Preemient Oregon Winery Digitizes Cellar and Winemaking Practices Using Innovative Software System Technology
vintrace, a cloud-based winery software management system created to track and improve the cellar-to-bottle production process, has revolutionized the way Union Wine Company in Oregon does business.
As the 2020 harvest approached, the very successful 500,000-case-a-year winery was looking to continue improving the efficiency of its operations, including improving the accuracy of data entry, eliminating collection delays. in the lab and resolving communication issues with work orders and shift changes, as well as addressing the multiple and unprecedented ways that Covid-19 has affected the workplace.
These issues were effectively addressed when Union Wine Co. chose to extend its existing vintrace processes to include the winery team to use the mobile app for iOS and Android operating systems, making it easier to enter and edit. real-time on-site data monitoring across the entire wine-making spectrum. .
According to former Union Wine Co. assistant winemaker Kaitlin O’Brien, when her company installed its 30 cellar workers with iPod Touch devices using vintrace’s digital work control system, the improvements were instantaneous.
O’Brien reports that the accuracy was “ten times better, and the data was in our winemaking system as soon as it was measured.”
She also notes that vintrace’s digital work control system has made it easier for cellar staff to work sequentially to avoid errors, because “you have to fill the screen requiring tank soaking before you can move on to the next step”.
The full history of the Union Wine Company is here: https://www.vintrace.com/tus/client-stories/upgrading-from-pen-and-paper-union-wine-co/.
For Heather Crawford, director of vintrace growth, Union Wine Company’s success story affirms the intent and effectiveness of vintrace design.
“What matters is the speed at which information flows from one hand to the other,” says Crawford. “Anything we can do to help the winemaking team access the information and share the information flow is just huge. “
“If people are able to do things faster and make fewer mistakes, it saves time – and it’s money. “
For more information or to request a demo, visit www.vintrace.com.
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