User Groups
User group titles and topics, and links to the recordings can be found here. This list is current through 2/28/2026.
Warehouse User Groups
| Title/Link | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 2025.11.12 Warehouse & Inv. Mgmt. UG - Agency Pallets | Agency Pallets Split Pallets Resources |
| 2025.09.10 - Warehouse UG | Suspense Journal w/ Handhelds (5.1) |
| 2025.05.14 - Warehouse UG | Member Data Sharing Year-End Physical Inventory Prep & Execute |
| 2025.03.12 - Warehouse UG | Introduction to Kits Kitting Workflow in Ceres Master Records - Item Cards - Kit BOM's BOM Journal Kit Costing |
| 2024.11.12 - Warehouse UG | Inventory Control - Best Practices Partner Food Bank Agreement |
| 2024.09.10 Warehouse UG | Blue Receipt Review - Andy S., SJ Consulting Holiday Item Handling Options - Sharon, SJ Consulting NAR Resources |
| 2024.03.12 - Warehouse UG | Standard Text (text to PO) - Sharon Receiving/Invoicing, Undo Conditions - Andy S. Updating a pick w/ actuals (qty. to handle, sub. lot/pallet) - Sharon |
| 2024.01.09 - Warehouse UG | DO/PO Dates on pallet tags - Sharon ADCS Picking patch – Scott New Functionality – Suspense journal in ADCS – Sharon DO/PI link – Finance User Group 1/16/24 – Andy |
| 2023.11.14 - Warehouse UG | Suggest Lots on the Item Journal - Andy S. -Uses -Common errors Reason Codes – Rules, usage and reporting - Scott Pick Line Sort Order with no Bin Priority - Susan User Group Maintenance -New Team Member -New Invitations |
| 2023.09.12 - Warehouse UG | Jet Report Clean End of Day - Susan and Sharon Non-Lot Tracked inventory end to end - Sharon Undo Receipt on PO - Andy |
| 2023.07.11 - Warehouse UG | Overview of Location Card - Sharon What did you learn on your year-end inventory - Jamila |
| 2023.05.09 - Warehouse UG | 2023.05.09 - Warehouse UG |
| 2023.03.14 - Warehouse UG | LFPA - Susan Agency Order Hand Builds - Sharon Bin Code length in Ceres 5.x - Susan Changing Weight on Item Card - Andy S -Use up all inventory then change weight and return old project |
| 2023.01.10 - Warehouse UG | Pre-Order/Standing Order Demo – Sharon LFPA – Upcoming topic - Sharon |
| 2022.11.08 - Warehouse UG | Hungernet Navigation – Kent FBC product category flow from donor/item to DO/PO – Susan Demo Quantity Available trace – Sandhya Demo My Notifications – Sharon |
| 2022.09.13 - Warehouse UG | Agency Order Location Override - Sharon + members - Cross-docking Pallet/Bin Warnings - Andy D/Kevin Coding of kits, CSFP, etc. - Steph Zidek will join |
| 2022.07.12 - Warehouse UG | Ceres Lot and Pallet Recommendations - Sharon -General factors -On WAP (replenishment) -On Inventory Picks FNC agenda/ registration - Scott/Connie |
| 2022.05.10 - Warehouse UG | All Things Product Sourcing in Ceres - Sharon -See what’s coming in / improve inventory visibility PO vs DO -Donation offers, government commodities in the system -Use expected receipt and other data from Ceres -Jet Reports for purchase planning -Record Links -Ceres Requisition Process Agency Ordering bug - Simbe Year End Inventory Reminders - Scott Feed Nourish Connect Conference Aug 8-11 in Philadelphia, PA |
| 2022.03.08 - Warehouse UG | Picking sequence options - Sharon Why is break bulk suggesting to break when I have plenty of eaches? - Andy S Item Template Card - Susan Product sourcing – gather topics for May - Sharon -See what’s coming in / improve inventory visibility PO vs DO -Donation offers, government commodities in the system -Use expected receipt and other data from Ceres -Jet Reports for purchase planning -Add Record Links (demo in May) -My meeting: All the product sourcing things Invite a co-worker to a Ceres User Group meeting! - Connie MBS Webinar - Connie FNC – save the date - Connie |
| 2022.01.11 - Warehouse UG | HungerNet log in changes - Scott Reclassifying donors, UNC, FBC codes - Scott W Item template checklist - Susan T Inventory reconciliation tips / prep lists - Andy S Picking sequence functionality explained - Sharon |
| 2021.11.09 - Warehouse UG | Ceres 5.1 Ship-to Address tips - Sharon Inventory Analysis Report - Lynda Qty to Ship / Qty to Invoice bug - Scott W |
| 2021.09.14 - Warehouse UG | Suggestions for new ADCS functionality - Scott W So you want to Cycle Count?- Sharon -What’s required to move in that direction -Suggestions from those who currently cycle count Understanding “soft” and “hard” allocations - Scott W Pre-ordering holiday proteins - Andy D -Pre-order Worksheet -Allocation Journal -Standard Sales Codes (Items) -Grocery Rescue Import of Agency Orders Only |
| 2021.07.13 - Warehouse UG | Item Tracing - Sharon How to Correct Negative Lots - Scott W All these Journals! - Andy D Qty on Hand vs Qty Available - Sharon Annual Product Valuation update - Sharon FNC Sessions – be sure to register! - Connie |
| 2021.05.11 - Warehouse UG | Shipment methods topics - Sharon -Default shipment method codes – troubleshooting -Agency Order Method Frequency Jet Report w/Kevin M Kit costing re-use document number - Scott W ABETech contact update - Scott W Patch 5.00.61 Expire and consumer by date impacts - Scott W Year end prep for physical inventory - Sharon |
| 2021.03.09 - Warehouse UG | Cycle Counts using Physical Inventory Journal - Sharon Ceres 5 location if ship-to address - Andy Ceres 5 Support – My Notification Settings posted video - Sharon |
| 2021.01.12 - Warehouse UG | Inventory Costing webinar is posted - Scott User notifications inside Ceres - Sharon “Ghost picks” and how to prevent them - Sharon Discuss: Separating allergens in storage - Sharon Special webinar for Ceres Permissions is Tuesday, Jan 26 11:30 – 1:00 |
| 2020.11.10 - Warehouse UG | Ceres 5 Inventory Tab and Pallet Tab demo - Lynda Item Journals - Sharon and Jamila -By task, not by person -By default entry type -Limiters, batches, standard journal, reason codes -Shorts and Cuts (mini webinar) Create a Transfer Order - Sharon Special webinar: Inventory Costing, Dec. 8, noon – 1:30 CT - Connie |
| 2020.09.08 - Warehouse UG | Overview and demo of Standing Orders (new functionality) - Sharon Default posting options - Andy Negative lots review - Andy |
| 2020.07.14 - Warehouse UG | Item Mass Update - Andy D. Lessons Learned from Year End - Sharon Refresher - Sharon -How to prevent orphan picks -How to find/prevent negative lots - Fixing/resolving orphan picks and negative lots Ceres 5 – look around at warehouse - Sharon FNC Virtual conference - Connie |
| 2020.05.12 - Warehouse UG | Quantity Available Trace - Scott Agency Order Hand Builds - Sharon Mass email to shoppers or agencies - Sharon CFAP Food - Scott |
| 2020.03.10 - Warehouse UG | Item List Default on Lookup and Items Fees Based on in Agencies and Receivables Set up - Scott Tracking Agency Shipping Pallets after Pre-order Picking - Sharon and Erica Ceres Future Comments - Scott Next Ceres New User Webinar is April 2 - Connie |
| 2020.01.14 - Warehouse UG | Easy way to “hide” product from ordering - Sharon -Demo of flow to establish a zone and the receiving flag needed -Great for WIP and kitting material too! Performance Issues caused by item history congestion - Scott -Option: make a new item -Option: Upgrade (if on old release) -Option: if FA hosted – send in service ticket with problem items listed User group recordings – finding and using - Scott For mobile pantries and/or food bank transfers: - Scott -How to do “prescribed” (or pre-selected) pallets on orders MBS Update January 28 at 10CT - Connie |
| 2019.11.12 - Warehouse UG | Aging Product Jet Report demo - Sharon Zebra printer error message assist - Sharon Save filtered views for Warehouse Role - Lynda Donor Card Overview (mini webinar) - Sharon |
| 2019.09.10 - Warehouse UG | 1. Jet 2019 upgrade issues re: Excel add-in (Sharon) 2. Item Transformation (Sharon and Angela) 3. Delivery fee set-up 4. Ceres New User Webinar: Oct 1, 11:00 – 1:00 CT (Connie) 5. Special Webinar: Ceres Purchase Inventory Processing - Recommended for Warehouse, Food Sourcing, Finance staff. If you have always received Purchased product with no cost and then had to do special manual processes later to complete and correct the transactions, this webinar will fully explain how to automatically handle the ‘procure to pay’ cycle within Ceres. Also covered will be a review of the Donation Order to Purchase Invoice (DO – PI) link which is useful for handling PPO and freight on donated product. |
| 2019.07.23 - Warehouse UG | Ceres 4.5 Issue re Copy Data From on Items – Scott - Issue has been patched with Object 4.50.xx – but you may not have it - Any user with Item Edit permissions can accidentally make it so that the gross weight on the Item and on ledger history don’t match - Then cannot post adjustments/ orders for this item until corrected - The user can manually “fix” many fields, but not gross weight. Standard Order Codes (Items for Orders) in 4.5 - Sharon - Donor/ DO codes or Vendor/ PO codes - Agency/ AO codes - Uses = Shopping checkout, Retail rescue in, Food drive in, Aligning proper Items with vendors you source them from Adjust Cost Item/ Prices (update Standard Value on Items to new released values) - Scott - Updates the Item card Standard Cost - Does NOT update open entries Upcoming Special Webinars - Connie - Ceres New User Webinar - October 1 (11:00 – 1:00 CT) - Ceres Purchased Inventory Processing – October 21 (12:30-2:00 CT) |
| 2019.05.14 - Warehouse UG | Prep for Year End Physical Inventory - Sharon -Recordings -Documents -Process choices Ceres 5 Warehouse enhancements recap - Scott -Undo pick functionality -Non-Lot Controlled Items -Item Card - Qty. on Item Journal -Delivery fees - Exclude Lb. base Delivery Charge FNC Conference reminder - Connie |
| 2019.03.12 - Warehouse UG | Inventory Issues - Sharon -Item Journal -Transfer Orders Day in the Life of an Agency Express Order (including picking) - Sharon |
| 2019.01.08 - Warehouse UG | Ceres Flavored Warehouse Terminology (mini webinar) - Sharon Qty on Hand and Qty Available explanations - Sharon Bin to Bin Movement worksheet demo - Angela Are you receiving the Ceres newsletter? - Connie |
| 2018.11.13 - Warehouse UG | Demo/overview of Enhanced Grocery Rescue - Scott Ctrl+f to search for Ceres procedure Docs - Scott Setting up Inventory Pick List View as your Dashboard - Sharon (mini-webinar) Lot Card Overview - Sharon |
| 2018.09.11 - Warehouse UG | 1.Restrict access to items for web ordering - Sharon J -Current practices and reasons -Best practices (and worst practices) 2. New Ceres Reports Dictionary - Sharon J 3. Item Journal Adjustments - Tim J 4. Ceres New User Webinar: Monday, Sept 24 - Connie 5. Farewell and appreciation to Tim Jackson - Connie |
| 2018.07.10 - Warehouse UG | 1. Key learnings from Year End - Tim Jackson -How to handle pallets not in Journal 2. Compare Ceres Ship Options - Scott Wiacek 3. Item Card Overview - Sharon J -Training sub webinar 4. New Ceres Page on HungerNet - Scott 5. Next New User Webinar: Sept 24 |
| 2018.05.22 - Warehouse UG | Agenda: 1. Demo of using ADCS for Inventory Picks - Tim J - New functionality! 2. Item Journals in Excel - Scott 3. Cycle Counts and Qty Available w/ADCS - Sharon - Cautions and caveats 4. Physical inventory/ year end Reference material - Sharon - Recordings - Documents 5. Compare ship options - Sharon - What option you have now? - Why / When to change? What does it take? 6. Register for the Feed Nourish Connect Conference - Connie |
| 2018.03.13 - Warehouse UG | Agenda: 1. Two productivity tools in Ceres 4.5 - Sharon - Using standard sales and donations codes - Memorized journals 2. Jet Upgrade reminder - Scott 3. ADCS for Inventory Picks - Scott - Feature set - Status - Demo in the May User Group 4. Beginner Webinar: Items, Lots and Pallets - Tim Jackson |
| 2018.01.09 - Warehouse UG | Agenda: 1. Agency Express import error correction – need testers - Sharon 2. Monitoring Ceres for Quality Control - Tim 3. Modifying agency fees on the Agency Order Line - Sharon - How to repair errors 4. Discussion regarding “beginner level” webinars - Tim and Sharon - Example: Understanding Items, Lots and Pallets 5. New User Group calendar invitations - Connie |
| 2017.11.14 - Warehouse UG | 1. Ceres support for Maximum Productivity - Tim J - Use of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) - Keeping SOPs current 2. Handling (some) common error messages - Sharon 3. What would you like to see in entry level or “101” level webinars? - Tim / Sharon 4. Navigating to HungerNet documents - Scott 5. Navigating to FSOP conference information - Scott |
| 2017.09.12 - Warehouse UG | 1. New Ceres Pick list options - Sharon J 2. Ceres Notifications - Sharon J - Who can use - How to - When to - Using links 3. Error message interpretation at next User Group meeting - Tim J - Please send examples 4. Reminder regarding HungerNet migration - Connie 5. Next FA Compliance Webinar - Connie 6. Next Ceres New User Meeting - Connie |
| 2017.07.11 - Warehouse UG | 1. Upcoming HungerNet migration - Lori Berthold, FA Technology 2. Review of Helpful Info - Sharon J - Glossary, short cuts, data dictionary, list of reports 3. Year End activities - Tim J - Debrief of what worked, issues, did you try something new? 4. Working with Lot level inventory - Sharon - And best practices to avoid problems 5. FSOP attendance? See you at the Warehouse User Group - Connie/Tim/Sharon |
| 2017.05.09 - Warehouse UG | 1. Printing Lot Labels - Scott - Ceres 2009 & Ceres 4 2. Prep for Year End Physical Inventory - Sharon - Recordings and Documentation - Approaches and processes 3. Negative Lots support doc & demo - Tim Jackson 4. FSOP Conference - Connie - Scholarships - Registration 5. Ceres New User Webinar – May 16 - Connie |
| 2017.03.14 - Warehouse UG | 1. Understanding Warehouse entities - Sharon - Locations, zones, bins, etc. - Do you need to reconfigure/change? 2. USPS “Secret Shopper” program – what you need to know - Connie 3. Ceres Object Release library on HungerNet - Tim - Hosted / self-hosted |
| 2017.01.10 - Warehouse UG | 1. Using templates to set up Items - Scott 2. Handling donated food with freight & VAP charges - Sharon 3. Finding empty bins in Ceres – 2 ways - Tim J |
Agency Management User Groups
| Title/Link | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 2026.03.03 - Agency Management UG | Agency Ordering Controls - Qualifiers (Why/How/Setup) - Agency Groups - Max Qty. - Standing Orders - Examples, Roadmap & Resources |
| 2025.11.04 Agency Management UG - AE4 Demo & Lost Product | Agency Express 4 Demo Lost Products Impact (AE3 v. AE4) Resources |
| 2025.09.02 - Agency Management UG | Agency 101 |
| 2025.05.06 - Agency Management UG | Member Data Sharing Agency Compliance Tracking |
| 2025.03.04 - Agency Management UG | Introduction to Parent Agencies - Sharon Jacobson, SJ Consulting (Special) Agency Set-Up USDA UEI |
| 2024.11.13 - Agency Management UG | Agency Account Review Partner Food Bank Agreement |
| 2024.09.10 - Agency Management UG | Holiday Order Handling Agency Express Order Confirmation Report - Sharon Jacobson, SJ Consulting NAR Resources |
| 2024.05.08 - Agency Management UG | Agency Categorization for the NAR - Sharon - Setting up Multi-Category - Supplementing with Agency Attributes Year-End Prep - Patrick - Agency Order Status (Ship Option 1, Ship Option 2) - Turning Off AE3 - Manually Sending Items & Quantities |
| 2024.03.13 - Agency Management UG | Agency Data that impacts Agency Orders (Sharon) -Both manual and Agency Express Orders Agency Aged AR -In Ceres -Kansas Jet Report (with Grant data/Agency Activity Status) |
| 2024.01.10 - Agency Management UG | H.E.R Guidelines in Ceres & Agency Express - Scott Undo Shipment - Sharon |
| 2023.11.08 - Agency Management UG | A day in the life of a survey – Patrick User Group Maintenance -New Team Member -New Invitations |
| 2023.09.13 - Agency Management UG | Quantity on Hand vs Quantity Available - Sharon NAR Data requests for Agency Data; UNC Agency Categories - Patrick What is a cool thing you learned about at FNC? - Patrick |
| 2023.07.12 - Agency Management UG | Credit Limits - Andy D. Item Fees - Sharon Max Quantities with AE Items on Orders – Sharon |
| 2023.05.10 - Agency Management UG | Agency Group Codes & Max Quantities – Sharon -Why you need them Year-end Physical and Agency Express - Susan Review HungerNet Navigation - Scott |
| 2023.03.08 - Agency Management UG | Agency Questionnaire - Scott/Patrick |
| 2023.01.11 - Agency Management UG | Agency Fees Groups- Setup and use – Andy S Automated Delivery Fees - New Ceres 5.1 feature - Sharon LFPA – Future Topic - Sharon |
| 2022.11.09 - Agency Management UG | HungerNet Navigation - Kent Item Data Management (batch item card update) – Sharon Item Handling Fee Update (update Item Prices batch) - Sharon Exclude Item from Delivery Charge - Sharon Agency Fee Groups preview for January - Andy S My Notifications - Patrick |
| 2022.09.14 - Agency Management UG | Fee vs. Cost in Ceres/Fixed Fee Capability - Andy S Undo Shipment - Sharon and Andy D - Ship option 1 and 2, use case How to add product to AE orders to push items/demo - Sharon Mention AO location override that was discussed in WH UG - Sharon |
| 2022.07.13 - Agency Management UG | UNC activity status on Ceres vs Agency Express - Sharon Agency Express Config and Admin Pages - Sharon/ Patrick -Sandbox -Shadow shopping -Shopper/Admin email -Reports menu -Catalog |
| 2022.05.11 - Agency Management UG | Agency Order warning are different for new order vs new orders from agency card - Simbe New Healthy Eating Research (HER) guidelines/demo - Scott Lost product lessons learned (cycle counts where the entries are all negative adjustments, shipment date push, max quantity) - Sharon AE catalog/admin shopping list - Sharon Shadow shopping an agency shopper - Sharon Feed Nourish Connect Conference Aug 8-11 in Philadelphia, PA |
| 2022.03.09 - Agency Management UG | All things Scheduler - Sharon -Scheduler Terminology -Setting up a Standing appointment for an agency -Setting up a Delivery Calendar model in Ceres -Setting up a Pickup Calendar model in Ceres -Building out April 2022 in the scheduler for Delivery and Pickup, plus booking standing appointments -For Agency Express users – showing how to check the Catalog on AE -Show what the Shopper sees for Open and Standing Appointments -Q&A as possible Invite a co-worker to a Ceres User Group meeting! - Connie MBS Webinar - Connie FNC – save the date - Connie |
| 2022.01.12 - Agency Management UG | HungerNet access reminder - Scott W How are you obtaining your monthly stats from your agencies? - Sharon Benefits of Membership Jet report - Patrick Standing appointment set up - Sharon -Vs. Agency Preferred Days/Hours March meeting: Deep dive on scheduling. Send us your questions! |
| 2021.11.10 - Agency Management UG | Where did my order go? - Sharon -Unvalidated order handling Qty to pick/ Qty to Ship - Scott Agency Validation Jet Reports - Andy S/ Sharon |
| 2021.09.08 - Agency Management UG | Overview of Contacts - Andy S/ Sharon -Demo use of Contacts - Patrick/Sharon Tools for handling Holiday protein - Sharon -Pre-order Worksheet -Allocation Journal -Standard Sales Codes (Items) -Grocery Rescue Import of Agency Orders Only |
| 2021.07.14 - Agency Management UG | Options in Ceres for tracking/monitoring Agencies - Sharon Agency Credit memo handling - Andy S FNC sessions/ reminders - Connie |
| 2021.05.12 - Agency Management UG | Patrick’s Benefits of Membership Jet report demo - Patrick H Data to support agency compliance/ how to put an agency on hold - Sharon -How to set up and run compliance batch Expand notes on Agency Questionnaire 5.00.95 - Patrick/ Scott W Agency Portal – project update - Connie Update on Pantry Trak/Fresh Trak - Connie FNC Conference is July 27 – 29 - Connie |
| 2021.03.10 - Agency Management UG | Ceres 5 location if ship-to address - Andy D Agency Credit limits - Andy S -In Ceres -In Agency Express (mini webinar) Create an Agency Order - Scott |
| 2021.01.13 - Agency Management UG | Ceres notifications / comments demo - Andy D Checking for and rejecting / deleting a web order - Sharon Web processing queue - Scott -AE Error messages Upcoming special webinar Ceres Permissions Tues, Jan 26 |
| 2020.11.11 - Agency Management UG | Everything Allocation Journal! - Sharon and Andy |
| 2020.09.09 - Agency Management UG | Overview and demo of Standing Orders (new functionality) - Sharon -Special emphasis on Agency factors/need to clean data Count of Agency Distributions by Shipment Method Question in the NAR - Sharon |
| 2020.07.08 - Agency Management UG | Discussion: Pre-ordering and Boxing the same items, how are you managing balancing the two needs? - Sharon Jacobson Fair share allocations: Agency Groups, Max Quantities & Standing Orders. Ceres tools to manage ordering volume - Patrick & Sharon QPR: Agency Card set up for Direct Service Sites - Andy Drott FNC Virtual Conference Registration - Connie Ahalt Ceres 5: Agencies and ordering show and tell - Scott Wiacek |
| 2020.05.13 - Agency Management UG | Agency Order Hand Builds (using ADCS) - Sharon -Documentation Demo: Shared Supplemental Addresses - Patrick Parent Agency Contact - Lynda Delete single appointment - Lynda Agency Demand Ceres hack - Sharon Standard Sales Order - Sharon |
| 2020.03.11 - Agency Management UG | (presented at Warehouse) Tracking Agency Shipping Pallets after Pre-order Picking - Sharon (re-cap) Agency Pre-payment (use of deposits) - Andy Addresses and their flow in Ceres - Andy Ceres 5 – New functionality - Scott -Setting/flag: when you leave an order and get a warning – you can turn that off Ceres Roadmap - Scott Next Ceres New User Webinar is April 2 - Scott |
| 2020.01.08 - Agency Management UG | Performance Issues caused by item history congestion - Scott -Option: make a new item -Option: Upgrade (if on old release) -Option: if FA hosted – send in service ticket with problem items listed User group recordings – finding and using - Scott For mobile pantries and/or food bank transfers: - Scott -How to do “prescribed” (or pre-selected) pallets on orders MBS Webinar January 28, 10 CT - Connie |
| 2019.11.13 - Agency Management UG | Changes in Days / Hours fields in Ceres - Sharon Agency Express Scheduling Set up for Standing Appointments - Sharon Shopper email bouncing aborts the Ceres validate/ accept process A food bank experienced all emails bouncing because a 3rd party SPAM monitor software tagged them as a spam risk because they sent out too many emails |
| 2019.09.11 - Agency Management UG | 1. Fair share distribution rules for agencies and agency ordering (Sharon) - Maximum quantities and how to set up - Qualifiers basics 2. Ceres New User Webinar – Sep 30 |
| 2019.05.09 - Agency Management UG | Jet Report that facilitates substitutions on orders - Sharon Data Dictionary review of Agency Card data - Scott -Related tables New agency data review – Ceres 4.x/5 - Sharon |
| 2019.03.13 - Agency Management UG | Agency Compliance Do's and Don'ts in Ceres - Sharon -Reporting and processes -Use of Job Queue Agency Fulfillment Jet Report - Sharon Filtered Views of Agencies - Gen Feeding America People Finder - Jamie |
| 2019.01.09 - Agency Management UG | Day in the Life of any Agency Order - Sharon Are you receiving the Ceres newsletter - Connie |
| 2018.11.14 - Agency Management UG | Review Harvesters Food Bank process/ tools for building Agency Orders on the fly with handhelds. They use this for Mobile Pantry orders and other types of “push” Orders. Noreen Zahner from Harvesters will be discussing their process and why it is useful for them. This capability is available for Ceres 4.5 sites using ADCS Handhelds. - Noreen/ Sharon Holiday food programs – group share - Gen/Connie -What did you do this year? -Anything new? -Anything that worked really well? Ctrl+f on the Ceres page to find procedure documents - Scott Mini-webinar Agency Order – Part 2 - Sharon -Restrictions on orders? -What is required on an order/ optional? -What happens after the order is placed in Ceres / cart submission on AE? -What if the product isn’t available to fulfill the order? -Other order stuff to know about …… |
| 2018.09.12 - Agency Management UG | 1. Demo of the new Grocery Rescue functionality - Scott W 2. Item Fee Groups and Agency Express – demo - Genevieve Noriega, San Antonio and Sharon J 3. Ceres New User Webinar - Sept 24 - Connie |
| 2018.07.11 - Agency Management UG | 1. Setting up an Agency Order List View as your daily dashboard - Sharon and Genevieve Noriega 2. Standard Sales Codes - Scott 3. New Ceres Pages layouts - Scott 4. Where is the Agency Express special webinar recording? - Scott 5. Next Ceres New User Webinar: Monday, September 24 - Connie 6. (Continuing) Agency Training: Agency Orders (Part 1) - Sharon |
| 2018.05.23 - Agency Management UG | Agenda: 1. Admin settings for Queue Monitoring in Agency Express - Scott 2. “Find” feature in Ceres 4.x - Sharon 3. Next chapter in our beginner’s webinar series: "Overview of the Agency Card" -Scott -Attributes that affect ordering -Attributes that affect financials -All other attributes 4. Feed Nourish Connect conference registration is open - Connie 5. Announce special webinar for Agency Express June 14, 12:30 CT - Connie |
| 2018.03.14 - Agency Management UG | Agenda: 1. Daily Ordering Flow - Scott 2. Agency Express Queue Monitoring - Scott -New Functionality!!! 3. Agency Group Drill Down functionality - Gen 4. Agency beginner’s series - Sharon - What is an agency? What is a program? What is a parent agency? - Relationships between the food bank and agencies (distribution type, facilitated pounds, xDO, Starbucks, partners, SNAP, etc.) |
| 2018.01.10 - Agency Management UG | Agenda: 1. Agency Express import error correction – need testers - Sharon 2. Common Error Messages - Scott 3. Handling orders by group - Sharon 4. Modifying agency fees on the Agency Order Line - Sharon -How to repair errors 5. New User Group calendar invitations - Connie |
| 2017.11.08 - Agency Management UG | 1. Beginner or “101” level webinars for new Agency personnel - Genevieve N - What kinds of topics would be great for new agency people on your teams? - What length of topic would be best (if we can manage it)? 2. Agency Express Process Monitor - Scott W. 3. Agency Express Catalog as a troubleshooting resource - Sharon 4. Navigating to documents on HungerNet - Scott W. 5. Navigating to conference material - Scott W. |
| 2017.09.13 - Agency Management UG | 1. Completing the NAR – using Ceres - Stephanie and Sharon - Answering your questions 2. Ceres notifications - Sharon 3. Reminder regarding HungerNet migration - Connie 4. Next FA Compliance Webinar - Connie 5. Next Ceres New User Meeting - Connie |
| 2017.07.12 - Agency Management UG | 1. Upcoming HungerNet migration - Lori Berthold, FA Technology 2. Automated Agency Compliance Update - Sharon J 3. Parent/Agency/Program - Ideas/discussion for NAR reporting - Sharon, Stephanie 4. High Volume/Low Variability tools refresher - Sharon (was discussed in the May meeting) - Journals, grocery rescue, copy doc 5. ACPN – who is going? See you there! - Genevieve |
| 2017.05.10 - Agency Management UG | 1. Agency Express sandbox move - Sharon and Zach (from TechBridge) 2. Speeding up order entry for Summer Feeding - Sharon 3. ACPN Conference - Connie 4. Ceres New User Webinar – May 16 - Connie |
| 2017.03.08 - Agency Management UG | 1. Item Ledger Report View table - Scott - Useful for agency info look ups and analysis - Demo 2. UNC Activity Status tip - Scott - Different rules for Ceres and Agency Express is powerful 3. Demo: How to build multiple choice question/answer sets in Agency Survey - Jamie Rosskopf |
| 2017.01.11 - Agency Management UG | 1. Agency Dashboard (Jet Report) - Sharon - plus other cool Agency focused Jet Reports 2. Agency Express discussions re: recent communications - get your questions answered! 3. Managing the calendar when using standing appointments - Scott 4. Filter for Active Agencies |
| 2016.11.09 - Agency Management UG | 1. Agency Express Questionnaire Demo - Jamie Rosskopf & Scott Wiacek - AE Questionnaire integrates Ceres survey functionality with AE survey functionality to allow for multiple agency surveys, along with optional triggers to allow/disallow ordering if survey windows aren’t met - A reprise of our successful demo at the recent FTHR conference 2. Posted recording: Scheduling and Appointments - Scott 3. Upcoming New User Webinar: Dec. 6 - Scott |
| 2015.01.14 - Agency Management UG | 1. Agency “compliance settings” explained and demo’ed - Rick Ferreira, eSoPro - Manual – agency by agency - Batch report – manually run whenever want to assess - Triggers set as defaults with the batch report 2. Delivery Zones and Delivery Fees in Ceres - Scott Wiacek 3. Who offers the ‘hard 7’ on their shopping lists? (AE, otherwise) - Group discussion - Hard 7: Potato, Apple, Cabbage, Carrot, Onion, Sweet Potato, Orange 4. Agency Express 3.5 - have you implemented yet? - Ida Beal 5. AE3 support issue: if your Agencies have lost product on edit, we need the details! We are trying to troubleshoot and define this problem. Your examples and experiences are vital to solving this intermittent problem. Please report these to Ida Beal 6. Review Ceres Procedure pages - Scott 7. Where are our meeting recordings?? - Scott |
Finance User Groups
| Title/Link | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 2025.11.18 - Finance UG | Grants (Pt. 2) |
| 2025.09.16 - Finance UG | Grants |
| 2025.05.20 - Finance UG | Member Data Sharing Year-End Prep |
| 2025.03.18 Finance UG | Old PO's - Andy S. Tips & Tricks - Kristen V. |
| 2024.11.19 Finance User Group | 1099's - Andy S. PFBA Resources |
| 2024.09.17 Finance UG | Generate EFT Files - Kristen Vickers, Feeding South Dakota Cost Allocations in the G/L - Sharon Jacobson, SJ Consulting NAR Resources |
| 2024.05.21 - Finance UG | Posting Date Controls - Andy - G/L Set-Up Dates - User Setup Dates Ceres Year-End Prep - Missy Object Patches |
| 2024.01.16 - Finance User Group | DO/PI link - Andy S. Posting Date Refresh - Andy S. 1099 updates - Scott |
| 2023.11.21 - Finance UG | Account Payable - Andy S. -Invoicing -Payments -Corrections User Group Maintenance -New Team Member -New Invitations |
| 2023.09.19 - Finance UG | Recurring Invoices for Member Fees - Andy Drott Posting Controls and impacts - Derek and Andy Schuricht -Example of break -List of some common controls (GL Accounts, Posting groups, Dimension requirements) -What you need to do to change them with less drama Undo Receipt on a PO - Andy Schuricht -Slides or reference to the Inventory UG recording |
| 2023.07.18 - Finance UG | Credit Limits - Andy D. Item Fees – Andy S. Agency Invoice/Order Confirmation Options - Derek |
| 2023.05.16 - Finance UG | Revaluation Journal – Andy S. Golden Harvest Item Recap Report bug – Andy S. Year-end Checklist review – Ceres Team Updating Standard Cost Item in Bulk (Training video) - Scott Review HungerNet Navigation – Scott |
| 2023.03.21 - Finance UG | Financial Statements - Andy Schuricht -Ceres Report -Account Scheduled -Jet Reports -Other -Budgeting/Reporting Tools LFPA – Procedure Document posted |
| 2023.01.19 - Finance UG | How to assign costs to positive inventory adjustment - Andy S. Difference between PR/PO/PI - Simbe DO to PI link LFPA - Local Farmer Purchase Agreement Reminder: 1099/NEC Preview: Financial Statement’s in March |
| 2022.11.15 - Finance UG | HungerNet Navigation - Kent How to do a Bank Reconciliation - Andy S Agency credit memos with grants - Derek 1099 updates – Andy Drott |
| 2022.09.20 - Finance UG | Processing Vendor Payments - Derek FA Purchase Portal invoices discussion - Andy S New FA Value for Donated Product released July 2022 - Sharon -Costing Webinar -Recording of how to update Standard Cost items in bulk |
| 2022.07.19 - Finance UG | Costs, Fees and Adjust Costs; a deeper dive into Inventory Values Sharon, Scott and team -Why do we even need “adjust cost”? -Cost is Adjusted flag on items -Adjust Cost/Post Cost to GL routines -Inventory Valuation Report in Ceres -“Roll forward” reports available (Jet and Ceres) -Inventory to GL Reconcile report in Ceres -Adjust cost item prices -Adjust cost and posting dates |
| 2022.05.17 - Finance UG | New Ceres capability review – Scott -Item on hand by date for kitted quantities (5.01.68) -Resend to AE does resend Item Fees (5.01.66) Recurring/Import/Standard GenJournals – Andy S. -Leaving 0 lines in a GenJournal -Paste Year-End/Month-End CheckLists – Sharon Create new Agency Order Issue – Simbe Sourcing and Inventory Accruals in Warehouse User Group Save the Date – FNC and FHR Conferences |
| 2022.03.15 - Finance UG | Accounts Payable Automation Touch Points - Andy/Sharon Ceres object releases of interest - Scott Finance training opportunity: GenJournals - Connie Promote user group attendance - Connie MBS Webinar - Connie FNC – save the date - Connie |
| 2022.01.18 - Finance UG | Reclassifying UNC/FBC codes - Andy D Close income statements in Ceres - Andy S Credit card payments in Ceres - Scott W Jet Budgets demo - Missy Special webinar: Feb. 15 on Job Queues - Andy D |
| 2021.11.16 - Finance UG | Payment method codes (part 2) - Andy S Invoiced incorrectly / void check handling - Andy D Inventory variance management - Sharon |
| 2021.09.21 - Finance UG | Purchase Return Order Process - Lynda/ Derek Purchase Inventory FAQs - Sharon Payment Method Codes - Andy S Who uses - Sharon -Standard purchase codes -Standard journals What year end issues did you have that we could add to our checklist or use as User Group topics? - Sharon Ceres license update (applies to Ceres 5.0 and lower) - Scott/Sharon |
| 2021.07.21 - Finance UG | Standard sales codes - Derek / Missy Agency Credit memos - Andy S Revaluation Journal - Derek FNC sessions/ reminders - Connie |
| 2021.05.18 - Finance UG | Fixed Assets Usage in Ceres - Derek / Andy S -Documentation Record Links Demo - Jamie / Teri Chow Year-End Checklists and Reminders - Andy/Andy |
| 2021.03.16 - Finance UG | Central Texas Raisers Edge -> Ceres process - Thomas Foster, Central Texas Food Bank AP Workflow in Ceres – demo - Andy D AP automation processes/ services - Group discussion |
| 2021.01.19 - Finance UG | Reconciling $$ donations via bank deposit / credit card - Andy S Update on 1099’s Ceres permissions webinar January 26, 11:30 1:00 CT |
| 2020.11.17 - Finance UG | Managing Posting dates - Scott -If using Adjust Cost Account Schedules - Andy S Finance updates/patches - Andy D |
| 2020.09.15 - Finance UG | Year end lessons learned - Missy and Sharon Ceres 5.1 – link outs to other sites - Sharon Post in detail to G/L, Summary to vendor - Andy S Posting dates and user date ranges - Andy D -MealConnect considerations |
| 2020.07.21 - Finance UG | Finance User Group - 7.21.20 Dimensions part 3 - Andy S/ Derek -Combinations -Disabling / blocking dimensions Identified issues with Credit Order and Recreate in Ceres 4.5 and 5 - Sharon New in Ceres 5 - Sharon -Account Categories -Set Item fees Lessons Learned from fiscal year end - Missy/Sharon FNC Virtual Conference - Scott |
| 2020.05.19 - Finance UG | Bezos Grant Q&A - Sharon CFAP Overview - Scott and Sharon Accurate valuation of Mixed Boxes - Derek |
| 2020.03.17 - Finance UG | Agency Prepayment - Andy Dimensions – continued - Andy -Getting started -Set-up, mandatory -Basics of use Ceres Future - Scott |
| 2020.01.21 - Finance UG | Curriculum for beginner webinars on HungerNet - Sharon Finding and using all available webinars (User Group, etc.) - Scott 1099 Patch available - Scott Read aged AR and AP reports, paying attention to date selection - Derek Global Dimensions vs Short Cut Dimensions – Andy MBS Update Webinar – January 28, 10:00 CT - Connie |
| 2019.11.19 - Finance UG | Journals! - Sharon and Missy -Recurring and Gen Journals differences -Zero value entries Editing/assigning a 1099 code - Sharon Demo of handling an NSF check - Missy SQL and Server expirations coming up - Scott |
| 2019.09.17 - Finance UG | 1. Prepayment to a vendor (Andy) 2. Ask for any reports that you are using that you would like to see “de-coded” (Sharon) 3. Report criteria and filters (Sharon) - What data sets are being used - Ask for any reports that you are using that you would like to see “de-coded” 4. Ceres New User Webinar: Monday, Sep 30, noon – 2:00 5. Special Webinar: Ceres Purchase Inventory Processing – Oct 21 1:30 – 3:00 CT - Recommended for Warehouse, Food Sourcing, Finance staff. If you have always received Purchased product with no cost and then had to do special manual processes later to complete and correct the transactions, this webinar will fully explain how to automatically handle the ‘procure to pay’ cycle within Ceres. Also covered will be a review of the Donation Order to Purchase Invoice (DO – PI) link which is useful for handling PPO and freight on donated product. |
| 2019.07.16 - Finance UG | Vendor purchase codes - Sharon Setting Item Card cost - Sharon Auto email agency invoices - Scott Update on upcoming special webinars - Connie |
| 2019.05.21 - Finance UG | Year End Preparations - Derek -Journals -Check lists -Physical inventory A/R payment application - Missy Item Recap Report (Jet) - Scott |
| 2019.03.19 - Finance UG | Data Entry Efficiency Discussion - Derek / Andy -Gen Journal Import -Credit Card / AP Import -Budget Import -NAV -Ceres FHR Conference - Connie HungerNet People Finder - Connie |
| 2019.01.15 - Finance UG | 1099 Process and documentation - Sharon and Andy -Microsoft tax updates CSFP Kit Jet report and Inventory Transaction Recap Report - Derek April Finance conference in Phoenix - Connie Are you receiving the Ceres newsletter? - Connie |
| 2018.11.06 - Finance UG | Impacts of blocked or dormant Items, Donors, Agencies - Sharon Opening new accounting periods - Andy from SJ Consulting Using Ctrl + f on Ceres page to find documents - Scott Beginner webinar: Applying and Unapplying Agency Payments to A/R Invoices - Scott |
| 2018.09.18 - Finance UG | 1. Updated Ceres Reports List - Sharon 2. (mini webinar) Posting an AP Invoice / Purchase Invoice - Scott 3. Void a check – demo - Missy 4. Ceres New User Webinar Sept 24 - Connie 5. Finance and HR Conference – Scottsdale - Missy |
| 2018.07.24 - Finance UG | 1. “Show and Tell” for Jet Financial Reports - Derek -All reports on the Jet Resource Page 2. How was Year End (for those who just closed/are closing?) - Missy -Any new learnings/ issues to discuss? -Loading your budget - Derek 3. New Ceres Page - Scott 4. Ceres New User Webinar – Sept 24 - Connie |
| 2018.05.15 - Finance UG | Agenda: 1. New work effort: eInvoicing/Payment Project - Scott 2. Ceres workflow overview - Scott - New capability in 4.5 3. Feedback on the New User Webinar - All + Missy 4. Prep for Year End - Connie - Documents - Recordings 5. 2nd Beginner webinar: Companies, Branches, Locations -Scott |
| 2018.03.20 - Finance UG | Agenda: 1. Vendor Purchases via Credit Card - Lynda Peters - Demo and discussion 2. Other things A/P - Sharon J - Cost Allocation - Positive Pay - ….. 3. Agency Fees update and object - Scott 4. Training recording from January User Group - Scott |
| 2018.01.16 - Finance UG | Agenda: 1. How to update a group of handling fees/ items - Scott 2. Unit fees update - Sharon 3. Webinar for Chart of Accounts - Sharon - This will be our first “beginner level” short webinar (20-30 minutes) for use with new hires/cross-training. Your input and questions during the webinar is encouraged, especially if you are new or if you can put on your “beginner” eyes as you are participating. - This segment will be edited out and posted separately on the Ceres page. (It will also remain as part of the User Group recording for this session.) 4. New invitations coming for User Group meetings - Scott |
| 2017.11.14 - Finance UG | 1. (Everything you ever wanted to know about) Posting Groups - Missy - Well, maybe not everything - Overall setup - Inventory Posting Groups - Other posting groups and ideas 2. Entry level accounting/finance Ceres webinars - Sharon - Help us put together our agenda start + vote! 3. Navigating HungerNet to Ceres documentation - Scott 4. Navigating HungerNet to conference materials - Scott |
| 2017.09.19 - Finance UG | 1. Cost Allocations - Sharon - Overview - Options: department, dimension 2. New bug fixes for finance - Sharon 3. Reminder regarding HungerNet migration - Connie 4. FTHR registration - Scott 5. Special FA Compliance Webinar - Sept 26 - Connie 6. Next Ceres New User Meeting - Connie |
| 2017.07.18 - Finance UG | 1. Upcoming HungerNet migration - Lori Berthold, FA Technology 2. Using Grants on Purchase orders - Scott W 3. Costing change in 4.x releases - Sharon 4. Changing standard cost on the item card - Sharon 5. Year-end debrief - Missy - What worked well? Issues? Did you try anything new? 6. FTHR news and reminders - Scott |
| 2017.05.16 - Finance UG | 1. Grant Review – part II - William Hart, eSoftware Professionals - Method steps and calculations (see Part 1 March 2017 meeting) 2. Year-end Checklists - Sharon - And other helpful documents for year end 3. FTHR – call for session topics - Scott 4. Question: do we need a refresh on Inventory valuation? - Sharon |
| 2017.03.21 - Finance UG | 1. (Part 1) Basic Grant Set-up Demo - William Hart - What it supports - Part 2: May User Group meeting 2. Budget Imports/Exports - Scott - Various release levels - Package integrations supported |
| 2017.01.17 - Finance UG | 1. Inventory Valuation Report - Sharon - Known issue/explanation 2. Updated Agency Invoice included VAP fees/details - Sharon 3. Saved filters based on balances, ILRE, and fun filters - Scott |
Special Webinars
| Title/Link | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 2025.01.17 - Ceres 6 New User Webinar | What is Ceres? Terminology & Concepts Ceres 6 Navigation Ceres 6 Demo: Navigation (Transactions & Reports) Hungernet Resources – Member Business Solutions Ceres User Groups Additional Resources Q&A |
| 2024.02.27 - Ceres 6 & Agency Express 4 Special Webinar | Ceres 6 -Information -Project Approach Agency Express 4 -Information -Project Approach Project Mgmt. Appendix: Ceres Features, Documentation, Resources & More |
| 2022.08.30 - Produce Handling with Ceres Special Webinar | Produce Items Set up Planning for and Receiving Produce -Planning for inbound loads -Palletized - Donated Produce with associated costs for freight/ VAP Managing on hand produce -Report samples for pallets to assess -Assessment guidelines -Lot aging Repacking from bulk to case/ bag -Potential workflow -Common challenges Kitting and Produce by the pound – a tough combo Agency Ordering considerations -To Pe-order or not to Pre-order, that is the question -Pre-Order Worksheet/ Allocation Journal -Agency Order Hand builds |
| 2022.06.21 - Ceres QPR Special Webinar | Overview and background -HungerNet -Ceres QPR/ MPR’s -Receipts and Distribution Report -Distribution by County Report What is Member Data Sharing and how does it impact the QPR? MealConnect transactions and QPR Reporting Example of using the tools -Filtering the ILRE View Page to match one column/ row -Other examples as requested |
| 2022.05.17 - Ceres New User Webinar | Agenda: 1. What is Ceres? 2. Ceres Navigation 3. Short Cuts 4. Principles of How Ceres Posts 5. Using Filtering in Ceres 6. Ceres Drill Down & Flow Fields 7. General Ceres Permissions and Security 8. Q&A 9. Review of MBS Resource Center 10. Ceres User Groups |
| 2022.02.15 - Job Queue Troubleshooting | What is it? What does it do? Where does it live? How is it monitored? What account does it use to run? What are the common challenges? What are the differences between versionsof Ceres? We will focus mostly on Ceres 5.x |
| 2021.10.05 - Ceres Resources UG | What is Hungernet? What is Ceres? Getting Access to Ceres Resources on Hungernet Documentation, User Groups & Webinars Suggested Training |
| 2021.09.29 - COVID-19 Ceres Box Building Support Webinar | What are your options for Box Building -Ceres 2009 -Ceres 4.x or higher Workflows -Physical -Ceres -Pros & Cons -Set Up -Resources |
| 2021.08.12 - Ceres Reports Special Webinar | Why this Special Webinar? What are Ceres Reports? How to find reports Decoding the Report request panel Report Output Options Not reports, but reports Report Dictionary Subset of Useful Reports |
| 2021.01.26 - Ceres Permissions Special Webinar | Ceres Permissions Overview What are permissions and why do you need them? Permission Sets and User Groups -Older versions of NAV/ Ceres -Ceres 4.5+ The Record Permissions Tool (Ceres 4.5+) Resources for more education |
| 2020.12.08 - Ceres Inventory Costing Special Webinar | Inventory costing, especially purchased Inventory, involves setup and workflow across multiple departments. The impact starts at Item Card creation and ends at financial statements. Currently, more food banks are purchasing more inventory, and if the food bank has not optimized the process, it can be really hard to support the growth. This webinar will introduce the various types of costing and their uses, and then we will do a slightly deeper dive on recommended set up for Purchased Inventory, and recommended weekly/ monthly processes. This content is a partial repeat of a the Inventory Costing webinar that was recorded back in 2015, but we will be providing some additional material on Purchased inventory handling and highlighting a couple small new features in Ceres 5. |
| 2020.10.13 - Ceres New User Webinar | Agenda: 1. What is Ceres? 2. Ceres Navigation 3. Short Cuts 4. Principles of How Ceres Posts 5. Using Filtering in Ceres 6. Ceres Drill Down & Flow Fields 7. General Ceres Permissions and Security 8. Q&A 9. Review of MBS Resource Center 10. Ceres User Groups |
| 2020.05.06 - Blue Receipting Using Ceres | What is a Blue Receipt? How are they tracked? -Parent Donor Cards -Donor Card -Donation Orders What about Meal Connect Pounds? Blue Receipt Reporting -Export File Required Setup -UNC Donor IDs -UNC Donor ID – link to – Food Bank Donor Card(s) -Blue Receipt Flag -Synchronizing with the most recent Feeding America UNC/Blue Receipt data -Jet Report -Status of UNC Donor Import Double Checking UNC Donor IDs Correcting FBC/UNC Product Sources for donations Updating Blue Receipt Flag on Posted DO Change Donor on Posted DO within the same Parent Donor Resources on HN -UNC Donor ID Manual Entry video -UNC Donor ID Documentation -FA Reporting and UNC Coding -Document & Video -Meal Connect User Guide -Other (need to add) -Various Jet Reports |
| 2019.10.21 - Ceres Purchased Inventory | If you have always received Purchased product with no cost and then had to do special manual processes later to complete and correct the transactions, this webinar will fully explain how to automatically handle the ‘procure to pay’ cycle within Ceres. Also covered will be a review of the Donation Order to Purchase Invoice (DO – PI) link which is useful for handling PPO and freight on donated product. |
| 2019.09.30 - Ceres New User Webinar | Agenda: 1. What is Ceres? 2. Ceres Navigation 3. Short Cuts 4. Principles of How Ceres Posts 5. Using Filtering in Ceres 6. Ceres Drill Down & Flow Fields 7. General Ceres Permissions and Security 8. Q&A 9. Review of MBS Resource Center 10. Ceres User Groups |
| 2019.06.18 - Special Webinar: Advanced Kitting Part 2 | Terminology Component Costing -Case level -(Don/ Gov’t/ Purch) -Each level -(Don/ Gov’t/ Purch) Finished Good Cost Assignment -Specific component kits -Generic component kits Trace cost assignment on three kits -Specific components -Mix of posting groups -Generic components -Mix of posting groups -Impact of different lot or item cost for same component Costing Reports for Kits Common Support Questions |
| 2019.05.02 - Special Webinar: Advanced Kitting Part 1 | 1. Terminology 2. Setting up a simple Kit from scratch 3. Setting up a kit with substitutions from scratch 4. Generic components vs specific components – why would you choose each type of set up 5. A typical Advanced Kitting “run” a. Prep b. Tasks c. Validation 6. Common support issues a. FBC Code variance on component Lots causes Lot variation on finished goods b. Impacts of Substitutions c. Cost Variance between production runs d. Weight variance between production runs e. What happens if you damage “eaches” during the production run and your need to break bulk more to physically finish kits? 7. Reports to validate the results a. Base Ceres Reports b. Recommended Jet reports 8. Just a mention of kit costing…….. |
| 2018.09.24 - Ceres New User Group Call | 9.24.18 - Agenda: 1. What is Ceres? 2. Ceres Navigation 3. Short Cuts 4. Principles of How Ceres Posts 5. Using Filtering in Ceres 6. Ceres Drill Down & Flow Fields 7. General Ceres Permissions and Security 8. Q&A 9. Review of MBS Resource Center 10. Ceres User Groups |
| 2018.06.14 - Agency Express Special Webinar | 6.14.18 - Agenda: 1. Submit Cart Notifications 2. Admin Editing of POs 3. Ceres/ AE Queue Monitoring, including set up demo of AE Import Monitor 4. AE Admin Tools and Catalog 5. Lost Product checklist 6. Agency Express Questionnaire fully integrated with Ceres 7. New Agency Express Resources on HungerNet |
| 2017.09.26 - FA Compliance: Demos & Best Practices | 1. Overview and background 2. QPR / MPR 3. Blue Receipts 4. Example of using the tools 5. Guidance: Agencies that operate in two counties |
| 2017.02.28 - MealConnect & Ceres Special Webinar | 1. Scope of Meal Connect vs. Grocery Rescue Import 2. General overview of “import” options for Ceres 2009/ Ceres 4 3. FAQs 4. Recommended processes 5. Demo of the Mass entry option for food banks to enter info while rolling out to Agencies to data enter 6. Resources |
| 2016.12.06 - Ceres 2009 New User Group | 1. What is Ceres? 2. Ceres Navigation 3. Short Cuts 4. Principles of How Ceres Posts 5. Using Filtering in Ceres 6. Ceres Drill Down & Flow Fields 7. General Ceres Permissions and Security 8. Q&A 9. Review of MBS Resource Center 10. Ceres User Groups |