Case Study: Yo-Ho Brewing Company eliminates costly barrel losses and saves thousands monthly with Claris (FileMaker custom app)

Yo-Ho Brewing Company - Customer Case Study

Yo‑Ho Brewing Company is a leading Japanese craft brewery that ships over 10,000 barrels a month. As the business grew, shipments outpaced returns and costly industrial barrels were routinely lost due to human error, misplaced returns, and cumbersome, error‑prone Excel processes run from offices away from the wet production floor—adding thousands of dollars in monthly losses and operational overhead.

Yo‑Ho implemented a custom FileMaker app on ruggedized iPads that prints barcoded labels for each barrel and tracks scans at filling, shipment and return; labels are removed when barrels are washed and readied for reuse. The system provides real‑time visibility, eliminates inventory losses, streamlines production and sales planning, and has saved the company thousands per month while being easy for staff to adopt and scalable to future factories.

Yo-Ho Brewing Company

Ayaka Ehara

Head of Corporate Orders