Food ERP for Small Manufacturers

A food ERP software system helps food and beverage manufacturers manage inventory, production, and sales in one platform. It enables traceability, expiration date tracking, quality control, and production scheduling, improving efficiency and minimizing waste.

Yes! Our food manufacturing ERP software is designed for SMEs, providing scalable inventory management, recipe formulation (BOM), and real‑time production tracking to support business growth.

Kladana food ERP software starts at just $60 per year for small businesses. Advanced plans offer expanded production management, supply chain automation, and business intelligence tools.

Most businesses can set up Food ERP in a few days, depending on data migration and staff training. Our onboarding team guides you through a smooth transition.

Our food manufacturing inventory software tracks batch numbers, lot expiration dates, and shelf‑life to prevent spoilage. You receive automatic alerts for low stock and approaching expirations, helping you maintain food safety compliance and reduce waste.

Easily manage product variations in food ERP:

• Open the product card → Click +Variant → Add the attribute (flavour).
• You can also add other attributes like shape or type to customize product details.

Go to Inventory → Open the product card → Select UOM (Unit of Measurement) → Choose ml. This ensures accurate inventory tracking for liquid ingredients in your food ERP system.

Track supplier performance, pricing trends, and order history to optimize cost efficiency. Automate purchase orders based on demand, ensuring a smooth supply chain for raw materials.

Yes! Our ERP software for food and beverage manufacturers analyzes sales history to provide accurate demand forecasting. This ensures optimal resource planning, reduced overstocking, and efficient production scaling.

Yes! Our food production ERP software allows businesses to create BOMs (Bill of Materials) for semi‑finished and final products, ensuring smooth batch processing and production scheduling.

Yes! Here’s how:

• Create a product card for a ground coffee pack with different variants (grind levels).
• Set up a BOM for the coffee pack.
• When starting a production order, specify how many packs of each grind level will be produced in the Variance column.

Absolutely! ERP for food manufacturing tracks batch processing, waste reduction, and by‑product utilization (e.g., repurposing scraps or husks). This helps lower costs and minimize environmental impact.

Yes! You can adjust ingredient quantities in production reports, ensuring accurate cost calculation and inventory tracking.

Set automatic reorder points for critical ingredients like flour, sugar, or dairy. When stock reaches a minimum threshold, food ERP sends alerts and generates purchase orders automatically.

You can track production across multiple locations, including subcontractor facilities. The entire workflow is explained in our YouTube tutorial for easy implementation.

After completing a production order, go to Process Tracking → Select the last operation → Click Last Change → Enter the amended quantity of finished goods.

Unfortunately, Kladana doesn’t have a dedicated menu planning feature. However:

• When creating & scheduling a production order, you can attach a file (e.g., PDF menu plan)
• Add notes in the «Add some notes» field for reference.

Yes! Our food and beverage ERP software integrates wholesale, retail, and e‑commerce orders, keeping inventory and sales synchronized.

The food production management software automatically calculates:

• Raw material costs (ingredients, packaging, waste)
• Production costs (equipment, labour, utilities)
• Distribution & logistics costs (storage, transport, fulfillment)

• Create product cards for finished goods and all raw materials.
• Input purchase prices for each material.
• Set up a BOM for the finished item, including operation and labour costs.
• When you create a production order, the system automatically calculates total and unit costs.

Yes! Our food ERP software supports:

• Bulk discounts — offer special rates for large orders.
• Customer‑segmented pricing — Assign different price levels for wholesale and retail clients.
• Bulk price updates — Easily adjust multiple prices at once.

Yes! Track performance‑based wages and total earnings for each shop floor worker. Ensure accurate payroll management based on completed tasks and production output.

Use Online Order App to create multiple public catalogues with custom pricing. Example: wholesale customers buy bananas at ₹30/kilo, while retail clients pay ₹50/kilo. Share catalogue links via messengers or email, allowing customers to view products, prices, and place orders directly in Kladana.