Compliance Across Facilities 

Every state relies on systems such as Metrc or BioTrack to monitor cannabis production (predominantly Metrc). For multi-location operators, manual data entry across two or more sites increases the risk of compliance errors. A missed plant tag sync or an incorrect harvest weight can result in fines, destroyed product, or even license suspension. Cannabis ERP software eliminates that risk by automating compliance reporting across every site. 

Centralized Plant and Inventory Management 

Mid-size cultivators scaling to new facilities need consistent tracking for: 

• Propagation and clone movement across facilities 

• Nutrient schedules and environmental controls 

• Batch harvesting, curing, and packaging by location 
  Without a single system, teams waste time reconciling spreadsheets and siloed software. ERP consolidates plant and inventory data into one view so growers can compare performance across sites. 

Yield Forecasting and Demand Planning 

Scaling means bigger harvests, but without forecasting, operators can overshoot demand and flood the market. ERP systems provide real-time visibility into expected yields across multiple grows. Leadership can plan packaging, allocate product to wholesale or retail, and forecast revenue with confidence. This prevents waste and protects margins. 

Financial Visibility Across States 

Expanding facilities comes with higher costs. Multi-state operators especially need consolidated reporting to measure profitability per location. ERP allows CFOs to see: 

• Cost per pound per facility 

• Revenue by channel (wholesale vs retail) 

• Cash flow impact of expansion 
  This financial visibility is crucial for making the right investments in new facilities. 

The Bottom Line 

Scaling cultivation is not just about building bigger grows. It is about creating smarter systems that keep compliance, operations, and finance connected. Mid-size operators who adopt ERP tailored for cannabis can scale with confidence, protect margins, and gain the competitive advantage of consolidated data. 

Ready to scale smarter? Learn how 365 Cannabis supports cultivators expanding across multiple sites.

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This wholesome data set is a fantastic reminder of how a green thumb can grow. Whether you’re a multi-site operator managing acres of canopy or a hobbyist tending to a balcony grow, cannabis inspires a deeper connection to the land and to the science of cultivation. 

Why Cannabis Growers Makes Great Gardeners 

1. Attention to detail 
   Cannabis growers learn early: a small mistake in watering, nutrients, humidity, or light can have huge effects. That attention carries over into other botanical endeavors  

2. Love of experimentation 
   Cultivators constantly tweak grow mediums, lighting schedules, and genetics. Once you’ve dialed in your flower, experimenting with peppers or heirloom tomatoes is the natural next step 

3. Joy of the harvest 
   There’s nothing quite like pulling down a finished crop. That satisfaction is an addictive rush, and it makes sense growers want to feel it again with other plants they can consume 

Multi-Location Cultivators, Take Note 

This lighthearted poll has a serious takeaway for stakeholders in the industry: cultivation expertise is transferable. The skills your team uses to maximize yields, keep plants healthy, and standardize processes are the same ones that could drive innovation in other crops. 

In fact, some large cannabis operators are already diversifying into hemp, hops, and even vertical farming for produce. It is not just a clever byproduct, it’s smart business. Cannabis pushed them to become better farmers, and those skills can expand into new revenue streams. 

Cannabis Culture Meets Gardening Culture 

There is also a cultural overlap for customers. Cannabis consumers are increasingly looking for transparency, sustainability, and “farm to table” vibes in their flower. These are the same qualities foodies look for in their produce. For cultivators, this poll is a reminder that your customers are not just buying based on THC percentages. Consumers are buying into a story of cultivation, care, and craftsmanship and that builds loyalty. 

Leaning into that connection, whether through brand storytelling, sustainability initiatives, or even cross promoting with local farms, can help cultivators stand out in a crowded market. 

Unforeseen Delicious Consequences

Let’s be real: the cannabis industry has plenty of heavy news around taxes, compliance, and consolidation. Sometimes it’s refreshing to step back and remember why we love this plant in the first place. It teaches patience, nurtures curiosity, and, apparently, makes us better gardeners overall. 

So, whether you are scaling up across states or just happy your basil plant is still alive, one thing is clear: growing cannabis opens doors. Not just to bigger harvests, but to a greener lifestyle, a deeper appreciation for farming, and maybe even the juiciest tomatoes on the block. 

Want to take your cultivation skills beyond the grow room? 365 Cannabis helps multi-site operators master the details, from compliance to costing, so you can focus on growing, whether that is cannabis, cucumbers, or anything in between. 

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Here’s Everything You Need to Scale Your Missouri Cannabis Business in 2025

Automated Metrc Integration 

Missouri’s state compliance system is Metrc, the leading state cannabis compliance system in the United States. There are many operators who rely on manual entry for tracking plants and products, however manual entry leaves a lot of room for risk. The compliance fees and fines significantly outweigh the cost of trustworthy compliance software. Competitive operators in Missouri are actively looking for cannabis software with an automated metrc integration to avoid manual entry errors. The leading cannabis ERP systems, like 365 Cannabis, are designed with compliance guardrails to ensure users stay within regulations at every step, something we pride ourselves on.  

Real-Time Inventory Control 

As a company grows, so do their assets and that includes every seed, every gram, every gummy. Having instant access to all products across cultivation, manufacturing, and retail is a non-negotiable for the leading Missouri cannabis operators. Real-time inventory control gives operators instant visibility into every SKU, eliminating blind spots and costly write-offs. The right cannabis software will track take account of everything within the supply chain and production schedule and be able to deliver Available-to-Purchase (ATP) data for sales (and here’s why that’s important).  

Integrated Cannabis-Focused Financial Tools 

Missouri’s cannabis community is booming and that means more money to manage for operators. Many businesses, cannabis or not, use QuickBooks. That’s a fair tool for some businesses, but it’s not designed or optimized at all for cannabis operators. Cannabis has unique challenges as a federally illegal, state legal, Schedule I substance subject to 280E. Outside of the QuickBooks limitations, due to cannabis being federally illegal, they do reserve the right to not support any cannabis enterprises, even fully legal and licensed ones. We’ve seen reported issues with QuickBooks as early as 2015 of entire financial recording software locked overnight. While QuickBooks does often turn a blind eye, they overall do not serve the needs of the cannabis community. ERP platforms have financial systems built into place that serve two functions- eliminating the need for third party financials like QuickBooks and integrating all efforts to ensure financial data is accurate. The 365 Cannabis financial module for example pulls financial data in from all sales, all purchases, all invoices, everywhere that touches the business to ensure every penny is accounted for. Native financial functions reduce the opportunity for human error and ensure every spend and every sale is accounted for.  

Data and Analytics for Decision Making  

Missouri’s cannabis market is still relatively young, which means consumer behavior is evolving quickly. Operators who rely only on historic sales data risk missing major shifts in category demand. Advanced analytics provide real-time visibility into product performance, costs, and margins, helping operators pivot quickly and stay ahead of competitors. Dashboards powered by tools like Microsoft’s Power BI allow businesses to identify growth categories, spot inefficiencies, and make data-driven decisions with confidence. In a fast-moving market, analytics are the difference between reacting to trends and leading them. 

Missouri cannabis operators are competing in one of the most dynamic markets in the country. Success in Missouri’s cannabis market demands excellence in compliance, product visibility, accuracy, finance, and control across the entire business. ERP built for cannabis, like 365 Cannabis, combines compliance, inventory, financials, and analytics into one platform designed for growth. 

If you’re ready to scale your Missouri cannabis operation, schedule a demo with 365 Cannabis and see how ERP can help you lead the market. 

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Because cannabis is a regulated product with strict expiration dates, operators must not only produce efficiently but also turn product quickly. The reality is that many overproduce which forces them to slash prices just to get product onto shelves. This cycle of oversupply and discounting has accelerated falling wholesale prices across the U.S. According to Cannabis Benchmarks, the weighted average price for a pound of cannabis dropped from $1,328 in August 2019 to just $1,093 in August 2025—a 17.7% decrease—while inflation rose by 26.36% in the same period.  

With rising costs of living and operating facing off with a race to the bottom, cannabis operators need smarter strategies to protect margins and stay competitive. 

Spoilers: we got your back on this but keep reading. 

How Can Cannabis Operators Control Their Sales Inventory?  

A major factor in the race to the bottom is discounting product pricing. Common reasons for discounting products are upcoming expiration dates and having too much product on hand and needing to make space. A solution that we have seen success with is Available to Purchase (ATP) in cannabis software.  

What is ATP in Cannabis?  

ATP is a live tool in cannabis inventory management software that delivers data to operators on how much cannabis can be legally and operationally committed to a sale. Basic inventory counts will only show how much finished product is ready to sell at that moment- just what’s on hand. An APT program is a comprehensive look at what you have on hand, what you have allocated to customer orders, what’s quarantined, what’s in the production cycle, and what’s pending testing. Where basic inventory reports give a surface-level snapshot, ATP provides a comprehensive, real-time picture of what’s actually sellable. 

How does ATP Help Cannabis Operators? 

ATP capabilities for cannabis management extend past sales availability; it can also be a compliance safeguard. The accurate numbers inclusive of products in testing or to be finished soon deliver accurate inventory across the board. This ensures alignment with the state compliance system and avoids unnecessary compliance penalties. Many ATP solutions also offer FIFO capabilities to ensure, true to form, product is sold on a first in, first out basis.  

ATP also prevents accidental oversell situations that may be costly and labor inducive to fix. Aside from oversells, there may be fees or penalties within state compliance systems for inaccurate product numbers. The ATP tool becomes a single source of truth for cannabis sales commitments and streamlines operations for your sales team.  

When paired with a cannabis ERP system that includes sales projection reporting, ATP gives operators the insights they need to forecast demand, control output, and maintain profitability.  

How Can Cannabis Operators Implement ATP Today? 

The fastest way to bring ATP into your cannabis operation is by using a cannabis ERP system designed for compliance and inventory management. With 365 Cannabis, ATP is powered by SellStack and can be built directly into cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail workflows. That means operators can see, in real time, exactly what inventory is legally and operationally available to sell, without worrying about overselling, compliance discrepancies, or wasted product. 

By combining ATP with 365 Cannabis’ sales forecasting, costing, and compliance integrations, operators can finally take control of their inventory, protect profit margins, and stay competitive, even in an oversupplied market. 

To see the solution in action, schedule a demo with 365 Cannabis and discover how ATP can give your business the confidence to promise only what you can deliver. 

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Why is Dab Day celebrated on July 10^th?  

When the characters ‘710’ are flipped upside down, they look like the characters ‘OIL’.  

New Frontier Data reported that vape products “were included in transactions at nearly the same rate among both men & women (21%).” Regardless of age, we’re seeing one in five cannabis shoppers reaching for oil.  

Unique Challenges of the 710 Cannabis Supply Chain 

The processing of cannabis extracts can be done a few different ways, but all routes lead to a complex supply chain. Extracting oil from flower can be tedious and often requires a lot of hardware to produce finished goods. This long path to finished goods leaves the supply chain with several points of vulnerability where things can go wrong or get expensive.  

Modern Solutions for Cannabis Challenges  

Operators who work with vape and concentrates understand the high overhead and hyper-specific regulations required to work in the extract world.  

Three of the Top Reported Cannabis Operator Issues During Production:  

• Remaining compliant per METRC or BioTrack throughout production  

• Not knowing exact COGS  

• Reporting is too slow for accurate inventory or batch tracking  

How Do Cannabis Cultivators and Manufacturers Stay Compliant Through Production? 

The strongest operators have both a compliance expert on staff full time as well as a compliance-based software. 

As more cannabis licenses are issued, the need for cannabis compliance managers rises. The average salary for a cannabis compliance manager averages out to over $90K a year. These roles are typically a one-person department with some exceptions for large, enterprise-level operations that justify a full compliance team.  

There is an opportunity for human error with compliance team members, so the best way to ensure compliance is utilizing tools that guarantee compliance guardrails. Many compliance experts advocate for software that has embedded connections with localized compliance regulators like METRC, BioTrack, and Health Canada. The best cannabis ERP for concentrate producers will all have strong relations with regulators.  

How Can Cannabis Cultivators and Manufacturers Track COGS During Production? 

There are a few ways operators track their COGS that range from very vulnerable to airtight. The most vulnerable way is to manually track spend and labor across finished product. While it appears simple on the surface, it ends up with lots of opportunity for missing numbers, simple typos causing calculation errors, and the chance that it could all be wrong or overlook key spend.  

The airtight solutions ensure accurate tracking based on accounting software for pricing, compliance measures that track what is used where and when, and labor. These tracking practices also deliver an accurate bill of materials for extraction inputs. Utilizing tools that empower operators to know their true cost per gram delivers the control over costs that business owners dream about. Airtight software solutions offer two absolute non-negotiables: accounting integration and compliance data. With accounting integration, spend is inherently tracked and verified for complete accuracy. Compliance data ensure each step of production is tracked and verified against products used, finished goods, and hardware depreciation. The best airtight solutions will be wholly integrated across operational platforms to ensure internal data transparency and compliance accuracy for all aspects of the business.  

Why is Reporting so Slow for Inventory or Batch Tracking?  

The solution here is a better solution. There are some cannabis tech stack companies that are built for cannabis without the resources to ensure a long-lasting product. There are also companies with tried-and-true tech that are not made with cannabis in mind. There are a select few tech companies that truly established technological resources and reliability with the custom infrastructure for the cannabis industry. More advanced tech-based companies will have live reporting, like Jet Reports. 

How Can Cannabis Operators Refine Their Supply Chain?  

By working with an ERP solution that understand their unique challenges across every aspect of the cannabis industry.  

365 Cannabis is powered by Microsoft, so our cannabis partners can take advantage of the suite of Microsoft business platforms, reporting capabilities, and fully integrated suite of support. Aside from the well-grounded tech, the team is powered by cannabis veterans from across North America who are dedicated to the industry’s success.  

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Is Medical Marijuana Legal in Mississippi?

As of Feb 2nd, medical cannabis in Mississippi is now legal, thanks to the recently signed Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act. The law permits the use of medical cannabis to treat certain medical conditions, which include:

• Cancer
• Parkinson’s disease
• Huntington’s disease
• ALS, muscular dystrophy
• HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and other transmitted diseases 
• Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, sickle-cell anemia
• Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder
• Autism
• Cachexia or wasting syndrome
• Chronic pain, severe or intractable nausea
• Seizures, severe and persistent muscle spasms

What This Means For Obtaining Medical Cannabis in Mississippi

Mississippi is now the third state in the deep south to legalize medical cannabis, and the 39th in the U.S. overall. According to a short news release, “the goal is to provide a safe and accessible program that meets the needs of patients and the public health and safety of all Mississippi residents…” The law also gives local jurisdictions and cities 90 days to opt out of allowing medical marijuana facilities in their areas.

The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act contains a number of favorable provisions for employers. Some of these include, but are not limited to:

• Employers are not required to allow or accommodate the medical use of medical cannabis, or to modify any job or any employee who engages in the medical use of cannabis, or seeks to engage in the medical use of cannabis.
• Employers are not prohibited from refusing to hire, discharge, discipline, or otherwise taking employment action against an individual with respect to hiring, discharging, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment as a result of that individual’s medical use of cannabis
• Employers are not prohibited from enforcing a drug testing policy.
• Employers may discipline employees who use medical cannabis in the workplace or who work while under the influence of it
• Employers and their workers’ compensation carriers are not required to pay for or to reimburse an individual for costs associated with the medical cannabis

Cultivation and License Applications

State residents and organizations will now be able to apply for cultivation and grow licenses come June, but as for what those exact requirements are, it’s yet to be determined. For now, staying updated with any breaking information is the best way to learn how to go about applying, depending on industry type, company size, and many other specifications.

Stay up-to-date on application information and requirement updates at 365cannabis.com. 

Marijuana Compliance Software For Mississippi

At 365 Cannabis, we stay on top of compliance with integrations into state regulatory systems, and are closely monitoring the recent legalizations of medical marijuana in Mississippi. As an ACMPR Compliance Software, we offer compliance solutions and checklist protocols throughout delivery to assist your organization every step of the way. In cases where integration to the regulatory tracking system is an option, 365 Cannabis will facilitate integration so that dual entry is minimized and efficiencies are realized.
Learn more about our products or services, or contact us today for any questions or comments.

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Those that are successful often relate their continued success to their avid compliance and continued value of current regulation. Compliance seems to be what has really given the cannabis industry life since legalization and what differentiates good businesses from great businesses. 

Cannabis compliance is important because cannabis regulation differs across all states, throughout Canada, and in other places in the world. Every unique area has a unique set of rules: legal limits, facility requirements, patient procedures, and best practices.

Having a dedicated cannabis compliance manager and/or a compliance department can help keep your business in the best shape in the case of an audit or regulatory visit. 

Why You Need A Cannabis Compliance Manager

Reason #1: Sporadic Changes

Keeping up with legislation is already a tiresome process, but keeping up with the ever-changing cannabis legislation (especially in the states) can be a monster of a task.

The cannabis industry has been known to be volatile for many reasons, but the legislature happens to add to the chaos. States and local jurisdictions typically have fluctuating opinions and ideas on how to regulate cannabis properly, and often “emergency laws” become effective at unpredictable times.

You will want a compliance manager and team that regularly monitors the legislation of each specific location of your business. 

Reason #2: Knowledgable and Trained Personnel

Your operation may encompass a small handful of employees or more employees that you can count, but either way, you will want them trained in compliance because the more personnel you have, the more risk you have for non-compliance.

It is an operational benefit to have a compliance manager on board to help direct and mitigate risk as well as oversee relevant processes and procedures.

The first step is ensuring you have effective and complete processes and procedures. The second step is having a team dedicated to overseeing compliance with them. These processes and procedures are how you can prove to the federal, state, provincial, or local authorities that you are running a compliant operation.

The actions your employees take at work are a reflection of the effectiveness of the processes and compliant measures you have taken to have a successful business.

Reason #3: Multi-State or Multi-Country Operations

Whether you already have multi-location or multi-state operations or plan on growing your operations to be so, you will want to consider the utmost importance of having a cannabis compliance manager and/or related personnel.

Having a team that can manage and oversee rapidly changing regulation as well as get in contact with regulators on short notice is the most effective way to maintain your cannabis compliance.

Multi-location operations can be particularly demanding with compliance because you have to ensure all your tools, processes, and personnel are compliant based on location and organizational expectations. It can be challenging to streamline your expectations across your organization when compliance stipulates different requirements in different areas. 

How the Right Software and Compliance Go Hand-in-Hand

Compliance is an ever-changing component of the cannabis industry and plays a role in all portions of your cannabis business. When it comes to choosing tactical partners and implementing pertinent software, the compliance conversation only grows. 

365 Cannabis understands and strictly focuses on the cannabis industry, ensuring that our ERP solution is specifically tailored to handle the intricacies of any cannabis operation in any location despite the unique regulatory distinctions. 

Request a demo to see what 365 Cannabis can do for your cannabis business.

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At any given time, there is a Delta9 Systems team member in California, Washington, Ohio, Michigan, and North Carolina. We travel a lot to be with our clients and customers. The cannabis business environment across the nation is dynamic, so it’s vital that we be out visiting with our customers where they are doing business. Each state is its own little microcosm of the cannabis industry, with its own unique blend of MMJ, Rec and Hemp laws. The micro-market in each state means there are unique challenges and advantages, and we need to be familiar with each one in order to serve our customers effectively.

 

Regardless of the market there is one constant all operators must contend with. All state governments require the cannabis producers and processors in the supply chain to keep real-time information about five main metrics: plant counts and stages, current inventory, the actions and conversions performed on that inventory, any transportation from one license to another, and records of any and all sales. When these records from cultivators are combined with the sales data from retailers, this data set is called the Seed-To-Sale record. This is the chain of custody record that will be used by regulators to ensure no diversion is taking place into the black market, tax revenue is collected, and that a recall is possible should there be any problems with contamination in the supply chain.

 

Some states demand up to the minute reporting, others ask for a monthly accounting. These reports are required to maintain compliance and keep the license operating in good standing.

 

In most states the regulating body in charge of cannabis will contract with a software service provider such as METRC, BioTrack or Leaf to handle industry data and present it in an actionable way for regulators. This reporting service is free for use by Producers and Processors, and each licensee is given a log-in to the system that is associated with their cannabis license. Reporting requirements are similar to DOR or DOL reporting obligations. While these 5 metrics are crucial, these numbers are what regulators need to track to not run afoul of federal guidelines. Cannabis entrepreneurs need to collect this data and much more to be successful…

 

This is where a Third-Party Integrator (TPI) is crucial. The Third-Party Integrator allows Producers and Processors to record and report the 5 mandatory data points to the state, while simultaneously capturing the incredible amount of intricate data generated by modern gardens and labs. As cultivators move through the compliance workflow, data about COGs, consumable depletion and inventory, scheduling, personnel, HR, and production processes can be collected and referenced while maintaining a compliant cannabis business.

 

We see the benefits becoming more apparent as time goes by in the shops that use TPI’s. The biggest benefit we see that TPI gives its users is the ability to get very specific with production scheduling and communicate that schedule efficiently. Scheduling becomes more and more important the larger an operation becomes. The gardens that always have plants ready for Mothers, Clones and Veg will always be flowering and more importantly, harvesting. Being able to use that schedule in conjunction with SOP’s means employees come to work with a list of tasks waiting on their daily dashboard. They can then mark each task, pulled from SOP’s and auto assigned to each employee, as complete and sign off on to make sure the job is done, accountability is established, and compliance is maintained.

 

Measuring productivity, and eliminating inefficiencies using the historical record generated by these Enterprise Resource Planning tools, or ERP, has a cumulative effect over time. Delta9 Systems consults with many different customers, some who use TPI/ERP, and some who don’t. As the Industry gets more mature, we are seeing huge structural advantages in the businesses who are implementing TPI. The seemingly tiny savings add up and have an exponential effect. Having data to make decisions saves time and resources, which translates to money. Using historical sales data allows a better planning for each round. We expect to see these advantages increase exponentially as margins continue to shrink and competition becomes fiercer.

 

365 Cannabis is working with the team at Delta9 Systems to verify hardware that is plug and play. Based on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central platform, this system delivers the robust workflow support that cannabis pros need. The cultivation tracking is very simple, but the processing workflow tracks COG extremely well through each operation, and the sales tools are hard to beat. It integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft productivity programs you might already be using so the training and ramp up is simple. The scheduling tools give cultivators a great way to plan for orders months in advance, and create plants based on pre-orders. Most importantly, because it is windows based, you won’t have problems with drivers or software compatibility. Schedule a demo today!

 

This article was provided by Delta9 Systems

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