Vicinity Mfg. solves Deschutes Brewery’s ERP software needs

Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery has grown to be the fifth-largest craft brewery in the United States. Throughout the years, Deschutes has remained dedicated to producing beers of exceptional quality. Its selection of best-selling and award-winning ales range from Black Butte Porter to Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale.

Georgia’s Vicinity Mfg. develops software exclusively for the process manufacturing industry. As a Microsoft Certified Partner, Vicinity Mfg. has provided industry leading solutions for batch manufacturing for over a decade. Its clients span across four continents and are comprised of manufacturers from the food, beverage, chemical, paint, coatings, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Its VicinityBrew software specifically offers comprehensive brewery management solutions for Microsoft Dynamics by integrating and automating critical data along production, finance, quality, scheduling and compliance.

Today, these two titans are working together, as Deschutes chose to support its accelerated growth with the selection and implementation of VicinityBrew software.

“Vicinity provides a cohesive solution that meets the challenges of the craft brewing industry,” explained Randy Smith, chief executive officer and co-founder of Vicinity Mfg. Inc. “Breweries need a cohesive, easy-to-use, software solution that utilizes a centralized database to record and analyze critical information throughout their production process.”

Vicinity solutions provide breweries with the tools essential to address their specific ERP software needs. Enterprise resource planning or ERP systems integrate internal and external management of information across an entire organization, embracing TTB reporting, regulatory compliance, centralized formula management, quality control, material resource planning (MRP), lot traceability and recall, HACCP, MSDS, batch yield and scheduling.

Vicinity Mfg. offers a comprehensive brewery management solution for Microsoft Dynamics by integrating and automating critical data along production, finance, quality, scheduling and compliance. Key functionality includes centralized recipe management, quality control, lot traceability and recall, TTB reporting, inventory control, production planning and scheduling. Vicinity’s craft brewing clients include Deschutes Brewery, Highland Brewing Co., Flying Dog Brewery and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.