Full Digitalisation & Automation of Operational Processes
How an Austrian winery with more than 50 hectares of vineyards digitised, automated and fully interconnected all of its operational business areas – from demand forecasting and energy management to accounting and controlling – within 6 months.
Starting Point
The winery manages more than 50 hectares of vineyards and is one of the larger operations in its region. Despite decades of experience and high product quality, operational business processes were largely organised manually: planning, procurement, energy consumption, receivables, accounting and controlling all ran across separate, unconnected systems – or on paper.
The result: high administrative burden, no real-time visibility into operational key figures and no ability to make data-driven decisions – for example around harvest volume planning or energy usage – in a systematic way. The potential for a full digital transformation was clearly evident.
Digitalised & Automated Areas
Our Approach
Analysis & Process Mapping
Comprehensive mapping of all operational business processes, existing systems and data flows. Identification of automation potential and definition of the integration architecture as the foundation for implementation planning.
System Selection, Architecture & Implementation Planning
Selection of suitable digitalisation and automation solutions, development of the system architecture for full interconnection of all areas, and creation of a detailed implementation roadmap including milestones and resource planning.
Implementation & Integration
Step-by-step rollout in close collaboration with a technical implementation partner: introduction of individual systems, connection to weather and climate data sources for forecasting, and full integration of all modules into a seamless digital operating system.
Testing, Handover & Enablement
Comprehensive testing phase, fine-tuning of automated processes and structured handover to the operations team. Training and onboarding to ensure the business can independently use and further develop all digitised areas.
Results
For the first time, the business operates with a fully interconnected digital system: climate data flows automatically into harvest and demand planning, energy consumption is managed in real time, receivables are monitored automatically and controlling delivers up-to-date KPIs at any time – without manual effort.
„A winery lives by precision – in the cellar as much as in the office. Fully digitising and connecting operational processes does not just deliver efficiency; it delivers the ability to make better and faster decisions than the competition."
— Moonlander Group, Project Reflection