Connected planning for beverage alcohol businesses

The hidden costs nobody tracks well in BevAlc

Most beverage alcohol companies do not have a revenue problem.They have a visibility problem. Money is not disappearing. It is getting tied up, missed, or wasted inside the planning process.

Inventory you are carrying but should not be

Excess inventory feels safe but it quietly drains margin. Cash gets locked up in the wrong SKUs, the wrong markets, or the wrong timing.

Revenue lost due to stockouts and missed demand

Stockouts do not just hurt service levels. They kill revenue you never see. When demand is there but product is not, those missed sales rarely show up clearly. They just disappear.

Time your team spends planning instead of deciding

Your team is not short on effort. They are buried in process. Hours spent reconciling spreadsheets and chasing numbers is time not spent making decisions that move the business forward.

Why these costs stay hidden

They sit across systems, teams, and timelines. Individually small. Collectively massive. This is where margin gets lost.

When planning data is disconnected

When planning data is disconnected, issues build up across the business and become harder to detect and fix.

Sales, operations, and finance are not aligned

Forecasts fall behind reality

Decisions are made with partial information

Teams spend more time reconciling numbers than acting on them

What is the financial impact of better planning?

Small gaps in planning turn into excess inventory, missed revenue, and wasted time. Improving visibility and alignment can unlock meaningful gains across your entire supply chain.
We have put together a simple way to estimate that impact based on your business.

Claret connects your planning so you can act with confidence

Claret is an integrated business planning platform built specifically for the beverage alcohol industry. It connects your sales forecasts, inventory, production, and vintage planning into one system so you can see what is happening, what is coming, and what to do next.

Reduce costs

Eliminate excess inventory and reactive decisions.

Sell more

Avoid stockouts and capture demand when it happens.

Plan with confidence

Make decisions with aligned, real time data across your business.

How Claret works across your operation

The problem does not exist in one place. It comes from how everything connects. Claret gives you visibility and control across every stage of your supply chain.

A unified view of your crop demand and supply

View crop demand and supply across vintages.

Catch surpluses or gaps before they happen.

Plan grape purchases with long-term clarity.

Powerful, flexible vintage planning

Map releases by vintage using real-time sales and inventory data.

Adjust to shifting demand with flexible, forward-looking tools.

Spot bulk wine gaps years in advance.

of our Make Planning module

Plan production with confidence

Protect against stockouts without overproducing.

Align sales, operations, and inventory strategy.

Turn sales forecasts into actionable bottling plans.

Fast, reliable forecasting

Create consensus-based depletion forecasts.

Easily build long-term forecasts to aid your budgeting process.

Generate shipment forecasts based on distributor days on hand.

of our Sales Collaboration module

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The hidden costs nobody tracks well in BevAlc