Napa, CA – Treasury Wine Estates and ZAM Apps have teamed up to build a powerful, collaborative web-based harvest scheduling tool. This tool was built as part of the existing winery operations planning tool, vinoEZ.com. During the 2016 harvest, all of Treasury Wine Estates’ eight California-based wineries have been able to manage their schedules in one central location and in one standardized way.
“Prior to using vinoEZ our team operated using antiquated spreadsheets. As our winery operations became more complex, we needed a different tool to help manage and communicate plans,” Beringer General Manager Eric Gilliland said. “vinoEZ has helped us use a common language and is customized to our needs. Our planning is more proactive and less cumbersome, helping us gain in overall efficiency. I recommend vinoEZ to anyone looking to take their operations planning to the next level.”
“I’m loving the Scheduler module, it is certainly making our lives easier.” Etude Winemaker Jon Priest said. One of the main goals of vinoEZ.com’s harvest scheduling tool was to balance between the necessity of a robust system and an easy to use application. It was developed to get out of the user’s way and support the unique nuances of big and small wineries.
“The cross-site, easy to use harvest scheduling tool evolved quickly as we went through harvest. Shawn Zizzo and Beau Raines were very collaborative and turned around our requests in a timely manner. We are very happy with the result.” Stags’ Leap Winemaker Christophe Paubert Winemaker mentioned. Shawn Zizzo, ZAM Apps founder and CEO, added, “Early on in the design process, we worked very closely with the team at Treasury Wine Estates. Yes, ZAM Apps wrote the software, but we all built the app. We couldn’t be more proud of the result.”
About Treasury Wine Estates: Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s largest wine companies, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The company has a rich heritage and a portfolio of some of the most recognised and awarded wine brands in the world. TWE is focused on portfolio premiumisation and brand-led marketing, with world-class production facilities in internationally recognised wine regions.
About ZAM Apps, Inc.: ZAM Apps, Inc. is a Napa, CA based software firm that crafts business web and mobile applications geared towards wine and craft beer industries. Founded in 2010, ZAM Apps has built custom business critical applications spanning supply chain planning, winery operations planning, distributor collaborative forecasting and direct-to-consumer business intelligence. In 2015, ZAM Apps launched EZplan.co – a simple, but powerful supply chain planning web application that is currently in use within the craft beer industry. For more information, visit: www.zamapps.com
