Technology to connect products and consumers
12th February, 2025
12th February, 2025
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26th March, 2026
Here's what to expect. Last year, we delivered a webinar to ACSA members on digital transformation in distilling. The response to that was overwhelming and this year we’ve been invited to attend their annual conference in person and host a session on how digital tools are supporting efficiency, transparency and growth in craft spirits. Find us at booth 804 from April 17–18.
20th March, 2026
Talking traceability, cost efficiency and compliance at WDSC 2026. This May, we’re headed to the Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference (WDSC) from 4th-7th May at the International Conference Centre in Edinburgh. This conference only happens once every two years and when it does it’s a big event. We’re thrilled to be there, not only exhibiting and sponsoring the event, but also, we've been invited to present on a topic we’re passionate about, “From Paper to Blockchain : Rethinking Cask Ownership in the Spirits Industry”. Our COO, Stuart Maxwell will tackle the big issues he’s seeing in making the transition from analogue to digital and why it’s essential for any distillery looking to be more efficient, run smarter and leaner and in many cases, do more with less.
18th March, 2026
The death of barcodes. QR codes have been in the media recently as major global retailers including Tesco in the UK have said they’re actively replacing barcodes with QR codes on their products in stores. It follows GS1, the global standards body behind every barcode, pushing for all retailers to adopt a new QR-based system by 2027 to meet the demands of modern retail operations today. In the US, the FDA is mandating traceability and under FSMA 204, companies must track products and provide full records within 24 hours by 2028. Walmart is already pushing suppliers on this and QR codes are emerging as a practical answer linking physical products to digital records. This is a good reminder that the barcodes some distilleries and warehouses are still using in cask management today were never actually designed for the complexity and value of what they’re tracking. They’re a legacy technology. In cask management, QR codes have been used for a number of years with our distillery and inventory management platform , but for many, barcodes, and all their limitations, remain.