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This page contains a generalised overview of Vinsight from a workflow and functionality perspective. For more detailed technic...
Vinsight is a cloud-based software built for the beverage industry, with flexible tools for managing production, inventory, and sales. These key areas support the product workflow, at every stage, from raw ingredients to customer.
Vinsight is a cloud-based software built for the beverage industry, with flexible tools for managing production, i...
Production
Product...
Inventory
Invento...
Sales
Sales
Overview
Overview
  • Documenting for Compliance
  • Spirit Receival & Ingredient Purchase
  • Bulk Operations
  • Packaging and Despatch

Documenting for Compliance Spirit Receival...
  • Inventory Monitoring
  • Stock Ageing Tools
  • Material Resource Planning
  • Compliance Tracking
Inventory MonitoringStock Ageing Too...
  • Trade, Wholesale and Export
    Sales
  • Excise Reporting
  • Native B2B Support
  • Integration with Consumer Sales
    Tools

Trade, Wholesale and Export...
Sales Dashboard
The "Sales Dashboard" is an customisable home screen used for planning, recording, and viewing sales.
The "Sales Dashboard" is an customisable home screen used for planning, rec...
Make
Make
Vinsights "Buy and Sell" section provides tools to manage both purchasing and sales processes . It supports trade, wholesale, and export sales, and can also connect to B2C sales channels. Stock levels for incoming and outgoing goods are tracked through the Purchases and Sales Dashboards, which can be customised to show relevant data from other parts of the system.
Vinsights "Buy and Sell" section provides tools to manage both purchasing and sales processes . It supports trade...
Operations Dashboard
Use "Bulk Operations" to create a brew, mash or spirit from recipes, do a still run and record any other movements of, or additions to, bulk product.
Use "Bulk Operations" to create a brew, mash or spirit from recipes, do a still ru...
Vinsight is not a full accounting package, but it does specialise in Cost Accounting and help manage the balances of your current assets, calculates inventory valuations and generates journals for production activities and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) reporting
Vinsight is not a full accounting package, but it does specialise in Cost Accounting and help manage the balances...
Analyse
Analyse

Purchase Orders

Purchase Orders
Purchase Orders record the delivery of ingredients like grain, molasses, sugar cane.
Purchase Orders record the deliver...

Bulk Recievals

Bulk Recievals
Bulk Receivals are used to record bulk receivals of spirit or wash.
Bulk Receivals are used to record...
Inbounds
Inbounds

Lab Analysis

Lab Analysis
Record anaylsis results for ABV, gravities etc.
Record anaylsis result...

Ferments Analysis

Ferments Analysis
Record fermentation analyses for fermenting washes.
Record fermentation an...
Count
Count
Production
Production
Packaging Operations
Consume packaging and bulk to create Stock Items.
Consume packaging and bulk to crea...

Bulk Despatch

Bulk Despatch
Document despatches of bulk to outbound location
Document despatches of bulk to out...

Stock Adjustments

Stock Adjustments
Adjust stock levels and locations to match actual stock counts, or record changes due to things like breakages, damage or expiration.
Adjust stock levels and locations...
Stock Transfers
Document transfers of stock between stock locations.
Document transfers of stock betwee...

Stock Items

Stock Items
Everything not in a tank can be tracked as a 'Stock Item' in the App. 'Stock Items' encompass all product ingredients, packaging and finished items.
Everything not in a tank can be tr...
Buy and Sell
Buy and...
Outgoing Goods
Outgoing Goods
Account
Account
Account Dashboard
The "Account Dashboard" is a key interface for viewing, and analysing production costs associated with the product .
The "Account Dashboard" is a key interface for viewing, and analysing produc...
Inputs
Inputs
Transactions
Transactions

Cost Allocations

Cost Allocations
View and apply/allocate indirect costs for overheads and other costs to Bulk Work in Progress.
View and apply/allocate indi...

Alcohol Taxation

Alcohol Taxation
Tax recording, auditing and reporting for Excise.
Tax recording, auditing and re...
Sales Performance
Sales Performance
Unlock real-time insights into revenue, margins, and product trends, track product performance by product and/or customer groups.
Unlock real-time insights into r...
Purchases Dashboard
The "Purchases Dashboard" is customisable dashboard used for viewing purchases.
The "Purchases Dashboard" is customisable dashboard used for viewing purchas...
Incoming Goods
Incoming G...

End of Period Accounting

End of Period Accounting
Produce Journals for production, bottling and COGS.
Work in progress and stock on hand valuations
Produce Journals for production...
Packaging and Despatch
Packaging and Despa...

Purchase Orders

Purchase Orders
Raise and record purchases when purchasing services or stock items from suppliers. Purchasing ingredients and packaging is the first step in accurate costings.
Raise and record purchases whe...

Sales Orders

Sales Orders
Sales Orders are raised when selling services or stock items out of inventory. Sales orders are multi-currency and sales tax aware.
Sales Orders are raised when...

Add-Ons

Add-Ons
Integrate and synchronise sales status information with Vinsight's B2C sales options
Integrate and synchronise sa...

Production Cost Monitoring

Production Cost Monitoring
Keep close track of production costs with dynamic product costing reports that provide valuable insights for accounting and analysis.
Keep close track of production c...
Reporting
Reporting
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Add-Ons

Add-Ons
Integrate and synchronise sales status information with Vinsight's Add-Ons
Integrate and synchronise sa...
Vinsight offers a wide range of pre-built reports that can be customised and exported in various formats. You can also design and save your own custom reports for future use. Reports include the following features:
Vinsight offers a wide range of pre-built reports that can be customised and exported in various formats. You can...

Inventory

Inventory
'Stock on Hand' reporting allows you to summarise and view current and historic inventory levels
'Stock on Hand' reporting allows...

Traceability

Traceability
Traceability reporting allows for easy access product history from estate to customer. This helps with external and internal compliance
Traceability reporting allows f...

Compliance

Compliance
Produce quick summarizations and comprehensive reports for Excise Tax.
Produce quick summarizations and...
The "Make" area of Vinsight is really where the distilling and brewing happens. Here, the entirety of the spirit or beer making process can be planned and recorded from receiving spirit or wash through to bottling.
The "Make" area of Vinsight is really where the distilling and brewing happens. Here, the entirety of the spirit o...
Vinsight is a B2B (wholesale business to business) sales tool and does not do consumer sales natively. However it connects to
e-commerce and POS systems for multi-channel sales reporting, tax reporting and central inventory tracking.
While Vinsight is not an accounting package, it does do invoicing.
Vinsight is a B2B (wholesale business to business) sales tool and does not do consumer sales natively. However i...
The Purchases area lets you create and manage purchase orders for stock or services. Orders support multiple currencies and can be emailed directly to suppliers. The dashboard helps you track what’s on order, expected delivery dates, and incoming inventory.
The Purchases area lets you create and manage purchase orders for stock or services. Orders support multiple curr...