VicinityBrew Videos

Check out our 4.45 Release from Q1 2024 from the dev team for new enhancements and features available to breweries and distilleries today. Highlights include enhancements to planned orders, production scheduling and more.

Check out our 4.43 Release from Q2 2023 from the dev team for new enhancements and features available to breweries and distilleries today.

Check out our 4.41 Release from Q4 2022 for all the new enhancements and features available to breweries and distilleries.

Check out our 4.40 Release from Q3 2022 for all the new enhancements and features available to breweries and distilleries.

Check out our 4.39 Release from Q2 2022 to see lots of great new features and functionality. Enhancements brought to you by our dev team as well as client requests!

Check out our 4.38 Release from Q1 2022 to see what's new in our brewery management software. Lots of great features and functionality.

Check out our 4.37 Release to see what new brewery management software features and enhancements have been added to our product. Cheers!

Quarter 3 is a wrap! Check out our 4.36 Release to see what new features and enhancements have been added to our product. We think you'll like them!

Release 4.35 is available. This Q2 release highlights enhancements to existing features enabling more customization and ease of use.

Check out our latest release 4.34 available now. This release is packed with new and enhanced features and functionality. Since we add new features each quarter, take a look at what we added to the Vicinity product for Q1 of 2021.

The Planning Workbench can now retrieve and display formulas for which there are no open planned orders or batches. In addition, the list can be filtered for formulas that have activity, formulas that have no activity, or all formulas. Previously, formulas without activity would not show up on the Planning Workbench.

Attributes can now be configured as assignable to components, formulas, or both. To support this feature, two visibility settings have been added to the Attributes Setup window: Hide for components, and Hide for formulas. When an attribute is hidden, the hidden attribute and any child attributes will not be available for selection on the applicable window.

Automatically assigned lot numbers can now be defined by batch type in addition to facility. This allows you to have unique lot number definitions for each batch type at a facility.

External documents can now be associated with a project.

The end item lot numbers can now be automatically assigned when a lot tracked end item is added to a batch. The setting can be enabled either for a facility or batch type. The setting applies to end items added to a batch via the Batch Entry window, or when an end item is added to a batch by converting planned orders to batches. Previously, lot numbers were automatically assigned only when an end item quantity to complete was entered.

The following enhancements have been made to the Planning Workbench: Single Formula Inquiry Single formula inquiry has been added to simplify querying planning information for an individual formula. User Defined Batch Types The Planning Workbench has been enhanced to support querying planning information based on formula batch type. Previously, the Batch type restriction only supported Mix and Fill values.

Quality Sample Entry for Batch type samples has been enhanced to update lot attributes for lots produced by a batch based on quality test results. Previously, lot attributes were only updated for Component Lot samples.

Batch Entry support for parameters has been enhanced to include parameters associated with unit procedures, operations, and phases. Prior to this release, only parameters associated with the overall batch were supported. Two main types of parameters are supported: Batch and Procedure. Batch parameters are associated with the top-level batch. Procedure parameters are associated with either a unit procedure, an operation associated with a unit procedure, or a phase associated with an operation.

VicinityView has been enhanced to support grouping of search clauses so order of comparison operations can be explicitly defined. Prior to 4.33, and/or comparisons were evaluated from left to right.

We made it to 2021...just barely but we did! We hope everyone is having a happy and healthy new year. We've been working hard to deliver great new features to the VicinityBrew product.  Since we add new features each quarter, here's how we've stayed busy in Q4 2020. 

Batch Quality Inquiry is a new Quality feature that displays all quality samples and QC tests for a batch, for lot tracked components produced by a batch, and for lot tracked components consumed by a batch.

Import Forecast is a new feature that populates the Vicinity Forecast table directly from an Excel spreadsheet.

The Project Entry window has been enhanced to support creating a batch directly from a trial.

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.32 Release. 4.32 Product Structure Copy Product Structure Copy is a new Product Development feature. It is used to…

Fall into new features from Vicinity Our Q3 release is out and it’s got all the good stuff! As we are all settling in for the home stretch to January 2021 (bye, bye 2020), our development team has been heads down adding the latest features and functionality available to our Vicinity customers.

As the team truly settles into “working from home” life with a full 3 months plus working remotely, we’ve managed to deliver on our promise to release new features and functionality each and every quarter. And this quarter is no different.

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.31 Release. 4.31 Batch Entry Auto Save Batch Entry has been enhanced to automatically assign a batch number and…

Quality samples may now be taken against a process cell. This allows you to track information relevant to one or more pieces of equipment.

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.31 Release. 4.31 Crystal Reports Server Processing (PDF) Reports can now be generated on your web/file server and delivered…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Multiple Start Dates Check out this video for more information about multiple start dates within Create…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Additional Cost Backflush Control Functionality has been enhanced to allow additional costs to be included in…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Create Batches UI Changes Create batch settings have been re-arranged and updated to support Create Batch…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Ctrl-Space Standard Navigation Lookup This feature has added more intelligence to the navigation functionality. With this…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Deep Text Navigation In addition to navigating directly to a Vicinity window using the Standard Lookup…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 VicinityView Query for Out Of License This addition to 4.30 is useful when looking up licensing…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Size By Formula Or Default Size This feature focuses on the size of the batch and…

Check out this feature video that was added to our recent 4.30 Release. 4.30 Use Mixes In Create Batches Allows the user to enter the number of mixes for each…

Release 4.30 is packed with new features and functionality. Even though things look a bit different these days, staying on schedule for quarterly updates helped us maintain a sense of normalcy during the first few months of 2020.

Check out this video for component lot smart lookup that was added to our recent 4.29 Release. Component lot smart lookup  This feature has added more intelligence to the lookup…

Multiple end items to a batch This feature came directly from our FOCUS customer event and is a great time saver for those companies adding multiple end items to a…

Happy Brew Year – and welcome to a brand new decade! We are celebrating with this latest release that is packed with great enhancements. As an organization, we strive to…

Q & A Customer Spotlight with our friends at Hangar 24 Brewery. What problems are you trying to solve? Why did you choose VicinityBrew? What benefits have you seen using…

Customer Spotlight on Allagash Brewing Co, Portland, Maine. What problems are you trying to solve? What made you choose VicinityBrew? How does VicinityBrew meet your needs? What benefits have you…

Associating and allocating labor, overhead and other additional costs at breweries. In VicinityBrew, you can have as many additional costs as you need for a process. Think labor, overhead, utilities,…

Quality Sample Entry Recording QC entry for an in process brew or fermentation log.

VicinityBrew is a software system designed for brewers.

Recording QC tests on inbound raw materials for a brewery. Process of entering QC test results for a brewery. Check out this video for entering inbound raw materials. In this…

Quality Sample Entry Quality analysis using VicinityView which allows you to query any data in the system. Functions like Excel. Check out the capability to analyze the data.

Avoid the pitfalls of Excel…it is not effective as a database. Use a brewery management tool to connect QC data, brewlogs and accounting. Data is dynamic with real-time updates.

Production calendar and resource view. Scheduling and production calendaring. MRP tool is behind-the-scenes; the system looks at supply and demand and alerts you to shortages. Makes it easy for the…

Updating production logs: brew, fermentation and packaging Walk through the process of creating a log within VicinityBrew for fermentation, brew or packaging and updating the activities as needed to give…

Creating a new brew in VicinityBrew. Creation of a new item for production, specifically the components and the process associated with creating those records.

QuickBooks online integration demo with VicinityBrew. Integration between VicinityBrew online and QuickBooks online. Quick overview.

QuickBooks online integration Create new brews, not new spreadsheets. Improve inventory control, incorporate quality data, centralize scheduling, simplify TTB and excise tax and streamline operations overall.

Enhance planning with VicinityBrew’s calendar. Visual representation of your production calendar from brewing to fermentation to packaging. Drill down to a brew log, make adjustments and highlight any idle time.…

Make better purchasing decisions. As a craft brewer, constraints that are out of your control can impact your daily operations. A clear view of what you need to brew and…

Don’t leave QuickBooks until you’re ready. Small breweries use Excel for everything amounting to lots of spreadsheets and isolated data. Moving forward and growing your business, standardize and centralize data…

Brewery management software. Keeping brewers brewing.  Brew log processing Distribution demands Production controls  Easy to use Flexible and scalable  Quality controls  Compliance 

Production scheduling…production calendar…Part 2. Let’s talk in terms of production calendar – when do I need to make the product, what is needed to make the product and when –…

Microsoft GP add-ons and VicinityBrew

Calculating the hypothetical costs of production and packaging of beer. Calculating the proposed cost using the component cost roll-up tool to analyze the cost details of a single SKU, a…

What is ERP? And why do I need to care about it? Built for small and medium businesses to help manage financials. Business automation tools like Microsoft Dynamics helps to…

How are you managing your financials today? Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP) is built to improve efficiencies and grow your business. Tracks real-time operations on any device.

Review quality test results during data entry Added into quality sample screen in VicinityBrew giving you the ability to see test results already entered while you are entering new results.…

Tracking your customer accounts with QuickBooks online CRM capabilities of VicinityBrew Online. A walk-through of features and functionality available to the user.

Managing production shortages Manually add to the schedule or you can use an MRP process that runs on-schedule or on-demand. A regeneration process will tell the system to run when…

Safety stock and planned orders How do the planned orders or scheduled batches come about? A walkthru of the details and information available to the user, including an explanation of…

Advanced forecasting Forecast by finished good item or individual SKU or forecast by initial production run, such as brite beer as an example. Use your current tools such as Excel…

Planning for production loss Every process you do can have an anticipated yield based on a percentage of a style and SKU level (process-level). Auto adjust production plans for standard…

Gantt Chart Production Schedule Added to the production scheduling area in a Gantt chart view. This screen is a replacement for existing functionality around the calendar. Always able to view…

Production schedule – grouping and filtering views A walkthru of features and functions around the filtering and grouping of items. Tips for what can constitute a brand or a group…