| Forestry
WinTree® nursery management software helps
maximise forestry business development potential
for Cheviot Trees
Cheviot Trees have become pioneers within forestry plant
production by engaging TSD IT bv and their WinTree®
nursery management software solutions. One year on
from WinTree® implementation, they continue to work
towards achieving their ambitious growth and
development plans.
ithin this rapid
period of sales
growth for the
Cheviot team,
there was an
equally rapid
realisation that their existing
software was no longer hitting the
mark. They needed software that
would grow with them – something
that afforded them flexibility and
power to develop. This solution
would need to handle the
specialised nature of the range of
plants grown. Whilst not great in
number of species, the number of
plants within Cheviot’s species
batches is often in the thousands.
This requires a high level of
traceability and control to comply
with Forestry Reproductive
W
Material (FRM) legislation. The
chosen software solution would
need to be both robust and
comprehensive to handle this
complexity.
TSD IT bv develops software
solutions for companies in the
horticultural and nursery stock
sectors. Their flagship WinTree®
software suite helps companies
with business administration,
project management, customer
relationship management,
accounting, plant and stock data
management and landscaping in
Europe. With over 20 clients
across the UK, including growers,
traders, tree nurseries and cash
and carry companies, Wellestablished WinTree® users
include Coles Nurseries,
Boningale, Europlants and Four
Oaks Cash and Carry. The
company have also recently
added Nicholsons Nurseries to
their expanding portfolio of
growers who need the stability,
flexibility and diversity of options
that WinTree® affords a
horticultural business.
WinTree® and TSD fitted the
Cheviot Trees remit perfectly.
Katherine Short, Office Manager
and WinTree® ‘guru’ at Cheviot
highlighted the importance of inhouse preparation of data, staff
training and acceptance as critical
factors in the seamless transition
they experienced when changing
their software to WinTree®. She
highlighted that “the intuitive
nature of the software meant that
we quickly had almost all aspects
up and running within a matter of
weeks – all down to a plain-English
approach from the TSD team.”
There was continued close
collaboration with TSD to ensure
full compliance of all data and
customer documentation for the
UK’s FRM legislation.
At the end of their first year
trading within the WinTree® realm,
Katherine and the Cheviot team
are both impressed and
encouraged about their future with
TSD. “Within days of the install,
we knew we’d made the right
decision. Our colleagues were
able to complete tasks within a
fraction of the time.”
With a new computer-controlled
growing complex and substantial
expansion at their Berwick site as
well as their developing WinTree®
capabilities, Cheviot Trees are
poised at the forefront of the
production and supply of cell
grown plant material for future
planting projects across the UK
and Europe.
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38 | Farming Monthly | September 2016
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