Food and beverage distribution demands precision your generic WMS can't deliver. Expiration management, lot tracking, multi-temperature zones, and compliance workflows — built for the speed and accuracy your margins require.
Without automated FEFO rotation, products expire on shelves. A 2–5% shrinkage rate on perishable inventory costs $100,000–$500,000/year for mid-size distributors.
When the FDA or CFIA issues a recall, you need to identify every affected lot and shipment in hours — not days. Generic WMS lot tracking can't produce recall reports fast enough.
Missing temperature logs, incomplete traceability records, and inconsistent labeling lead to audit findings. Each finding costs time, money, and client confidence.
Custom WMS for food and beverage distributors with automated expiration management, lot-level traceability, multi-temperature zone logic, and compliance workflows that pass audits the first time.
FEFO-enforced picking. Automatic alerts for approaching expiration dates. Donation/discount routing for short-dated product. Zero expired product ships.
Track every lot from supplier receipt through customer delivery. One-click recall reports. Complete chain of custody documentation.
Manage ambient, refrigerated, and frozen inventory in one system. Zone-specific pick routing minimizes temperature exposure during fulfillment.
Track supplier delivery accuracy, quality issues, and documentation completeness. Identify problematic suppliers before they cause audit failures.
Organize picks by delivery route and temperature zone. Load trucks in reverse delivery order automatically. Reduce dock time by 30%.
FDA FSMA, CFIA SFCR, HACCP documentation, allergen tracking, and bilingual labeling. Compliance isn't an add-on — it's in every workflow.
A food distributor handling 3,000 SKUs across ambient, refrigerated, and frozen zones switched to a custom platform. Expiration-related shrinkage dropped from 3.2% to 0.1%. Last FDA audit: zero findings. Recall response time: 22 minutes.
Yes. The system manages ambient, refrigerated, and frozen inventory in a unified interface. Pick routing minimizes cross-zone transitions. Each zone has independent temperature monitoring integration.
The system enforces First-Expired-First-Out picking automatically. Pickers are directed to the earliest-expiring lot first. Short-dated product triggers alerts for markdown, donation, or disposal routing.
The WMS tracks allergen information at the product and lot level. Allergen-containing products are flagged throughout the workflow — receiving, storage, picking, and shipping — with cross-contamination prevention alerts.
$30,000–$55,000 for a custom platform with expiration management, lot tracking, multi-temperature zones, and compliance workflows. Monthly hosting: $300–$500.
20-minute call. Real numbers for your operation. No sales deck.