Already well-established as a trusted consultant to over 300 wineries, Moss Adams‘ new software is designed to enable a winery to manage a variety of aspects a business has in a single solution. For years, comparable customized ERP (enterprise resource planning) solutions for breweries, agriculture and other industries have been streamlining how companies integrate data across functions, generate real-time insights and make more informed decisions.
Now, Moss Adams’ customized Barrel ERP software allows wineries to replace separate accounting, production and warehouse systems with a single platform that also incorporates the spreadsheets that still reside in Excel. Because an assortment of functions are integrated into one solution, those who manage the operations at the winery can have visibility across the entire business, gaining real-time insights to make smarter, more timely decisions instead of always looking in the rearview mirror. Winery management can control each user’s access level, which is critical for family businesses that keep financials closely held.
“We started with NetSuite, a software platform that handles generic processes like accounting, warehousing, inventory management and other essential functions,” explains Bill Vyenielo, Consulting Senior Manager at Moss Adams. “Then, we added functionality specifically for wineries.”
Value-added functions include packaging, production and wine quality, and dashboards cover wine-specific processes and needs, such as:
- Grower and wine production reports include grape sources, production counts, juice on hand by vintage, brand and varietal, and where it is in the process — in the tank, the cellar, warehouse or out the door.
- Wine quality reports show winemaking metrics, including pH, total acidity, volatile acidity, SO2 levels and brix and alcohol levels.
- Cost of goods (COG) reporting delivers accurate figures in real-time, including your different brands, distribution channels or varietals a winery manages.
During implementation, Moss Adams tailors dashboards and reports with information most relevant to each user, whether they’re the CFO, the Tasting Room Manager, a salesperson negotiating with a distributor, or staff in the back office handling accounting, purchasing or operations. And, since all the data is integrated into one system, the team utilizes the same information from a single source of truth, so salespeople see the actual inventory on hand in real-time, what’s selling now along with up-to-date predictions about what they’ll sell in the future.
“Most winery software focuses on production, accounting agricultural concerns or tracks warehouse inventory, but the result is information silos,” says Michael Parker, Partner, IT Systems Assessment & Planning Consulting at Moss Adams . “Cross-visibility is one of the most powerful benefits of our new Barrel ERP software for wineries who have never had analytics and reporting that gives them visibility across their business.
At Moss Adams, the most important outcome is client success, and we have applied our industry expertise into the new Barrel ERP software for wineries. It isn’t just a tool; it’s a solution that improves a winery’s ability to succeed. If wineries would like to keep their current Point of Sale or existing production software, they can keep it – there’s no requirement to move everything over to Barrel ERP. Our team can assist you to integrate Barrel ERP with those systems, making it a seamless transition.
Visit us at booth #920 for a demo of how it can streamline your winery.
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Unified Symposium Booth: 920
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