 A G V A N T A G E S O F T W A R E, I N C. Y O U R P A R T N E R I N A G R I B U S I N E S S PAGE 4 (continued from previous page) Grain New screen for quicker entry - Fixed Price Grain Purchases (339436) Added shipment gives warning if customer number is not set up in customer info (359237) CDD End of Month Valuation simplify the processes (148207) EOM Valuation Shipments in Transit report and merge (374612) EOM Valuation Incomplete Contract Information Report and Contract (374842) EOM Valuation Unposted Price Adjustments and Merge (375230) EOM Valuation Unposted Discounts Report and Merge (376152) EOM Valuation Inventory Valuation and Merge (377787) EOM Valuation UnDelivered Grain and Merge (377877) EOM Capture files, cash price and extension files (377942) Cash Price file Maintain with Captured files and add to EOM menu (376892) Interfaces DTN Portal Gets current cash prices Process Auto Price (259641) FHO Passport site option changes for different card layouts (378525) WesRoc tank monitor communications with AgVantage (376391) AgVantagePC Agronomy Gallons per acre and total gallons option for liquid blend (327745) AgVantagePC Energy Driver s Call In Screen added products and gallons (372182) Patronage New ability to redeem qualified vs nonqualified (352387) Payroll CDD Added flexibility to place cap on vacation/sick by employee (342919) Security Authority Security Menu option Payroll, ACH, Security (365526) (continued on next page)

5 A G V A N T A G E S O F T W A R E, I N C. Y O U R P A R T N E R I N A G R I B U S I N E S S PAGE 5 (continued from previous page) AgVantage Software New Releases Coming Soon Edge Edge Agronomy Phase 2 Dispatching Edge Feed Phase 1 Edge Grain Phase 1 Edge AP Miscellaneous Check Entry (376526) Edge security using users and roles (376592) Edge Energy Track when Delivery Tickets and Listing Printed (339356) Delivery tickets on ticket form (339525) Delivery tickets printed and not filled (339529) Move a delivery from one tank to another (339563) Accounts Receivable CDD Ability to change contract fields (343145) Interfaces Interface Inventory Receivers to go through Inventory Rec crossover - Ace (365292) Interface Inventory Receivers to go through Inventory Rec crossover United Hardware (365293) Interface Inventory Receivers to go through Inventory Rec crossover Tru Value (365295) Interface Inventory Receivers to go through Inventory Rec crossover - Actvant (365291) Interface Inventory Receivers to go through Inventory Rec crossover - FMS (362119) Credit card transactions thru the AgVantage/SSI Interface (378212) AgVantagePC Energy DOT requirements on bill of lading show hazardous materials (355092) AgVantagePC Invoicing CDD When entering invoice Retrieve invoice from History F6 (205583) Payroll CDD Separate local/school tax when printing checks Patronage CDD Void a patronage check