Within VinoEZ, an overview of the specifications, current contents, and future planned contents of vessels can be seen on the Vessel Board.
The Vessel Board provides the ability to:
See the specifications for Vessels(tanks) at the selected site
Find an empty vessel when building a work plan
Filter vessels based on capacity
View the contents of vessels now, and into the future
If building work plans, once vessel(s) have been identified using the Vessel Board, these can be noted down by the planner so that they can be entered on the work plan when it is created.
The Vessel Board can be accessed via <<link to be inserted>>
To see all vessels at a site, begin entering the site code in the‘Site’ field to see a list of sites to select from.
The Vessel Board will then display all vessels for the site, along with the key attributes for the vessel. The default view is the Grid View. The alternative is the Calendar View.
The Grid View
The Grid view of the Vessel Board shows all the Vessels for the selected site, with their attributes, current contents if any, and the period(date from and to) that the vessel will next be available for use.
For a vessel to be displayed as‘Available’ it must have an inventory of 0, have no work plan against it for the current period, and have a vessel status of‘M’.
Key data elements in the Grid View are:
The vessel ID
The Capacity of the vessel - this is the total capacity of the vessel - ie how much wine can the vessel hold in total
The location of the vessel within the winery(note this data is not available for all sites)
The vintage use for the vessel - R is red, W is white and S is sparkling
Whether the vessel has‘Insulation’,‘Cooling’ or‘Heating’ capability
Whether the vessel is currently available
If the vessel is not available, what date will it become available and then when will it be available until. For example, a vessel may not currently be available but it will become available in 1 weeks time, but only for 2 weeks, after which it is unavailable again. For details on how availability is determined refer to +Vessel Board User Documentation: Determining-Vessel-Availabilit
For vessels which currently contain wine, the Blend information, volume, EUR, vintage and wine status is shown.
The Available Capacity is shown for all vessels. If a vessel currently contains wine, the Available Capacity will be the Total Capacity minus the current Volume.
The Ullage is also shown - and this is set to equal the Available Capacity
Determining Vessel Availability
A key concept within the Vessel Board is that of vessel availability.
Vessel Availability is determining by looking at work plans against the vessel, along with the inventory data that is stored for the vessels.
The key factors are:
A vessel is not available today if it contains inventory
If there is a work plan to remove a volume of the current EUR from a vessel in the future, and removing that volume will reduce the total volume in the vessel down to 0, then that is when the vessel will next become available.
The Grid View
Determining Vessel Availability