Future inventory is forecast when plant material is entered into the

production system via that button in the lower left corner of the inventory

screen.  This can be a planned future production, although most growers

enter the data when plants are first propagated or lined out in the field. 

At the time we record a production “planting”, we tell the computer what

future sales season we expect to sell this material.  The computer refers

to one-time set up information that the user has provided about the

normal growth size distribution of each plant variety and predicts the

These forecast estimates display here.  They are treated as actual inventory.  Sales staff uses these

numbers to make future sales and product availability lists for distribution.   When grading occurs at each

growing location, those numbers are entered and displayed here.  Forecasts are retained to assist future

planning, but the numbers are ignored by the computer once a graded count exists to replace it.  This is

done on a location-by-location basis.  In the screen below, notice that some counts are in while most

inventory is still in forecast status.  This means that a few growing locations have been graded but most

plant grading is not yet complete.