The ERP built for food & beverage producers
Coordinate production runs, batch traceability, supplier quality, and regulatory compliance in one operational workspace. Piston keeps your production floor and back-office data synchronized, with AI agents handling the routine coordination work.
Why food and beverage producers switch to Piston
Food and beverage manufacturers manage production schedules, ingredient traceability, supplier certifications, and regulatory deadlines every day. Piston connects these workflows in real time, so teams stop tracking batches across spreadsheets and disconnected ERP screens.
Plan production runs around real capacity
Piston plans runs against real operational data. Ingredients, allergens, and line capacity in the same schedule.
Schedule production runs against confirmed ingredient availability and line capacity
Anticipate shortages and substitution needs before they reach the line
Re-plan in minutes when supplier delays or quality holds change your priorities
Full batch traceability from field to shelf
Piston links every ingredient lot to every finished product shipment, in both directions. Recall scope in seconds, audits ready on demand.
Complete forward and backward traceability, from raw material receipt to final delivery
Instant recall scope: which batches are affected and exactly where they went
Automatic expiry and FEFO management across all storage locations
Stay compliant without manual reporting
Piston centralizes compliance inside the operational workflow. The record builds itself as you produce.
Centralize batch records, quality control results, and certificates of analysis in one place
Auto-compile audit-ready reports for IFS, BRC, ISO 22000, and HACCP requirements
Catch supplier non-conformances automatically when incoming goods fail quality checks
Top manufacturing capabilities
Numbers when food manufacturers run on Piston
4
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Faster recall readiness with full batch traceability
100
%
Regulatory audit pass rate reported by customers
12
h
Weekly time saved on compliance documentation
Frequently asked questions
What does Piston cover for a food and beverage company?
Production, recipes, inventory, procurement, quality, and finance in one workspace. Everything stays in sync: a late raw material delivery updates your production schedule and stock projections automatically. No more re-entering the same data in the ERP, three spreadsheets, and an email thread.
How is Piston different from a traditional ERP like Odoo or SAP?
Traditional ERPs give your team screens to fill in. Piston does the repetitive work itself: it enters supplier invoices, matches deliveries against purchase orders, updates stock, and chases missing order confirmations. Your team validates instead of typing.
How long does it take to go live?
Most food and beverage companies go live in 4 weeks, data migration included. Not 14 months of consultants. We import your data, configure your workflows, and train your team. You keep producing the whole time.
We run everything on Excel today. Can we still switch?
Yes, that's how most of our customers start. We import your spreadsheets (recipes, suppliers, stock, customers) directly into Piston. You keep the data you trust and lose the copy-pasting between files.
Does Piston handle lot tracking, expiry dates, and traceability?
Yes. Lot tracking from raw material to shipped order, expiry dates on every stock movement, and full upstream and downstream traceability in one click for audits, customer requests, or a recall.
Do we need an IT team to run Piston?
No. Anyone on your team can ask Piston a question in plain language: "which lots expire this month?", "what's blocking order 4512?" and get an answer in seconds. No SQL, no report requests, no IT tickets.
