Breakout Session Descriptions

General Session/Introduction:

- Introduction of Staff/Customers
- New Features/Services
- What's New/Coming in the Cotton Industry
- Initial questions/subjects attendees want covered
- Access to Help and learning aids/documents
- Begin new season stuff: updating programs, copying out entity, doing backups, changes to ginning charge tables, classing authorization form, etc.

EWR Interfaces: IRIS and the EWRCotton.com website:

- IRIS: the exciting new EWR system interface program (replacing EWRPlus and VECTOR this season)
- Using the EWR, Inc. Website
- Viewing EWR Data from Bale Review

Gin: Basic Setup & Use (for new users):

- Program installation
- System Parameters
- Producer/Farm/Field Setup
- Entering Loads/Importing Bales
- Ginning charge tables
- Posting
- Importing Classing Data
- Dealing with Landlords
- Loan/LDPs
- Seed Sales

Gin: Sending/Receiving Warehouse data:

- Sending/Receiving bale data to/from Public Warehouses
- Multiple warehouse interface

Gin: Recapping:

- Setting up Forward Contracts and Recapping Cotton
- Recap Types: Purchase Only, Sale Only, Purchase/Sale, and Informational
- Pricing Information: setting up pricing tables, and how they control premiums/discounts
- Bale Selection: Loan Bales and Pop bales; bales from more than one producer on one recap
- CATAPULT: the utility that merchants use to send pricing tables to gins

Gin: Invoicing:

- Invoice Type: Standard, Equity and Provisional
- Storage: 1st Month Free vs. Days Free vs. Respect Warehouse Free Days
- Cotton Board: Producer Redeemed From Loan
- Producer Charge Tables & Including Warehouse Charges
- Updating and delivering receipts

Gin: Buyer Setup / Buyer Processing:

- Setting up provisional contracts (gin as buyer) and buyer provisional
- CATAPULT: the utility that merchants use to send pricing tables to gins
- Sending data to co-ops, brokers, and merchants

Gin: Accounting Interface:

- Getting it all set up
- Proper usage

Gin: Custom Reports:

- Everything you ever wanted to know about customizing reports

Using other eCotton Services & Utilities:

- WinBack
- STAMP
- SafeBak
- CottonHost
- IsMyLoadReady.com

Warehouse: Proper Setup:

- Preparing the program for a new season
- Who are my "customers"?
- Single tag systems vs. dual-tag systems
- Locations: the National Cotton Council-approved location scheme

Warehouse: Receiving cotton / Issuing EWRs:

- Scanners
- Shadow Tagging
- Gin Parameters
- Updating information that affects receipts (locations/tariff-paid flags)
- Transferring receipts
- Outside storage

Warehouse: Shipping Orders:

- Receiving and Posting
- Using the Scheduling Calendar
- Shipping and Cancelling

Warehouse: Special Reports:

- Picking List
- Insurance Report (now with relocation tracking)
- Accrual Report
- EWR Reconciliation Report
- Weekly Flow Report
- Shipping Order Reconciliation/Scanner Reconciliation
- Handling COPS files
- Accounting Interface

Warehouse: Special Cotton Handling:

- Reconcentrated Cotton
- Reconcentrated Loan Cotton
- Block Receipts
- Certificated Cotton
- Setting up special tariffs

Intro to the eCotton Marketing System:

- Demo of this new program and how it works
- For warehouses that recap and transfer EWRs
- For buyers/brokers

Hardware Vendors:

- Setup requirements
- Network configuration
- Hardware recommendations