GlobeRanger keeps a true record of every cask, from filling through maturation to bottling, across every warehouse and every distillery. It keeps working even where there is no network.
Maturing stock is the hardest inventory there is:
A cask in the wrong rack, or recorded in a location it left months ago, is more than a small inventory error. It can lead to inaccurate stock records and may only be discovered when specific casks are needed for a batch.
GlobeRanger reads the tags applied at filling and maintains a record of where every cask is, its current condition, and its condition throughout maturation. A cask that moves, or a warehouse that falls outside its required temperature range, raises an exception.
It runs at the edge, so tracking continues in warehouses without network coverage and integrates with the systems you already use.
Jim Beam monitored the production, storage, and distribution of around one million barrels a year on paper. Every movement was a manual entry and every count was a snapshot that aged as soon as it was taken.
GlobeRanger now tracks each barrel from new oak through filling, maturation, dumping, and bottling across the Kentucky distilleries and warehouses. Tags are applied and validated automatically, with antennas in the fill areas, and handheld readers in the warehouses.
The result is one view of every barrel, far less paperwork, and a record that is current rather than reconstructed.
It was important that we had full IoT capability and the ability to integrate with our system of record, which GlobeRanger delivers. Now we have the who, what, where, and how regarding every barrel.
Two cases from other industries that solve the problem a distillery knows well.
Daisy Brand put RFID readers on the forklifts across two distribution centres, so the vehicles that move the stock also record it. In a warehouse where stock is moved more often than it is counted, the movement itself writes the record.
A German defence manufacturer stores ammunition and explosives in former bunkers, hazard classes 1.1 to 1.4. Each bunker has its own installation. Stock is confirmed by scanning, with no connection to the outside and without anyone counting by hand.
The customer has asked not to be named.
The four stages are the same everywhere. What differs here is that the stock outlives the project.
A video call with the GlobeRanger team. One question: does GlobeRanger fit your operation?
One to three days on site. We work out where tagging belongs in your flow, whether it starts at filling, at the warehouse door, or at dumping, and what a pilot would cover.
A trial run on your own use case, in one warehouse or on one product line. GlobeRanger proves that it works in your operation, not on a slide.
The rollout across warehouses, distilleries, and bottling, scoped and priced on what boot camp and pilot made concrete.
The first step costs 13 minutes.