50 SKUs. 12 flavours. 6 packaging formats. One system to run it all.
FlexiBake gives snack food manufacturers a single ERP platform for production scheduling, recipe management, inventory control, packaging variant tracking, and lot traceability --- built for the speed, volume, and SKU complexity that defines snack manufacturing.
Why snacks manufacturers need purpose-built software
Scheduling across multiple lines with constant changeovers
You're running 2-4 production lines simultaneously, each making a different product, with flavour changeovers that require cleaning, re-seasoning, and quality checks between runs. The schedule lives in a spreadsheet that someone rebuilds every week. When a rush order arrives or a line goes down, the cascade of rescheduling is manual and slow.
SKU proliferation that buries your inventory
Every new flavour variant, every new packaging size, every retailer-specific label creates another SKU. You're now tracking hundreds of finished goods, dozens of raw materials, and multiple packaging configurations --- across ambient and possibly chilled storage. The spreadsheet that managed 15 SKUs doesn't scale to 150.
Packaging variants that multiply your complexity
The same product ships in single-serve bags, multi-packs, club-size boxes, and private-label packaging. Each variant has different packaging materials, different labels, different case configurations, and sometimes different weights. Your production plan needs to account for all of it. Your costing needs to track all of it. Right now, neither does.
Costing that's always a quarter behind
With ingredient prices changing, new flavours launching, and packaging costs varying by format, your actual cost per unit is a moving target. But your costing spreadsheet reflects prices from last quarter. You're quoting margins to retail buyers based on numbers that are already wrong.
The Snacks transformation
- Multi-line production scheduled manually with weekly spreadsheet rebuilds
- Hundreds of SKUs tracked in a system designed for dozens
- Packaging variants managed outside the production and costing system
- Cost-per-unit calculations based on stale ingredient prices
- Changeover scheduling done by memory and tribal knowledge
- Multi-line scheduling with changeover time built into the plan
- Unlimited SKUs managed in a single system with lot tracking across all variants
- Packaging configurations tied to recipes, production plans, and costing
- Real-time costing that updates when ingredient or packaging prices change
- Changeover rules defined per line and product --- the system enforces the sequence
How FlexiBake works for snacks manufacturers
Schedule multiple lines, manage changeovers, track output in real time
Plan production across 2-6+ lines simultaneously. Assign products to lines based on equipment capabilities, flavour groupings, and changeover requirements. The system calculates ingredient and packaging requirements for the full schedule. Real-time output tracking shows units produced per line, per shift, versus target.
Learn moreMaster recipes with unlimited flavour and format variants
Define a base recipe once, then create variants for each flavour, seasoning level, and packaging format. Each variant inherits the base process but tracks its own ingredient list, nutritional values, and costing. When you change the base recipe, all variants update. When you add a new flavour, the system creates the production, costing, and labelling records automatically.
Learn moreKnow what every SKU actually costs --- in every packaging format
Real-time food costing calculated from actual ingredient prices, actual seasoning usage, actual packaging costs, and actual production yields. Broken down by SKU, by line, by packaging format. When your oil price changes or your film supplier raises rates, you see the margin impact across every product immediately.
Learn moreTrack every ingredient, every lot, every packaging material
Real-time inventory for raw materials, seasonings, packaging materials, and finished goods. Lot numbers tracked from receiving through production to shipment. FIFO enforcement. Low-stock alerts. Full traceability for audits and recalls --- trace any finished product back to its ingredient and packaging lots in minutes.
Learn moreSee performance by line, by product, by customer
Dashboards that show production efficiency, yield by line, waste percentages, cost variances, and sales performance. Drill down from company-wide to individual SKU. Exportable reports for retail buyer meetings, internal reviews, and financial planning. Data updated in real time from production, not assembled after the quarter.
Learn moreRelevant platform modules
Production Management
Know exactly what to produce, how much of each ingredient you need, and where every batch stands — before your team arri...
Learn moreRecipe Management
One place for every formula. Scale any batch size instantly. When a recipe changes, everything downstream updates — prod...
Learn moreFood Costing
Know your real cost per unit — today, not last month. FlexiBake calculates product costs directly from your recipes, cur...
Learn moreInventory Management
See what you have, what you need, and what's about to expire — in real time, not after a physical count. FlexiBake conne...
Learn moreLot Tracking & Traceability
Trace any ingredient forward to every product it touched, or any finished product backward to every lot that went into i...
Learn moreBusiness Intelligence & Reporting
Dashboards and reports that pull from production, inventory, sales, delivery, and costing — in real time. No more assemb...
Learn moreReady to see FlexiBake for snacks manufacturing?
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