Quantify the financial return of implementing a brewery-specific ERP system. See savings from waste reduction, keg tracking, and labor automation.
Typical: 5-8% without ERP
Typical: 3-5% without ERP
Data entry, reports, compliance
License + implementation amortized
Ingredient Savings
$32,400
Waste reduced from 6% to 2%
Batch Loss Savings
$90,000
300 barrels recovered
Keg Tracking Savings
$5,500
44 kegs @ $125 each
Labor Savings
$18,900
45 hrs/mo @ $35/hr
Total Annual Benefit
$146,800
ROI Ratio
6.1x
Total benefit / ERP cost
Payback Period
2 months
3-Year Net Benefit
$368,400
After ERP costs
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Most craft breweries outgrow spreadsheets between 5,000 and 15,000 barrels per year. Common pain points include ingredient waste (averaging 5-8% without tracking), batch losses from manual errors, and keg fleet shrinkage of 5-10% annually.
| Metric | Without ERP | With ERP |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient waste | 5 – 8% | 1 – 3% |
| Batch loss rate | 3 – 5% | 0.5 – 1.5% |
| Keg loss rate (annual) | 5 – 10% | 1 – 2% |
| Reporting hours/month | 40 – 80 | 5 – 15 |
| Typical ERP cost | $12,000 – $60,000/yr | |