Map the crush-day handoff before it breaks
Use SIPOC to define one winery handoff with clear suppliers, inputs, process steps, outputs, customers, constraints, and measures.
The move: draw the handoff before you optimize it. SIPOC helps winery teams stop treating a recurring scramble as a personality problem. The map names who supplies the work, what must arrive, the five to seven high-level process steps, what comes out, and who depends on the output. The +C and +M additions keep the map operational: constraints are the real limits, and measures tell you whether the handoff is stable. Use it where a process crosses roles. Grape intake crosses grower relations, trucking, cellar, lab, winemaking, compliance, and finance. A clean SIPOC does not replace the SOP. It gives…
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