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We’re excited to reveal our plans for the launch of a new Warehouse module to sit alongside our class-leading Bulk Planning application. The new module will provide the capability to define storage locations within multiple warehouses, allowing the movement of casks between warehouses and locations, and also cater for the quarantining of casks.

Further features will include the definition of vats and to record dumping into vat, cask filling from vat, vat-to-vat movements and cask-to-cask movements. The recording of cask and vat quantity updates resulting from dipping will also be included. All movements and adjustments will subsequently be available for enquiry, audit and statutory reporting purposes.

The recording of stock movements etc. will be performed on back office PCs or on Android handheld devices, allowing on-the-spot updates, giving operators clear information that is always up-to-date.

The addition of this new Warehouse module will make our Bulk Planning application an even more attractive option to small [...]

Role – TBA SpiritPro is always on the lookout for fresh talent to help us achieve our objective of providing highly functional software and unrivalled customer service to small, medium and large distillers throughout the world. If you have experience in the Spirits industry and are more than usually IT-literate, we would love to hear from you. Given the international nature of our business, strong French language skills are a positive advantage. Role – Software Engineer Quality software is key to our success as a leading supplier of applications to the Spirit industry. If you have a can-do attitude and the right range of skills, we’d be very interested to hear from you. Location and hours per week are flexible. Key skills we’re looking for: C#, SQL, WPF, Entity Framework. Additional desirable skills: GitHub, DevExpress Dashboards, French language.

We’re very pleased to announce the release of our latest integration software, the ERP API (Enterprise Resource Planning Application Programming Interface), which is now included as part of our standard package. It provides a RESTful API that can be driven using a Command Line Interface, thus allowing the automation of interfacing with ERP systems.

Driven by .CSV files, the API is run from the Windows command line using Windows Task Scheduler or process automation tools. For testing and ad-hoc interfacing, the command line can be entered manually.

Using the new ERP API, integrating the Bulk Planning application with your ERP system has never been simpler!

Here at SpiritPro, it’s easy to get lost in the world of software development for the planning of bulk spirit and to feel somewhat far removed from the process of transforming simple raw materials into wonderfully complex spirits. It therefore came as an overdue reminder of the dedication of all involved in the spirits supply chain to immerse myself in the wonderful sights, smells and tastes of the spirits world on a recent trip to the Cognac region of France.

Whilst there, I had the pleasure of visiting Tonnellerie Allary, a company that has been manufacturing oak barrels for the last 70 years. It was fascinating to watch how the barrels are made by hand, using a process that has been pretty much unchanged since the family company was started in 1953.

The oak staves (merrains) are aged for 2 years at the tonnellerie before [...]

SpiritPro Bulk Planning is highly affordable and flexible in its deployment and it is possible to achieve a Return on Investment in year one. Talk to us today and we will show you how SpiritPro Bulk Planning will work in your business and what returns you can expect.SpiritPro Software Benefits Confidence in future supply Avoidance of shortages Measurable time savings Improved sales Higher margins Optimal return on stock Quantifiable money savings Ease of use

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Short Introductory Video (3.21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4c85RSz3V0 Features Overview Video (8.26) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INsGodE2KFY The reasoning behind SpiritPro's Bulk Planning application (2.08)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYDCvN2hncE

SpiritPro director Chris Wheway discusses the development of SpiritPro's Bulk Planning application, a ground-breaking software package that addresses the difficulties of bulk spirit planning.

STATIC DATA Different spirits can be defined as unique Parts, further classified by Part Type (e.g. single spirit, married spirit, finished spirit or bottled stock), Spirit Type (e.g. single malt, blended malt, single grain, blended grain) and Region (e.g. lowland, highland, Speyside etc.) Multiple versions of a Formula can be defined for finished spirit and bottled stock Parts, detailing the one or more Formula Components that go to make up the spirit. A Part Ageing Profile can be defined for a single spirit Part, defining the ageing process on a year-by-year basis, in terms of specific Cask Types. The cost of re-racking from one cask type to another can also be defined. Anticipated re-racking costs are automatically included in forecasts of future lot values. Casks can be defined at a high level as Wood Groups (e.g. hogshead, puncheon), and also at a detailed level as specific Cask Types (e.g. 1st fill hogshead, 2nd fill hogshead). A standard capacity can be defined for each Wood Group. Bonded warehouses can be defined as Bonds. Representative percentage evaporation estimates can be defined down to the level of Bond and Wood Group by year. Anticipated evaporatio [...]