LWX Partners with Vintaflow to Simplify Ordering and Shipments
LWX (Latitude Wines) partners with Vintaflow to simplify ordering and shipments across its beverage sourcing, importation, and distribution work for retailers.
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Practical perspectives on forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain coordination in the wine and beverage industry.
LWX (Latitude Wines) partners with Vintaflow to simplify ordering and shipments across its beverage sourcing, importation, and distribution work for retailers.
We were asked why our forecast missed an uplift. The answer had been sitting in Alma Wines' design department for six months.
WSWA asks whether beverage alcohol has found its floor. A stabilising demand trend and a recovered working capital position are not the same thing.
Most Q4 plans in wine start from last year's shipments and a seasonal uplift. In a destocking year, neither input tells you what you need to know.
Defaulting to full container loads trades a freight cost for an inventory cost. Real container optimization starts with inbound visibility.
Distributors aren't reactive from a lack of planning skill, but a lack of information. Closing that gap is the real transformation.
Seasonal demand planning in wine and spirits fails on timing, not accuracy. By the time the signal is visible, the window has closed.
Spreadsheets work until they don't. Five signs your wine supply chain has outgrown them — and what staying put is already costing you.
Multi-echelon supply chain management means vertical tiers, not multiple warehouses. Why wine's three-tier system creates blind spots.
More supply chain partners reduces risk but multiplies complexity. Here's where the coordination costs hide, and why they compound.
Wine tariffs change costs across the supply chain. Why dollar pass-through, percentage price changes and timing need to be considered separately.
Current state of AI adoption by Vintaflow
Leading supply chain analysts point to visibility, automation and resilience. Here's how those priorities translate to your operation.
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5 minute read to learn more about Vintaflow. Who it is for and what it does.