Customized Modules Created By Mariner Business Solutions

Collect Customer Information Automatically:
Collect basic customer information at the Point of Sale Register by scanning the bar code on the back of
Customer Driver's License which automatically populates the name, address, etc into the customer record.
Ability to add additional fields to the input screen for email address, phone number, etc.

Daily Weather Tracking with Sales History Comparison:
Compare year to year Daily Sales including the day's actual weather report. Pick your local weather station
from Weather Underground and Mariner imports the temperature, wind and other weather related metrics.

Bench/Stake Signs:
Standard sizes for stake and bench signs are integrated with CounterPoint. Any infomation relating to items
including multiple descriptions, items, pictures, images, and additional information is kept in the Counterpoint
database. Sign making can be accessed from any computer on the network.

Delivery/Handling Package:
Feature allows for multiple delivery and handling options for items on a sale transaction. Entry can be an
order, ticket or combination of an order and ticket. Handling options include hold for later customer pickup,
deliver and planting, and delivery only. Additional fields available to add notes regarding the delivery or
planting of the items.

Sold Label (Tags) Printing:
Ability to print sold labels (Tags) from the Point Of Sale Register or Back Office for items sold that need to be
held on premise for customer pickup, delivery and/or planting. Tag has the customer name, customer
number, order date, etc.

Receiving items in sets and selling as individual items:
Items, especially pottery, can often only be purchased in mixed sets of sizes. However, the sets will be
separated and sold as individual items. This feature allows the 'parent' item of a set to be identified along
with all 'child ' items related to the parent. Feature includes costing and inventory control of the parents and
children.

Dynamic Disclaimers:
This feature allows the flexibility of printing different return policies based on the type of the items purchased.
Disclaimers can be printed on the invoice, ticket receipt, delivery receipt or order.

Time Clock Enhancement:
Bilingual screen labels and fields allow time entry by jobs and departments in English or Spanish. Menu
codes can be modified to reflect the specific screens based on an individual user. Reports are run by employee
or by job detail.

Wireless Handheld System:
A wireless handheld PC Unit is utilized to run CounterPoint functions. Functions the handheld unit can be
used includes: Line Busting, the ability to scan items in the nursery or in the customer's cart while in line and
the ticket is placed on hold for later retrieval at the register; Physical Counts, the ability to scan items and
count quantities on hand for adding entries into CounterPoint; Purchasing, scan items in Receiving mode to
update open purchase orders; Transfers, scanning items for movement between locations.

Pot-up/Movements:
Easily transfer and use plants for filling Garden Planters, Container Gardens and Hanging Baskets. Also,
useful for moving trees from one size to another for changes in pricing from one season to the next.

Gard'n-Wise Interface:
A direct interface to the Gard'n Wise catalog with pictures of items available. This feature allows for one
stroke entry to update the CounterPoint database with the item from Gard'n Wise catalog. Items can be
directly added into a purchase order with this feature. The Catalog is updated weekly through an internet
connection.

Growing/Production:
Able to create planting schedules for items by growing season including overage to accommodate for spoilage
(dead) rate. Planting schedules can be maintained for in-house sales as well as working with requisition orders
from customers. Plant stock availability maintained between growing cycles and committed sales. Track
trays during growing in multiple locations, moving between locations and transplanting to different sizes.
Module includes shipping wizard to allow picking plants by delivery date, ready date, shipping method, and
tray volumes.

Availabilities:
Create reports and files by plant for resale or stocking orders. Includes user defined grading system.

Delivery Cart Tracking:
Track delivery carts left at customer sites that need to be picked up and returned to the Production Facility.
Future enhancement to include a manifest of items on each cart.

Landscape:
Estimating and quotes to final invoicing with full support of customer information. Ability to manage job
costing, scheduling, and labor tracking. Reports include project profitability and job completion. Module can
be utilized for one-time or recutting projects.