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Ten questions produce, stockfeed and farm supply retailers ask

September 14, 2026
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Over the last fortnight Tower Systems published an answer a day to the questions produce, stockfeed and farm supply retailers ask most often about their systems. Each answer covers what the Tower Systems software for produce / stockfeed / farm supply businesses does about it. Every one came from a real conversation in a real store.

They are collected here.

  1. Selling by the kilo, the metre and the half bag. Getting bulk sales accurate, and why it decides whether margin reporting means anything.

  2. Buying raw material and bagging an own blend. Following stock from raw material through mixing to the bag on the floor, and finally knowing what an own brand earns.

  3. Two trucks, six drops. Managing dispatch in a system rather than on a whiteboard, and pricing delivery with the cost known.

  4. Farm accounts on 30-day terms. Statements out on time, ageing visible, and seeing the drift while it is still small.

  5. Chemicals over the counter. Records that can be produced later, and prompts that guide whoever is on the counter.

  6. Labels that survive the yard. Weatherproof labelling, and why readable labels are really about trusting the stock file.

  7. Selling off the truck and at the field day. Taking real sales away from the counter, including where there is no signal.

  8. Keying supplier invoices by hand. Electronic invoice links, what is realistic, and where the hours actually come back.

  9. One stock file for shop and website. Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, with the Tower Systems software for produce / stockfeed / farm supply businesses as the single source of truth.

  10. End of month taking a weekend. Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, and books that are current enough to make decisions with.

Any produce, stockfeed or farm supply business is welcome to use this material. Pass it to whoever else in the business would find it useful.

And if one of the ten is a live problem right now, let us know, ask us how the Tower Systems software for produce / stockfeed / farm supply businesses deals with it. The answer on fit will be honest. Being told early beats being sold something that does not suit the business. If we think we may not be right for you, we will say so.
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Contact us: sales@towersystems.com.au or 1300 662 957 or research us: www.towersystems.com.au. Locally made. Locally supported.

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Saving eight hours a week: how AI invoice importing is changing the game for rural retail

June 11, 2026
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For independent retailers, time is the thing that runs out first. In regional and rural stores, the owner is often managing the floor, advising customers, ordering stock, and handling administration — sometimes all on the same afternoon.

Manual stock receiving is one of the heaviest of those tasks. Unpacking a delivery is straightforward. The real work starts at the computer: typing in line items, barcodes, cost prices, and quantities from a supplier invoice that might run to dozens of lines. Slow, repetitive, and where errors tend to appear.

Tower Systems built its AI Invoice Import tool to take that work off the plate. Tara and Cody, who run a rural supplies store in Queensland, recently shared what it has meant for them:

“As a small rural supplies store in Queensland, we’ve recently started using AI Imports for processing invoices, and I can’t thank Michael at Tower enough for his support! The time savings — 8 hours a week — for our small business have been incredible! While it doesn’t process every single invoice, it handles the majority of them and has made a huge difference to our day-to-day operations. If you’ve been thinking about giving it a try, I’d highly recommend having a chat with the team!” — Tara & Cody

Eight hours a week is a full working day back in the business, every week.

Their point about the tool handling the majority of invoices — not all — is worth taking seriously. That is an accurate description of what practical AI does. It is not a complete replacement for human oversight. The software reads the incoming electronic document, matches it to your inventory, and prepares it for a quick review. You handle the exceptions. The routine volume looks after itself.

Support included

Taking on new technology that touches core business data — cost prices, supplier invoices — is not a decision most small retailers make lightly. Tower Systems pairs the tool with direct, local support. Tara and Cody mentioned Michael by name for a reason. The team helps configure the tool for your specific supplier documents and works through it with you until it is running reliably.

If manual invoice entry is eating into evenings or weekends, it is worth a conversation.

towersystems.com.au | 1300 662 957

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