AgVantage & DTN
Integration
Updating contracts, futures, & basis
DTN & AgVantage Integration
Updating Contracts
How to import DTN Portal™ offers as contracts into your AgVantage
system
Updating Futures prices
To eliminate the manual entry for mark-to-market reports by integrating
DTN market data into your AgVantage system
Using Real-time Futures & Basis Prices
Entering contracts with speed and ease by using basis and real-time
futures integration - Coming Soon
DTN Integration Solutions
Increasing efficiencies is critical to your business during these
volatile, competitive times.
DTN and AgVantage have built a strong business relationship to help
you:
Streamline operational efficiencies and refocus efforts on
revenue generating activities.
You use many tools every day to run your business — our integration
solutions will help you assemble those pieces of your business
puzzle into one cohesive process, increasing your efficiencies and
your profit margins.
DTN Integration Solutions
Agribusiness Systems
• Accounting
System
DTN Products
Market Data Information
Basis/Cash Bid Information
• CRM/Outlook
• 3rd Party
Applications
Transactional Data Information
Customer Information
Computer-to-Computer Communication
• AgHost Web
Site
• Grain Portal
• ProphetX
Market Data
Key Areas
Market Data
Futures information for Contract Entry
Futures & Options Greeks for Mark-to-Market Process, Collateral
Reports, Valuing Inventory, Gains/Losses
Cash Bid & Basis
Basis values for Contract Entry
Basis values for Mark-to-Market process, valuing inventory
Grain Trading Portal Offers
No need to re-key in customers & offer details
No Risk of Transposition Errors
Customer Information
No need to manage two+ customer databases
Leverage current customer information more
Benefits of Integration
Agribusinesses cannot afford to manage their business
based on yesterday’s prices
No Risk of Transposition Errors
Margin of Error is ZERO
# Contracts entered, # bid months, etc…
AgVantage Software / DTN Portal
The AgVantage and DTN partnership is committed to
providing you with excellent service and valuable
resources that allow you to experience new levels of
efficiency…
The DTN Portal
Today’s Environment Makes it Difficult to Manage Offers
Increased market volatility
Frequent Basis changes affecting
Cash Offers
Multiple commodities
Un-hedge-able quantities
Multiple locations
Too much time spent manually
monitoring offers
Too easy to miss offers and
opportunities
Producers requiring more service,
tools and convenience
Needing to do more with less
Time to retire the static spreadsheet
and yellow sticky notes?
Increased Management, Decreased Effort
Optimize Key Merchandising & Origination Tasks
Centralize all buy/sell offers in realtime with one management tool so
everyone sees the same thing
Automatically documents detailed
information of offer for both parties
Eliminates losing offers and
missed opportunities
Multiple Authorization levels to
match employee responsibilities
Required Futures price for Cash
Offers synchronized with basis
changes
Notification sent to Customer once
offer has been Accepted
Integration package generates
contracts on demand
Centralize all offers and manage slippage
Reduce Costs/Improve Margins
Increase Efficiencies and Service
Use for Grain, Feed, Fertilizer & Fuel
Quickly and easily create Offer since
most of the data will self populate
Select Offer Type if different than
‘Cash’
Enter Quantity
Set Offer Price
Field will display current posted
price of delivery period and offer
type selected
Set Expiration
Default is 7 days from the day that
the offer is being submitted
Submit
Connect & Communicate with Customers
Improve Customer Service and Build Loyalty
Easy to use, saves time and reduces risk
Retain valuable customers – those who
use it, continue to use it
24/7 Storefront - Customers make offers
when its convenient for them
Increased communication with emails
and text message alerts
Convenient records of offers and
delivery commitments accessed by your
customers
Privately communicate bids and
premium programs to select customers
(zone bidding)
Free account access whether they want
to make transactions, or just view their
phone in offers, online
Easy to use interface for customers
Live DTN Portal
Demonstration
Matching External Identities (Customers)
One time match of AgVantage Customer Id and Portal ID
Other ways to Match Identities
Match IDs anytime during the Portal
Offer management process
• Offer Detail History
• User Account (right)
• Offer Acceptance
• Integration Report (below)
•Tool Tab on Portal Dashboard
Process Offers
From the AgVantage System Menu select option 19, ‘DTN Interface Menu’
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AgVantage System Menu
Select one of the following:
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General Ledger
Accounts Payable
Payroll
Accounts Receivable
Grain Accounting
Agronomy
Energy Management
Inventory
Patronage
Mailing Manager
Counter Invoicing
Investments
Interfaces
Feed
Lloyds
Bar Code
Agriliance Interface Menu
SSI Interface menu
DTN Interface Menu
State Liens Menu
Quick Feed Menu (EZ Automation)
Activant Interface Menu
State Fuel Tax Submission
AgVantage menus
24. AgVantage System Menu
25. Passport Interface Menu
Process Offers
Displayed Offers to Process
Displaying Offer Information
Example of Processed Offer
Processed Offer
Additional Contract information
Updating Futures Prices
Updating Futures prices
To eliminate the manual entry for mark-to-market reports by integrating
DTN market data into your AgVantage system
Retrieving Prices
Retrieving Prices
Display Prices
Real-time Futures & Basis Prices
Using Real-time Futures & Basis Prices
Entering contracts with speed and ease by using basis and realtime futures integration - Coming Soon
Conclusion…
Your AgVantage Software integrated with DTN provides
you with…
Centralized real-time offer deck management solution for 100% of
your offers
Seamless transfer of fulfilled offers into AgVantage software for
contract completion
Single sign on to view eAgVantage account and portal account
Single solution for all your customer communication needs that
doesn’t require additional time or platform to update bids
Emailing and text messaging of futures and cash bids
Quickly retrieve futures prices to eliminate the manual entry
inventory valuation reports
Use Real-time Futures & Basis prices to speed up the entering of
contracts, eliminate errors & create audit reports – COMING SOON
Q&A
Any Further Questions?
Telvent DTN: (800) 290-9162
Email: support@aghost.net
AgVantage: (877) 282-6353
Thank you