Bulk Spirit and Barrel Inventory Management Solutions.
Software solutions designed to meet the specific requirements of distillers, barrel warehouse keepers, and cask brokers.
Supporting our customers to optimise the management of their maturing spirit inventory to meet current and future demand.
Leading Experts in Maturing Spirit Management
DRAMS is the longest established software provider dedicated to the management of maturing spirit inventory. We provide:2
- Specialised functionality
- Strategic partnerships
- Deep domain expertise
- Seamless integrations
- Fully scalable solutions
What is DRAMS?
Specialised Technology for Managing a Maturing Spirit Inventory
DRAMS is a comprehensive spirit inventory management platform, specifically designed to manage the movement and maturation of bulk stocks in a distillery and warehousing environment. The solution provides tools to efficiently manage bulk spirit and barrel inventory, warehouse operations, and end-product recipes and comes with an extensive range of reports, including those required for customs and regulatory compliance.
Our selection of add-on-modules further enhance the capability of the platform in key areas of the inventory management process including forward planning, empty wood management, barrel scanning and advanced analytics.
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Revolutionise your Inventory Management with DRAMS
DRAMS offers a fully scalable solution, delivering the same high performance regardless of the number of barrels held in inventory.
DRAMS also automates the generation of despatch documentation, facilitates ownership transfers, and adjusts pricing. This system streamlines operations by reducing manual paperwork and enhancing accuracy in inventory management.
DRAMS supports compliance with legal age requirements via the Age of Youngest Spirit (AYS) calculation and accurately estimates maturation losses. Additionally, it records exact barrel locations and simplifies transaction processing through inventory allocations.
Furthermore, DRAMS supports financial aspects by facilitating warehouse rent calculations and invoicing, significantly streamlining operations and improving data accuracy.
The system supports inventory selection for blending or bottling, adjusts for inventory constraints, and manages recipe variations with temporal controls. It generates efficient pick lists or work orders for warehouse operations and provides comprehensive audit reports and cost analysis for each product, enhancing both production planning and quality control.
It provides standardised, auto-populatable reporting templates for key regulatory bodies such as HMRC and TTB, facilitating the completion of necessary documentation like the W Return, TTB forms, and CRT number tracking for tequila producers. This ensures efficient management of customs and audit requirements, streamlining the compliance process for spirit producers.
The system enhances financial data security through the use of price codes and role-based settings, and integrates seamlessly with existing ERP systems. It also offers detailed recipe audit and production cost reports, helping maintain both product quality and cost-effectiveness.
Furthermore, DRAMS streamlines the financial management process by allowing users to easily create detailed invoices for a range of services including filling, sales, blending charges, wood rental, handling charges, warehouse movements, vat/tanker transfers, transfer of ownership, dispatches, as well as barrel and vat/tanker regauging.
Additionally, DRAMS integrates with our Business Intelligence module, enhancing reporting capabilities with advanced analytics and data export options for streamlined decision-making and compliance.
The transaction ledger allows users to trace the spirit from its final bottled stage back to its origin. With integrations, this data can seamlessly feed into external ERP or financial systems, enhancing audit capabilities and operational transparency.
Designed for Flexibility, Tailored to Meet your Needs
Our modular application allows our customers to tailor the solution to their requirements, adding functionality as requirements change.
DRAMS LTP informs critical CAPEX decisions around warehouse construction, expansion of production capacity, and barrel purchasing, while also identifying revenue generation opportunities in the form of surplus stock.
The live dashboards help supervisors to identify and address operational issues before they impact on the business, while detailed inventory analysis and longer-term trend reporting can be used by managers to monitor plant utilisation, and to identify inventory issues which may affect spirit supply, months or even years in the future.
The integrated cooperage application allows barrel repairs and re-charring operations to be captured, while our DRAMS Scan barrel scanning solution can be used to record the exact location of empty barrels, and to validate the use of barrels in a filling operation based on cask type and number of fills.
Improved tracking and visibility of empty wood inventory helps eliminate wastage, boosts operational efficiency, and supports effective implementation of wood filling plans – ultimately ensuring end product quality and consistency.
The system provides greater visibility and control over cask operations while improving the accuracy of cask position data, leading to better informed operational decision making and improved warehouse efficiency.
The DRAMS Scan solution operates on wireless handheld scanner devices and integrates seamlessly with the core DRAMS application, making it an essential tool for ensuring data accuracy and process optimisation in spirit warehouse environments.
Meanwhile, user access restrictions, cask number tracking, clear marking of reprint labels, and full audit reporting, all combine to eliminate the potential for duplicate labels.
This ensures that DRAMS inventory is updated in real-time, giving full visibility of progress through the filling operation, and improving operational efficiency by eliminating the need for manual data entry.
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For DRAMS pricing or for more information about our products and services contact a member of our consultancy team
Who We Work With
DRAMS is the chosen software partner for organisations managing maturing spirit inventories, including Scotch Whisky, Bourbon, Canadian & Irish Whisk(e)y, Tequila, Rum and Cognac.
Small Distillers
Growing Distillers
Large Distillers
What our
clients say…
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