Imagine you are between the fresh aroma of fermenting grains. But an angel comes and steals some portion of spirits away. Yes, exactly, the ‘angel share’ mystery. This poetic loss has always been a financial blackhole for you. Because your systems are not capable of tracking granular inventory. You might know the ‘X’ number of barrels you have in inventory, but do you know the exact volume each barrel holds? Distillery businesses with legacy systems know what I am talking about. You cannot do anything about the yield loss you face, but you can certainly do something to trace it.
Where does the solution lie?
Modern systems like Sage X3 are built for these purposes. Sage X3 is a kind of distillery ERP software that targets unique barrel IDs and estimates angels’ share loss based on environmental factors, providing a precise, real-time valuation of your most valuable assets.
But let’s be honest
Distilleries don’t just “make” a product; they orchestrate a symphony of raw materials, fermentation, distillation, and blending, often across multiple batches and product lines. Hence, the blunders one might imagine during the workflow are something the distillery is used to. But just because we’re habitual doesn’t make it right, does it? It has always worked out with delays and reconciliation. But, one day, these delays can create an inevitable error, causing hefty expenses to the company. Should we wait for the water to get beyond our noses and then take an actionable step?
You would not do that, right?
Sage X3 for the distillery here, as well, will steal the spotlight. Starting from handling Bill of Materials (BOM) and recipes. It provides granular control over batch tracking from grain to glass, automating production planning based on demand forecasts, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring consistent product quality across every run.
One case study mentioned a 50% reduction in data entry efforts and a 75% decrease in manual calculations and verifications with the implementation of a modern ERP. Forrester notes that modern ERP systems like Sage X3 for distillery purposes boost up from up to 10% just by improvements in product quality and cost efficiency (Source.).
Then why do distilleries step back from opting an advance technology that surely will benefit?
Well, it is not always about a lack of understanding of the benefits, but rather a combination of specific challenges and hurdles. The significant cost of investment for small-scale businesses creates hesitation for generating higher ROI when businesses operate on tight margins. Sage X3’s response to such doubts is quite simple. Developed in a non-marginalizing way, Sage X3 software offers industry industry-specific solution for process manufacturing, which, in a form, benefits the distillery industry overall with reduced customization, thanks to Sage X3’s pre-configured design that reduces the time and expenses to custom code the system to individual business workflows. In addition, Greytrix’s expertise is well-equipped to satisfy your desired implementation of Sage products, if further development needs are required. And finally, the game changer for cost, is moving to cloud-based. Sage X3 software eliminates the necessity of purchasing and maintaining high-end serves and IT infrastructure by simply going cloud based. Although, users have an option between going entirely cloud based or on-premise or in fact find the sweet spot by going hybrid. In this fashion, Sage X3 introduces a well flexible platform for all sorts of distillery businesses looking for a distillery ERP software. Want to find out more about scaling your distillery business. It won’t happen with legacy systems that pull you back. Reach out to us and we will guide you in transforming a better tomorrow. Visit www.greytrix.com or Click Here to book a demo.
