Process Fruit to Weight

The Process Fruit action is the second step (after Receive Fruit) in bringing fruit into your facility during harvest and allows for a variety of options and flexibility in how to get your fruit from the crush pad to your vessels. 

Process Fruit to Weight is specific for fruit that will be sent to your vessels with skins and tracked in weight (i.e. tons, tonnes, or kgs), to be later drained and pressed. If you want to track your lot in volume (i.e. gallons or liters), please see more about the Process to Volume action here. 

This action can only be performed on Fruit Lots with contents (via Receive Fruit action) and captures information on what and how much fruit you are processing, optional process steps (e.g. sorting, destemming, etc.), and the lot(s) and vessel(s) that you are sending your fruit to.

This article covers:

• Process Fruit to Weight via Direct Action
• Process Fruit to Weight via Work Order
• Frequently Asked Questions

via Direct Action

1. Received fruit to process
   • Click on Select lots in picker to select one or more Fruit lots to process at the same time
   • Enter the weight to process for each Fruit lot. This can be all or part of the total weight of the unprocessed fruit.
2. Process (optional)
   • Enter each step. Instructions are also optional.
   • Click on +Add step for more
3. Process to
   • Lot: Select or create your destination lot
     • If you choose to create a new lot, make sure to double check your expected yield. This number will determine your additive calculations for the time your lot is measured in weight (i.e. until Drain and Press).                                                   
   • Vessels: Select one or more destination vessels and enter the weight
   • Lot Stage: Will default to Processed.
   • Click on + Add Lot to add more lots
4. Archiving: Leave the box checked to archive empty Fruit lots. Uncheck this box if you expect to receive fruit in the future for a Fruit lot that is being emptied of its current contents.
5. Summary: Double check the weight processed from your Fruit lot(s) and the total amount that is processed to your Juice lot
6. Click on 

via Work Order

1. Received fruit to process
   • Click on Select lots in picker to choose one or more lots to process at the same time
   • Choose whether you will process the Fruit Lot entirely or partially.  If you are not planning to process all the weight of your Fruit lot, you can select to leave some remaining or to only process a specific weight. This cannot be edited after work order creation.
     
     Tip: If you combine a Receive Fruit task with a Process Fruit to Weight task within one work order, utilize the individual task submit to submit the Receive Fruit task, the expected starting weight will automatically update in the Process Fruit to Weight task. 
     
     
2. Process (optional)
   • Enter each step. Instructions are also optional.
   • Click on +Add step for more
3. Process to
   • Lot: Select or create your destination lot
     • If you choose to retain the lot code or create a new lot, make sure to double check your expected yield. This number will determine your additive calculations for the time your lot is measured in weight (i.e. until Drain and Press).                                                   
   • Vessels: Select either to let cellar staff choose vessels or choose specific vessels
   • Lot Stage: Will default to Processed
   • Click on + Add lot to add more lots
4. Archiving: Leave the box checked to archive empty Fruit lots. Uncheck this box if you expect to receive fruit in the future for a Fruit lot that is being emptied of its current contents.
5. Summary: Double check the tons processed from your Fruit lot(s) and the total amount that is processed to your Juice lot
6. Make sure to give your work order a title and assign it before clicking on 

FAQ

Q: Can I process more than one Fruit lot at once?

A: Yes. Go to the Received fruit to process step and click on Edit lots to choose additional Fruit lots.

Q: Can I process a Fruit lot into more than one destination lot?

A: Yes. In the Received fruit to process step, enter the weight you'd like to process in total. This can be all or part of the entire lot fill. Then in the Process to step, select +Add lot to add more destination lots. Select one or more vessels per lot, and enter the fill for each. Make sure to double check your final Summary to make sure everything balances (i.e. the processed weight is equal to the processed to tonnage.)

If you process into multiple lots, please note that the fruit lot composition will be the same across all lots and vessels. If you want to distribute different fruit lots into distinct lot compositions, you must use one Process action/task per unique lot.

Q: Can I process fruit into a lot or vessel that already has contents?

A:Yes. In the Process to step, choose 'Combine with existing lot' and select the lot from your list. Then select a vessel, empty or with contents, and enter how many tons were added to calculate the ending fill. You CANNOT add weight to a lot or vessel that currently has a fill measured in volume (i.e. you won't be able to add tons to a lot that is measured in gallons.)

Q: I'm getting a Negative Fruit Weight Error, what gives?

A: Check the Received Fruit to Process section of the action or task.  Here, InnoVint will calculate and display how much of the fruit lot weight is left remaining.  If you've entered more weight than you have in the fruit lot, you will see a Negative Fruit Weight error message when you try to submit the action.  Correct the processed weight to be less than or equal to the starting fruit weight.