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account for changeover time in the costing of products, “because it’s likely taking longer than they think, which impact margins”.
The report warns that given craft brewers tend to have many SKUs, it’s imperative to accurately account for changeover time when scheduling and planning production to avoid overtime and other issues arising from running behind plan.
“You need to know what’s happen- ing on the production line for every single run, know your best perform- ing batches and brews, product and pack types, how efficient your oper- ations and your brewery really are, and how you compare to other more established brewers in the industry.”
Magee believes most brewers are not actually losing out by falling behind on these averages, but by not having the data to know how they are performing in the first place, and a false perception that the software needed to gain these insights is only for industry giants.
“Data and insights are everything in a manufacturing setting,” he said. “We frequently speak to brewers who don’t know how much beer they’re producing, how much they could produce, or what causes unplanned downtime. The inertia and an overre- liance on outdated paper-based data
tracking cause major inefficiency, hard costs, opportunity costs, sup- plier issues, and more.
“Harnessing this data is much easier and cheaper than most people think and can be achieved through simple, automated software that inte- grates manufacturing performance data in real time. The industry can combine better data with the ‘buy Australian’ mindset and budget boost to gain a much stronger foothold in the beer Australians drink.”
OFS has a large number of craft brewing customers including Stomp- ing Ground Brewing Co., Australian
ABOVE: The industry average for actual time filling bottles or cans across the production line was only at 54%.
Beer Company, East Coast Canning, Tribe Breweries, Brick Lane Brewing, Stone & Wood, Capital Brewing
“There’s a difference between good beer and good business,” says Guy Greenstone, Co-Founder of Stomping Ground Brewing Co., who partici- pated in the study.
“You need to know what’s happen- ing on the production line for every single run, know your best perform- ing batches and brews, product and pack types, how efficient your opera- tions and your brewery really are, and how you compare to other more estab- lished brewers in the industry.” ■
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