Upcoming Webinar: How to Understand Your True Cost of Goods and Reporting in Wine & Spirits
Most systems fail to capture and allocate wine & spirits landed costs accurately at the item level leaving margin reporting and cash planning incomplete. Join Western Computer Thursday, May 14th, at 11 am PT, for a session on where costs hide, why traditional ERP costing falls short, and how 365WineTrade on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central brings true item-level cost and margin visibility into focus.
Ocean freight, drayage, customs duties, federal excise taxes, compliance-related fees, warehouse handling, insurance, and “miscellaneous” charges frequently land weeks after inventory is received. That timing gap creates a familiar cycle:
- Inventory is received and sold before true costs are finalized
- Margin reporting is distorted at the item level
- Finance teams spend month-end chasing adjustments
- Operations teams make buying decisions without reliable profitability signals
- Leadership gets inconsistent answers to “what’s driving margin” and “where are we leaking cash”
This webinar is designed to break that cycle. We’ll show you where wine & spirits costs really live, why standard ERP costing approaches struggle in our industry, and what it looks like to capture landed costs earlier—with item-level visibility that supports smarter pricing, purchasing, and portfolio decisions. We’ll also share how 365WineTrade, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, operationalizes these capabilities with industry-specific best practices.
Why Western Computer + 365WineTrade
Wine & spirits distribution and supply have unique cost dynamics that generic systems often treat as exceptions instead of standard operating practice. When costs aren’t captured consistently your item-level data loses credibility, and teams stop trusting the numbers. Western Computer is not a generalist ERP implementer. We work with wine and spirits suppliers and distributors who need modern Microsoft ERP capabilities plus industry-specific operational alignment.
