ERP for Food Manufacturers and FMCG Brands
Production batches carry their true cost, packed goods carry their expiry date, and every dealer’s account and discount sits on the same ledger as the stock.
ERP that fits how food businesses actually run
Food businesses fight on two fronts at once. On the factory side, raw material prices change every month, so last quarter’s cost sheet is already wrong. On the market side, the product has a shelf life, dealers expect schemes and discounts, and the money comes in slowly from a long list of shops and distributors. A spreadsheet can hold one of these problems. It cannot hold both and still agree with the bank.
NavoBook runs production with bills of materials and batches, so each batch is costed from what the ingredients and packing actually cost at the time. With expiry tracking on, finished goods carry their expiry date and the oldest is issued first. Sales to dealers and distributors carry their discounts and post to aged receivables, and the whole thing is one set of books.
What eats margin in food and FMCG
Cost sheets out of date
Sugar, oil and packing prices move every month, but the product cost used for pricing was set a year ago.
Stale stock in the market
Older packs sit in the godown while fresh ones go out, then come back as expired returns.
Schemes nobody reconciles
Dealer discounts and trade schemes are given on paper and never matched against the sales they were meant to drive.
Dealer balances chased by memory
Dozens of dealers, each with an open balance, and no ageing to show who has stopped paying.
Wastage never booked
Spoiled batches and production loss are thrown away without reaching the stock ledger.
How NavoBook runs a food business
Batch production costing
Bills of materials and production batches take the real cost of ingredients and packing at the time of the batch.
Expiry-aware stock
Finished goods carry their expiry date by batch, the earliest-expiring stock is issued first, and a report lists what is close.
Dealer and distributor sales
Sales orders, delivery notes and invoices for each dealer, with discounts posted to their own account.
Aged receivables
Every dealer’s balance by age, so collections focus on the accounts that are slipping.
Multi-location stock
Factory store, finished goods godown and branch stock on one live figure, with tracked transfers.
Connected tax and books
Sales tax on every invoice and FBR Digital Invoicing, posting to the same ledger as production and stock.
How the work moves through NavoBook
In the order it happens, from the first record to the last.
- 1
Buy
Ingredients and packing are received at their real price.
- 2
Produce
A batch consumes them through the BOM and is costed on the day.
- 3
Pack and store
Finished goods enter stock by batch, with their expiry date.
- 4
Sell and collect
Dealers are invoiced from the oldest batch, and their balances age on one report.
Modules food businesses use most
All 23 modules are included on either plan, so you can switch any of these on as you grow, with no extra fee.
Food & FMCG: frequently asked questions
Can NavoBook cost each production batch?
Yes. Production uses bills of materials and batches, so each batch is costed from the ingredients and packing it actually consumed at their cost on the day, not from a standard cost set months ago.
Does it handle expiry dates on finished goods?
Yes. With expiry tracking switched on, stock is held by batch with its expiry date, the earliest-expiring batch is issued first, and an expiry report shows what has expired or will within the days you choose.
Can we give dealers discounts and track what they owe?
Yes. Discounts are posted to their own accounts rather than hidden in the price, and every dealer’s balance appears on aged receivables, so you can see both the cost of the discounts and who is behind on payment.
We also distribute other brands. Does that fit?
Yes. Traded goods and your own production sit in the same inventory. The distribution page covers the trading side in more detail.
Guides for food businesses
Written for Pakistan, by the same team that builds the software.
Inventory
Batch and Expiry Tracking in Pakistan: How to Stop Selling Stock That Is About to Expire
8 min readERP & Software
Manufacturing ERP in Pakistan: Why Your Factory Knows Its Price But Not Its Cost
10 min readERP & Software
ERP for Distributors in Pakistan: Recovery, Area-Wise Sales and Stock Across Godowns
9 min readRun the whole business on NavoBook
From PKR 20,000 a month, all 23 modules included. No per-module fees, no installation.