Plan With Confidence: Connected Inventory + Actionable Reporting for Wine & Spirits
Introduction: The fastest way to fix purchasing and inventory in wine & spirits isn’t more spreadsheets—it’s better signals. When inventory, sales, and supplier data flow into one system, you get the visibility to see what’s moving, what’s aging, and what’s at risk.
The wine and spirits industry has never been more competitive. With tight margins, rising customer expectations, and constant pressure to move inventory efficiently, there’s no room for error—or for outdated systems. Yet many suppliers and distributors are still relying on disconnected tools and manual workarounds that simply can’t keep up with today’s demands.
At best, you're treading water, and that’s not good enough.
Visibility Into Your Inventory Isn’t a “Nice to Have” with Alcohol Distribution Software
One of the biggest challenges across the wine and spirits supply chain is inventory visibility. Whether you're a supplier managing multiple warehouses or a distributor relying on third-party logistics (3PL), you need to know what you have, where it is, and how quickly it’s moving. Without real-time insight, you risk stockouts, overstocking, delayed orders, and frustrated customers. Modern purchasing and inventory management require much more than spreadsheets or legacy ERP systems. You need a solution built for your industry—and your reality.
Reporting: The Bridge Between Inventory Insight and Smarter Purchasing
Real-time visibility only pays off if your team can turn it into action. That’s where reporting and analytics come in. Strong reporting closes the loop between what’s on the shelf today and what you should buy tomorrow so you purchase with confidence, not guesswork.
What effective reporting looks like for wine & spirits:
- Demand & seasonality trends to set accurate reorder points and safety stock by SKU, vintage, or brand.
- Aged and at-risk inventory to guide markdowns, allocations, or channel shifts before value erodes.
- Vendor scorecards tracking lead times, fill rates, and OTIF to tune purchasing calendars and reduce expedites.
- Landed cost and margin-by-item reporting to prioritize buys that actually protect gross margin.
- Allocation and pre-sell visibility to align open POs and inbound containers with committed demand.
- Exception dashboards that flag slow movers, stockouts, and purchase variances in time to act.
When reporting is embedded in daily workflows, purchasing plans stop being reactive. You cut excess, prevent shortages, and buy exactly what will move at the margins you need.
Enter 365WineTrade: Purpose-Built for Wine & Spirits
365WineTrade, from Western Computer, is designed specifically for the unique needs of wine and spirits suppliers and distributors. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, it delivers powerful financial, purchasing, and inventory tools—all within a flexible, secure, cloud-based platform.
With 365WineTrade, you can say goodbye to manual workarounds and disconnected systems. Instead, you’ll gain real-time visibility into inventory across all your locations, including 3PL partners and in-transit stock. That means better planning, smarter purchasing, and more efficient fulfillment.
Why 365WineTrade?
365WineTrade understands the wine and spirits business—right down to the bottle. It gives you the flexibility to manage inventory in the way that makes sense for your business, whether that’s by case, bottle, or both. It also simplifies complex purchasing processes, allowing you to consolidate multiple purchase orders into a single document, saving time and ensuring fair freight allocation.
Benefits for Both Wine and Spirits Suppliers and Distributors
Whether you're a supplier or a distributor, 365WineTrade helps you run a tighter, more informed operation. You get real-time visibility into inventory across all your warehouses, 3PL partners, and even in-transit stock, so you're not second-guessing what’s available or where it is. That visibility helps you stock what’s actually in demand, cut down on overstocking, and reduce the risk of shortages that can disrupt your flow of business.
For suppliers, it's a game changer. Managing inventory across multiple locations becomes much simpler, and with better insight into 3PL and in-transit inventory, your planning becomes far more accurate. The ability to work in cases or bottles gives you the flexibility you need to handle products the way you actually sell them. Purchasing also gets a major upgrade—you can create a single document to manage multiple POs, making freight splits fairer and receiving faster.
Distributors benefit just as much. With a clearer view of where inventory sits and how it’s moving, you can coordinate across locations more efficiently and fulfill orders with greater confidence. That same flexibility in how inventory is tracked—by the case or the bottle—makes a big difference when you're juggling different types of customers and product needs.
Ready to Stop Treading Water?
365WineTrade is a strategic advantage for wine and spirits businesses that are ready to do more than just keep up. If you’re ready to streamline operations, increase visibility, and make smarter purchasing decisions, it’s time to see what 365WineTrade can do for you.
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