Henry Wine Group

Sales or Marketing can create and publish events in minutes. The system enables immediate registration capabilities

Various portfolio search options are available - from simple keyword to advanced filters

Even search for wines using intuitive country maps

Integrated Google maps show you where to buy or enjoy wines

Find comprehensive infromation on any wine. The system is integrated with the online eBusiness software suite if the user has permission

Real time powerful reports for dealers and distributors

It used to take weeks to get dealer/distributor information. Now, users can get real-time reports and statements. Login and done.

Objectives

Build a new dynamic Henry Wine Group corporate site providing public information and dealer/distributor-specific content.
Unique design
Custom portfolio searching including advanced search and map-based searches
Wine portfolio to be automatically updated nightly based on overall inventory
Show wine-specific attributes including vintage, wine type, product code, bottle size and more
See where a specific wine can be purchased or enjoyed
Ability for sales reps to add events
In-place editing system to provide news and articles from the field. The system must also include training center with recent articles and Peter Neptune (Master Sommelier) picks
Ability to integrate site with online eBusiness system (For users only)
Users can store their "favorite" wines and previous searches
A variety of real-time reports: Inventory activity, inventory depletion, customer depletions, sample depletions, active customers, PO Receipts and Statements.
Reports can be exported in Excel format or PDF files.

What we did

Gatelets developed the site and system using Gatelets Clocktower - this was the Gatelets Java MVC framework prior to the Denali work. The site included various challenges around content - we needed a 100% ironclad data mechanism and a way to get content from behind the Henry Wine Group firewalls to the hosted Gatelets system. We never wanted to run these transactions in real-time as this would imply connections on the fly between the Gatelets environment and the secure Henry Wine Group system. We can't go into detail about how this is achieved, however there is a unique setup that enables us to query the content with high stability, security and performance. The system met all the objectives listed above.

Where does the relationship stand?

Gatelets continues to support, maintain, monitor and update the Henry Wine Group. We are in constant contact with the Marketing Group at Henry Wine Group and the various IT stakeholders.

henrywinegroup.com