Understanding Weight-to-Volume Conversion Rates

During the blend process, you must convert the weight of materials, such as grapes or must, into a volume measurement. Conversely, you can convert volumes of juice or wine into weight when they are added to grapes or must. You can define weight-to-volume conversions by:

• Implementation

• Blend facility

• Variety

• Blend facility and variety

Weight-to-volume conversion is a prerequisite task for estimating yields before a complete conversion to volume. Values calculated from weight-to-volume conversions are replaced by actual volume when Drain/Press operations are completed for the blend lot.

Changes to weight-to-volume conversion rates affect only future operations.

The system uses this hierarchy to determine which weight-to-volume conversion to use:

• 1 - Winery and variety

• 2 - Variety

• 3 - Winery

• 4 - Implementation

You must set up at least one conversion rate at the global level.

Note: Do not use the Weight/Volume Conversion Setup program to set up conversions from volume-to-volume or from weight-to-weight. If you attempt to add a volume-to-volume or a weight-to-weight conversion in this program, the system will issue an error. Use the standard Unit of Measure Conversions program (P41003) to set up these conversions.