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How to Make the Most out of the Mini‐Computer in your Pocket

Dr. Jodi Creasap Gee

Kent State Ashtabula

• Most cost effective management strategy?

– Whatever you’ll use consistently

• Play around with your phone to find apps that work for your needs.

• Google Earth or Google Maps = FREE

• Google Drive = FREE

• Soil Web = FREE

• Yara CheckIT = FREE

Smartphones, Tablets, Applications, Software:Considerations

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Winery Record Keeping Choices

• Roll Your Own Database: Spend untold thousands of hours building a database with all the bells and whistles that you’ve already created in your model spreadsheet.

• Hire a Programmer: Spend tens of thousands of dollars hiring a programmer to mimic the functionality you’ve already created on your spreadsheet.

• Purchase a Custom Database: Spend tens of thousands of dollars buying a winemaker’s database solution, customized to your specific needs.

• License a Package Designed for Winemakers: Use a solution specifically designed and built to wine industry standards, securely

Vineyard and Winery Management/Organization Considerations

From: The Spreadsheet Trap! by Thomas M. Stockwell

Smartphones and Tablets

• Nearly everyone has one or the other – or both!

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• Apps for:

– Email

– Weather

– Facebook

– Twitter

– Snapchat

– Camera/Picture Management

– NPR Streaming

– Exercise Tracking

– etc. etc. etc.

• Agriculture Apps:– They’re out there – you just have to look!


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Vineyard Management SoftwareSearching the Googles…

Fees:Some apps/software packages are free or offer free trials; others require a fee –monthly, annual, one-time (rare). Still others require new users to get a quote.

VitSmarter | Vineyard Management Software | Easy Wine Grape ...

www.vitsmarter.com/

Product Review: Vineyard Management Software ‐WineBusiness.com

www.winebusiness.com/wbm/?go=getArticle&dataId=43865

Vineyard Management Support Software ‐WineBusiness.com

www.winebusiness.com/content/file/wbm_July11_VineyardSoftware.pdf

Vineyard Management Software ‐WineBusiness.com

www.winebusiness.com/content/File/wbm_0706_vineyard_software.pdf

Premiere Viticultural Services

www.premierevit.com/

WineManagement Systems Solutions: WMS Modules

winemanagementsystems.com/solutions/

Vinsight | Winery Software | Vinsight Software | WineryManagement ...

www.vinsight.net/products

Grow Smarter | Vineyard Management Software & Solutions | by ...

www.grow‐smarter.com/

Fairport Farm Software• Grape Forecaster:

– Sample and forecast yields over multiple vineyards

– Generate sample sites – Enter data and adjust sampling to meet

accuracy targets in the vineyard– Keep all data in one database and manage

it easily– Produce forecasts using a large range of

scientifically-proven methods– Store your historical data and use it to

continually improve your forecasting– Produce professional quality reports and

graphs– Import and Export data in spreadsheet

format

• Mobile Data Entry

Vineyard Management Software

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iCropTrak• FREE Smartphone App:• 4 package options

– Soil– Soil + Scouting– Advanced (includes GDD calculator,

weather info, farming planning)

– Complete (includes work orders, timesheets, chemical applications)

• Pay for access– $400 - $1,200

Vineyard Management Software/App

http://icroptrak.com/index.html

iCropTrak• FREE Smartphone App:• 4 package options

– Soil– Soil + Scouting– Advanced (includes GDD

calculator, weather info, farming planning)

– Complete (includes work orders, timesheets, chemical applications)

• Pay for access– $400 - $1,200


Soil Sampling Assistance

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Vitsmarter

• Vineyard management software

• FREE


http://www.vitsmarter.com/


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Mobile websiteworks well!

(But you may need glasses.)


http://www.vitsmarter.com/

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http://www.premierevit.com/

• Premiere Vision© Vineyard Software

• Not free

Vineyard Management Software – Pricing

http://www.premierevit.com/

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VINx2Winery Software ‐ Home

www.winery‐software.com/

VinsightWinery Software

www.vinsight.net/

AdvancedManagement Systems: CompleteWinery Software Package

amssoftware.com/

eWinery Solutions ‐ Complete eCommerce Solutions for the Wine ...

www.ewinerysolutions.com/

Winery Management Software by VinNOW featuring Point of Sale ...

www.vinnow.com/

VinBalanceWinery Management Software by Ingio

www.vinbalance.com/

Winery Management SoftwareSearching the Googles…

Fees:Some apps/software packages are free or offer free trials; others require a fee – monthly, annual, one-time (rare). Still others require new users to get a quote.

Wine Management Systems

Cloud-based

Winery Management Software

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http://www.wmdb.com/

Orion


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http://www.vinsight.net/


In the Winery

• Maturity data on vineyards and blocks

• Varieties and clone information

• Fruit and bulk wine/juice received into the winery

• Winery operations such as treatments, additions, racking and blending

• Wine analyses

• Planning, recording and reporting on operations

• Wine composition for blend and label integrity

• Wine and additive tracking and costing

• From a quality control and traceability point of view you are able to easily see the history of how you made your award winning wine.

In the Vineyard

• Daily and seasonal vineyard operations from pruning to harvest

• Detailed spray diary reporting

• Maturity data on fruit throughout the growing season

• Operations history, vineyard, block and variety details

• Crop prediction, met data and soil analyses

• Inventory management, ordering, invoicing and dispatch

• Vineyard management captures quality winegrowing information. It is designed to record and deliver information on vineyard operations, stock management, historical production information, analytical information and aims to aid in regulatory compliance

with record keeping.

In the Warehouse

• Vinsight is designed to inward and outward goods at multiple locations.

• Inventory levels, ordering, invoicing and dispatch

• Real time inventory valuation

• Finished wine composition and reporting for label integrity

• Bottling and Labeling operations

In the Office

• Product Costing

• Accounting Integration

• Multi‐currency sales

• Multi‐location warehousing

• Sales and inventory control

• Purchasing control

• Reduced IT costs with cloud hosted optionshttp://www.vinsight.net/

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Winery Management Software –Vinsight…pricing

• Useful apps for general information– Google Drive

• Spreadsheets

• Documents

• Online Forms

• Presentations

• Picture Storage

• Connect to other apps

Smartphones and Tablets –Cheap, Quick, and Easy(?)

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Spreadsheets can be accessed from smartphones and tablets (with 3G+ or wifi connectivity)

• Useful apps for general information– Google Drive

• Spreadsheets

• Documents

• Online Forms

• Presentations

• Picture Storage

• Connect to other apps


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• Useful apps for general information

– Feel free to email me with questions!

– [email protected]


• Links with presentation

• http://fromclasstoglass.wordpress.com/

• http://go.osu.edu/ne-handouts

• Wine and Must Analysis Workshop

– March 22-23, 2014

– http://www.ashtabula.kent.edu/academics/depts/winedegrees/wineandmustworkshop.cfm

Smartphones and Tablets – Data Management via Software and Applications