December 19, 2007

 

Feed Management Systems announces Version 2.0 Release of Software

    

 

Feed Management Systems (FMS), a Minnesota-based developer of software solutions for the feed manufacturing industry, has announced the release of Brill Formulation Version 2.0 in North America, South America and Australia.

 

The feed nutrition and multi-blend software tool manages the nutrients, ingredients, cost and feed formulas to obtain a low-cost solution to feed needs.

 

With more than 50 enhancements, the software has features such as SmartList reporting, and allows users to run parametrics on ingredient value nutrients and perform rapid analysis of changes for purchasing decisions.

 

''This release represents the largest development investment and effort in the history of this product line. Our planning process started over 2 years ago and consisted of reviewing customer suggestions, input from customer advisory meetings and extensive research on optimization technology.'' stated Duey Yliniemi, Head of Development for FMS.

 

This release of Brill Formulation includes optimization enhancements and other features such as:

 

Enhanced reporting including a new inquiry tool called SmartList, allowing users to organize, analyze and share data from within Brill Formulation. Using search criteria to limit the results to only records of interest, data can be exported and saved as a favorite so it can easily be rerun. This new tool can be helpful in responding to compliance requests by performing a search of all archived formulas to display all formulas that may contain a specific ingredient.

 

The ability to run parametrics on an ingredients nutrient value allows users to quickly see the effect a nutrient value change has on the cost of your formula

 

The ability to temporarily change and save nutrient values on an ingredient in Brill Formulation Multi-Blend.  Users can test an opportunity ingredient that might have different nutrient analytical values and can help compare solution results for one ingredient from multiple suppliers where nutrient values are different.

 

Customers who are current on a maintenance plan can now download Brill Formulation Version 2.0 with their user access at www.feedsys.com.

 

Users can also visit http://www.feedsys.com/case_studies/case_studies.aspx for case studies.