Process manufacturing
Batches, recipes, and transformations where identity lives in lots, not serial numbers. Yield, variance, and traceability decide margin, and a batch is only done when its record is reviewed. Frontlink tracks every lot from intake to shipment and keeps batch documentation moving as fast as production.
What defines this environment
Lot and batch identity
Materials merge and split. Full genealogy (which lots went into which batch) must survive every step.
Yield and variance pressure
Overfill, giveaway, and material variance decide margin. Small percentage losses compound across volume.
Recipe and parameter discipline
The right setpoints and the right materials at the right step; deviations must be caught during the batch, not after.
Expiry and FEFO stock
Shelf life rules the warehouse. Picking the wrong lot creates waste or recalls.
Where Frontlink makes the difference
Lot genealogy end to end
Consumption, production, and movements are recorded at the line, with one-click trace up and down the chain.
In-process quality checks
Checks and limits attached to the order, with deviations captured the moment they occur.
Digital batch records
Batch documentation assembles itself during production, so review starts at batch end, not weeks later.
Batch costing versus standard
Actual consumption and yield per batch compared to standard, per SKU and per line.
Problems we solve in this environment
Each problem links to a deep dive: who feels it, why ERP alone doesn't fix it, and how Frontlink does.
Batch and lot traceability has gaps in internal genealogy
You can trace one step back and one step forward, but internal transformations (mixing, splitting, rework) are painful to reconstruct.
Overfill destroys margin and material variance goes untracked
You overfill 'just to be safe', and it quietly erodes margin on every unit produced.
Expiry and FEFO discipline breaks down in production
FEFO works in the warehouse system, but at the line, the wrong lots get used and near-expiry materials get buried.
Manual batch review causes release delays
Batch paperwork slows release. Missing signatures and incomplete forms create rework that adds days to the release cycle.
Inventory backflush is inaccurate and ERP stock levels lie
ERP says you have it. The line says you don't. Substitutions, scrap, and partial batches break backflush assumptions.
Batch and order costing is guessed, not measured
You know the sales price, but you don't know the true cost per good unit, so margin is a mystery.
See it on your own lines
Book a demo and walk through your machines, your constraints, and what going live in weeks looks like.