Get Back. To What You Love.

The average brewer gets into brewing because they love beer. And the act of brewing, of testing and failing, and testing again; of experimenting and creating. All to give birth to something, which, when complete, is magic. It’s pure excitement.

What they don’t necessarily get excited over is paperwork. And yet, for the average brewer, the act of brewing is just one piece of running a very complicated business – one that, yes, requires a lot of paperwork.

Enter software, technology that’s supposed to make brewery operations easier. But often the software available feels clunky, bloated, difficult to use, because it’s either built for much larger breweries or was designed for a different industry. It might feel like a round peg in a square hole thing. That’s what Darin Haener, founder of Fermentable, thought when he was running his brewery operation.

Haener spent a decade in the brewing industry frustrated with the lack of quality software solutions for managing brewery operations. After transitioning to a career in software development, Haener seized an opportunity to fill the hole he saw in the market for small to midsize breweries. “There are solutions out there for the big players to be sure,” said Haener. “But a large part of the market is those small to midsize breweries who are trying to run their operations on spreadsheets.”

The Fermentable team joined forces with Next Glass to bring Ollie Ops, the next generation of Fermentable, to life. And while you can’t kick back and enjoy the fruits of this labor in a glass, it can be just as exciting. Ollie Ops is brewery management software that is easy to use and affordable. Brew log entry, TTB reporting, raw materials forecasting and more, made easy.

But can software really improve brewery operations? Or does it just get in the way.

The team at Crow Peak Brewing finds that Ollie Ops software helps them get back to what they love. “Our goal is to continue brewing consistent, quality beer. Ollie Ops (FermentAble) helps us meet our goals and supports the best practices in our industry.”

Many brewers we spoke with found that compiling TTB reports is a real headache, sometimes taking several hours or even days to complete. In addition, staying on top of inventory levels requires real diligence. These and other challenges are solved by simple reporting and dashboard tools in Ollie Ops.

The Top 3 Benefits of Ollie Ops

Ollie Ops can be used as a stand-alone product, or in combination with other Next Glass Brewery Solutions: Ollie Order and Oznr. These three platforms allow brewers to streamline their operations from brewing to logistics to ecommerce.

“We are revolutionizing the brewing industry,” says Eric Theron, EVP of Next Glass Commerce. “Our suite of technology lets you manage every aspect of your business activities from grain to glass. Unlike other technologies in the space, the Next Glass suite of products was purpose-built for the brewing industry. With our technology, breweries can manage production, wholesale, and retail orders, as well as direct-to-consumer ecommerce.”

Managing a process from raw materials through finished goods is only part of the story.

Once a beer is brewed and recorded as finished goods inventory, it has to be sold. And that brings an entirely different set of challenges. Incoming orders can take on many shapes: email, fax, text, or orders submitted via the super-successful field sales team. But allocating those orders against finished goods inventory can be a real balancing act. Ollie Order solves for that. “What many systems lack is the concept of pending inventory,” said Thelen. “If a salesperson secures an order in the field, we immediately classify that inventory as “pending,” which prevents another sales rep or employee from accessing that inventory or overselling the SKU.”

Ollie Order facilitates order transactions within a simple to use interface. Users can process orders and get a single source-of-truth view of inventory, plus utilize the same system for invoicing, payment processing and reporting.

Tracy McLean, Owner of Longwood Brewery, found real value in Ollie Order. “Applying their integrations has cut one of my tasks down to thirty percent of the time it took me before,“ says McLean. “In a small business like ours, where everyone wears many hats, Ollie offers us value with all the time savings.”

The Top 3 Benefits of Ollie Order

But to make an already complicated business model more complicated, the pandemic has fueled an already building desire for more ecommerce in the beer industry.

Many breweries are finding that they have another channel through which to sell their products: ecommerce. Online sales for both everyday brews and limited, special releases present a unique set of challenges.

Oznr is an online craft beverage marketplace that allows the beer enthusiasts of the world to connect directly with the brands they love. As with all of Next Glass Brewery Solutions, it is purpose built for the craft beverage industry, with features to handle the high demand of special releases as well as membership programs without spreadsheets.

Ignacio Montenegro, Co-Founder, Tripping Animals Brewery, appreciates the thoughtful design. “When you’re part of an industry as fast-paced, spontaneous, and ever changing as the brewing industry, every moving piece needs to be working at maximum output and efficiency. Working with the Oznr team has made that aspect of our lives as smooth as butter. They…make high-demand releases and ticketed events a breeze.”

The Top 3 Benefits of Oznr

Yes, software can help you get back. To what you love. Brewing.

Next Glass Brewery Solutions: Ollie Ops, Ollie Order and Oznr, are a purpose-built, all-in-one brewing solutions platform, offering streamlined software to manage brewery operations, order fulfillment and inventory, government reporting, and ecommerce. It’s affordable, easy-to-use, and built by brewers, for brewers. To learn more, or schedule a demo of any of the Brewery Solutions products, follow the link below.

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