Raw Materials
The plant based raw material used to make wine.
What are: Grapes.
True or False: Corks are requested to be shipped from manufacturer to Columbia Crest in refrigerated trucks.
What is True.
Columbia Crest Production has 2 - 12-hour bottling shifts beginning at what times?
What is: 6am & 6pm
83% of SMWE finished goods cased inventory is stored at our Fulfillment Warehouse in Burbank, WA. Name the location. Bonus $100 - OR brands are stored at NWD in Salem. Name that location
What is: NW Wine Services (WA) and NW Distribution (OR).
The SMWE Ops Team uses what business planning software program to review forecast and demand needs and build out our Production plan?
What is: Anaplan
Name 2 of the 7 direct raw materials used during Production to complete a finished goods case of wine.
What are: Bulk wine, glass bottles, labels, corks, capsules or closures, cartons and dividers.
Name the cloud-based wine production software that houses and maintains inventories for SMWE bulk wines.
What is Vintrace.
Every FNG (finished goods) item in E1 must have a BOM. What does BOM mean?
What is: Bill of material. One of the first steps in the set-up process where components are listed and stored prior to costing and Work Order creation.
Sales order reporting is in FCE = 9L. What does FCE stand for?
What is: Full case equivalent
Materials requirement planning (MRP) is dependent on accurate sales order forecasting. True or False?
What is: True
Indirect raw materials are used in the Production process but are costed different than direct raw materials items primarily because the quantity used may be minimal. Name one example.
What are: Blending agents, glue for carton sealer, case labels applied during Production to outer cartons, pallets or slip sheets and shrink wrap.
SMWE's enterprise resource planning (ERP) software used to manage our day-to-day business activities which includes inventory management of finished goods' cases and packaging. Name the system.
What is: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1)
JIT is a common method used to manage inventory. What does JIT stand for?
What is: Just in Time Management
SMWE uses a distributor or wholesaler network to sell our wines to & they in turn sell to retailers. Who is our largest US distributor group and how many states do they represent?
Who is: Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits (SGWS)
What is: 31 states
For a FNG item in E1, the Cost Accounting team assigns COGS specific to components, cost of labor to produce and fixed costs. What does COGs stand for?
What is: Cost of goods
For packaging components used during Production of finished goods, name the item with the largest spend projected for 2024.
What is: Glass.
Bottling Line "consumable" items are counted weekly in Paterson and said inventories are maintained outside of E1. Name one of the consumable items.
What are: Tape, ink, ribbons, labels, glue, swabs and stretch wrap.
There are also Paterson Bottling Line specific boxes included in the count with items needed for that line as well as Special Projects' items.
Line 08 at Paterson is designated for BIB production. What does BIB stand for and what SMWE brand is exclusively BIB?
What is: Bag in the box.
SMWE BIB brand: Top Box
True or False: SMWE is represented by a distributor in every state in the US.
What is: True
Some E1 FNG items are reworked into a new item via the SPR process flow with teams at both NWS & PAT. What does SPR mean?
What is: Special Projects Request
True or False: Maintaining an obsolescence program to review packaging components, reserve monies and dispose of via recycling opportunities is a strategic approach to inventory management.
What is: True.
The Paterson QI Team completes an inspection process for packaging components as they arrive from supplier and prior to use by PAT Production. Name 2 packaging items that are included in the QI inspection.
What are: Labels, corks, capsules, closures and BIB bladders.
Upon an item being bottled, each product is placed on a "R" hold in E1 until all QI tests are run and pass. What does "R" hold mean?
What is: Post Bottling Release
What international country has the most case sales of SMWE wines YTD 2024?
What is: Canada at ~31K cases.
Import restocking follows a different replenishment model than FNG items produced by SMWE facilities. Name the prestigious French champagne SMWE is the US Importer of Record for.
What is: Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte