Track raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods at the lot level — with automatic COGS calculation, yield tracking, and MRP built in.
Food manufacturing has unique inventory dynamics that off-the-shelf tools were never designed to handle.
When you process 1,000 lbs of fresh strawberries into 95 lbs of freeze-dried product, that 905 lb difference needs to be tracked as yield loss — not as missing inventory. Generic tools treat it as shrinkage.
A recall or organic audit requires you to trace every finished product lot back to its raw material lots. Without lot-level tracking from receiving through shipping, this is impossible.
Reformulations, seasonal ingredient swaps, and co-packer variations mean your Bill of Materials is a living document. Static inventory tools can't keep up.
Your true cost of goods sold depends on actual production yields, not theoretical BOMs. Without connecting inventory to production, your COGS is always an estimate.
Every inventory movement in Guidance is connected to purchasing, production, and sales — so your data is always complete.
Every inbound shipment is assigned a lot number at receiving, linked to the supplier, purchase order, and organic certificate. Inventory is live from the moment it arrives.
When a production run is logged, Guidance deducts raw materials by lot, tracks actual yield against theoretical BOM yield, and creates finished goods lots with full genealogy.
Sales orders deplete finished goods inventory by lot, maintaining a complete chain from customer order back to the raw material origin — essential for recalls and audits.
Inventory is valued at actual cost — including yield-adjusted raw material cost, processing fees, and overhead — so your balance sheet always reflects reality.
We are accepting a small cohort of design partners — food and beverage brands ready to run live operations on the platform at a reduced rate.
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