Sharp’s Brewery to Implement InteliTap visibiliTy 4.0 to Manage Reusable Cask Fleet

InteliTap’s visibiliTy 4.0 asset tracking and management solution is set to provide an award-winning U.K. brewer with accurate asset fleet calculations, evaluate container losses, and calculate cycle times, driving business critical decisions, according to a release from InteiTap.

Visibility of Returnable Assets Critical

“Sharp’s is a fast growing regional brewer, meaning that we are continually expanding our products into a complex national distribution network,” stated Joe Keohane, Sharp’s Brewery Director. “Having a clear and concise picture of our high-value asset fleet is critical to our business, and we selected InteliTap because of their deep domain expertise as regards asset tracking, in addition to a completely unique knowledge of brewing industry supply chains.”

“Their solution is highly configurable and has the edge as it is able to integrate smoothly with our existing barcode and auto ID solution and processes, whilst still providing optimum results,” Joe continued. “We are already looking forward to progressing the system further, as we develop and grow, and are currently evaluating other complimentary technologies with InteliTap such as GPS tracking.”

“Our main aims are to produce premium products that have minimum impact on the environment,” added Stewart Howe, Sharp’s Head Brewer. “The InteliTap system enables us to work closer to those aims as it reduces wastage in the supply chain by identifying losses and other areas that require attention. It also saves us money on capital expenditure.”

Accurate Container Management a Necessary Business Requirement for Brewers

“We are delighted to welcome Sharp’s on board and are looking forward to building a long term relationship with them,” commented Jon Quinn, InteliTap’s UK Managing Director. “This announcement reinforces our message that accurate container management is a necessary business requirement for brewers of all sizes, not just the very large players. Issues such as fleet oversizing, innacurate asset valuation, keg / cask theft and losses etc. deeply affects the bottom line of any size of business, and our solution is designed to enable individual customers to overcome them, whilst also providing dynamic modeling capabilities never seen before in the brewing industry.”

The VisibiliTy software is a standards-based solution that operates in a web enabled environment. It is specifically designed to obtain, process and report individual container contents, movements, maintenance, usage and efficiency, using Auto ID technologies like barcodes, GPS and RFID to capture information.

The web-based framework, including a configurable, personalised dashboard, enables users to view and report on asset fleets at their desktop or remotely. It’s flexible and scalable nature provides customised workflow and business rules configuration, with integration to existing systems and processes.

Scottish & Newcastle Upgrades to visibiliTy 4.0

IntteiTap also announced that Scottish and Newcastle, a subsidiary of Heineken N.V., has upgraded its InteliTap RFID keg tracking and management solution to the recently re-branded & launched VisibiliTy 4.0

“Tracking and managing their container fleet is of course not new to S&N,” stated Jon Quinn of InteliTap. “They were the first company in the UK to implement RFID tags on their containers in 2001, and we have worked closely with, them since that project began. “

“I am pleased to continue to work with InteliTap,” said Paul Hoffman, S&N’s UK Operations Director. “They have a way of assimilating information in an impartial way that can benefit every single brewer in the supply chain without any fear of conflict of interest. We currently own 2.1 million kegs, all of which are included in the InteliTap tagging solution.”

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