Fero and Bevica have announced a partnership connecting their two platforms so stock data passes automatically between them; no financial terms apply, as this is a technology integration rather than a transaction. It matters because it removes a specific operational friction point, manual data re-entry, that has forced drinks businesses using both systems to duplicate work across finance and operations.

Fero, formerly Ferovinum, is a London-based fintech platform that provides working capital and supply chain funding to wine and spirits producers, distributors and merchants against their inventory and receivables.

Bevica is a UK drinks industry ERP system built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, developed by Woking-based TVision Technology, covering purchasing, logistics, warehousing, sales and credit management for drinks businesses.

Orders created in Bevica now sync automatically and in real time with Fero, giving joint customers a single, consistent view of stock, sales and financial position without manual syncing between the two systems.

Fero said the link-up removes duplication created by the drinks industry's fragmented technology landscape, achieving this without requiring costly customisation, addressing a structural problem specific to a sector still running many disconnected point systems.

Bevica chief executive Paul Wellingham said the integration builds on the platform's existing focus on day-to-day operations by removing manual steps and joining systems up behind the scenes, without requiring customers to change how they already work.

Fero Chief Executive Mitchel Fowler said the partnership brings working capital management and supply chain efficiency directly into Bevica customers' existing systems and processes rather than requiring a separate tool.

The tie-up follows Fero's recent milestone of surpassing $1 billion in inventory funded on its platform, giving the fintech scale to support Bevica's customer base without the integration requiring new capital commitments on either side.

For the sector, the partnership signals that operational and financial software providers are now building direct integrations rather than leaving customers to bridge fragmented systems manually, a model likely to be replicated elsewhere in the sector's supply chain.

Source: The Drinks Business