Flowmation Systems

Flowmation Systems is a Canadian software firm whose systems track production, stock and lab data at breweries, vineyards and wineries. It says the software was designed together with brewers and winemakers and gives producers real-time figures on their operations so they can plan, track production and cut inventory.

What Flowmation Systems offers

• Brewery Information System — production and inventory tracking for breweries.
• Winery Information System — the equivalent system for wineries, with a wine library.
• Vineyard Information System — records for vineyard operations.
• Quality Information System — laboratory and quality data.
• Finished Product and Packaging — tracking of finished goods and packaging.

Who it works with

The company began in 1992 with a brewery system for Molson, used across ten breweries whose output ranged from 200,000 to 4 million hectolitres. A winery version followed for Vincor International and went live in 12 wineries.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Founded: 1992
• Technology: Microsoft Access and Visual Basic, on Access or SQL Server databases, with tablet and barcode reader support
• Leadership: president Peter Macwilliam