When your business needs the latest hardware, AgVantage Software can help. We sell a wide variety of hardware, including PC's, printers, and IBM Power Systems.

One of the many reasons our National Conference is so popular is because of our Customer Driven Development sessions.  Over the past eight years, this “Customer Driven” philosophy offers an innovative way of proposing your “wants and needs” into the future of the AgVantage system.  We offer special sessions where our customers bring us the enhancements they would like to see in the software.  Customers get a chance to vote on those suggestions via our website whether they attend the conference or not. 

Upon closing the voting, we meet internally and take the top three of so suggestions from each product line and begin the development and design phase for those enhancements.  Those results are published in our July eNewsletter.  In addition, customers come to us frequently to propose additional enhancements.  Our Customer Driven Development Process has become the backbone of the AgVantage Software development process.    

 

AgVantage applications can be described in a number of ways.  We have our legacy (back office) applications that reside and run natively on the IBM Power System, the web applications that also reside and run within the OS on the IBM Power System, and the PC applications that are installed on 32 or 64 bit PCs running Microsoft Windows.  We also have a number of applications written for both the Android and iOS operating systems. 

AgVantage® V7 is the newest production software, released in April 2010.  AgVantage® customers have the ability to pull enhancements to this software each and every day, if desired.  This is available through a web application we have developed and is extremely popular with our most innovative customers.  However, most pull once a week and some not as often. 

Software changes are fully tested, including Unit, Regression and Integration testing.  The Developer and Support Specialist work closely together to ensure as smooth of a transition as possible when code changes are released.  Customers are allowed to test an enhancement, if desired

Our design team, including our customers on a regular basis, is also a part of the testing process.  Our development team is cross-trained to program on several applications and within many skill sets.

 

We have established a “Web Presence” with our eAgVantage™ product, allowing you to step into an eBusiness arena. This allows you to reinforce the relationship you have established with your customer, and allows them to view their business data via the Internet.	eAgVantage Brochure

A/R statements with "drill down" into invoice detail; view statements with all of the patron's business for the entire year; obtain important grain information - including settlements, contracts, open loads, and lots; view patronage and equity information, including a 1099; patrons/producers may now pay their account via your website! You will be able to make corporate decisions based upon the new sales reports!

 

We pride ourselves in our wide variety of Agri Business interfaces. We interface products such as AIMS, MID:COM, Ace Hardware, Grofax, FarmPlan, and many more. We easily transport the information from these vendors into AgVantage, keeping your total information System Acurrate and Up-to-date.

AgVantage Software has many different interfaces to other systems which allows data to be passed to and from the system. Some of the interfaces are listed below, this list continues to grow.

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We Host - You Save!

It's that simple! AgVantage Software is offering the option to use AgVantage Software on OUR system, not yours. This process is called Application Service Provider (ASP).

The Application is AgVantage Software
The Service is Friendly, Courteous Phone Support
The Provider is Our Server, not yours

The ASP Program allows you to use our AgVantage Agr-Business Accounting Software from your office, but you do not need your own system in-house. You can use ours! We have purchased an IBM Power System, allowing fast, efficient processing, and we have a high speed, very reliable T1 Internet Line, allowing for immediate responses on your end, with a high speed cable backup line. You won't even notice that the system is miles away!

Savings & Advantages of the ASP System:

• You do not need to purchase your own IBM Power System
• No need to purchase future Power System hardware upgrades
• You do not pay IBM for support on your Power System.
• You receive the latest AgVantage Software releases at no additional charge
• You can save money on forms by using the AgVantage forms process where we apply your logo and company information to all forms, including checks, invoices, and statements
• You have access to all AgVantage products with the "flip of a switch"
• We handle your nightly, weekly, and monthly back ups
• We provide your system security, and administer all hardware related issues
• When we increase our system speed and size, you reap the benefits of the latest technology

The only requirements to use AgVantage Software as an ASP are:

• A solid connection to the internet
• PCs running Windows 2000/XP
• Printers for Invoicing, Checks, Reports, Misc.

**Note** Not all printer models and brands are supported by IBM's Power System, so please let us know the brand and model of a printer, and we'll tell you if it is compatible**

 

Business leaders around the world are looking for technology that will help them integrate business processes end-to-end across the enterprise and with key partners, suppliers, and customers. They want technology to help them respond with flexibility and speed to any customer demand, market opportunity, or external threat. There are some necessary characteristics of an on demand business and through solutions and services iSeries server has added exceptional flexibility to help you meet those characteristics.

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MIMIX Disaster Recovery Solution

AgVantage Software now offers a Disaster Recovery solution. We have chosen Lakeview Technology's product, Mimix, as the software for this solution. Housed in a remote office is an IBM Power System server, offering a Disaster Recovery plan for your company.

This solution will offer a way for you to feel confident that your data is being backed up in a consistent manner many times a day, to a Power System server that we house at one of our corporate locations. In addition, it will also offer you a plan for system use, if your system is unavailable, in a turnkey manner.

If you are interested in this solution, please contact Michelle at michelleb@agvantage.com for more information.