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Dairy ERP software with lot traceability from milk intake to finished product.
Sutton connects milk intake, pasteurization, production, inventory and purchasing in one system, with lot traceability from each delivery to the customer who received the product. Yield, expiry and stock levels come from the same live records.
Dairy planning breaks down when milk, lots and orders sit in separate systems
A dairy plant takes in milk, converts it and ships against dates measured in days. When intake, batches, expiry dates and orders are tracked in different files, one missed update leads to spoiled product or a late shipment.
Production planning is disconnected from milk supply
The schedule assumes milk that is already committed to another run. By the time the conflict is found, the batch is late or the milk has aged.
Lot traceability depends on paper records
A complaint or recall means matching intake tickets, vat sheets and delivery notes by hand. Until the trace is finished, product from the same lots is still moving through the supply chain.
Expiry dates are tracked by hand
Best before dates live on labels and in spreadsheets, so older lots ship late, customers reject product with too little shelf life left, and the write off is found weeks afterward.
Every Pound of Milk Accounted for, from Intake to Invoice
Sutton ties milk intake, pasteurized bases, bulk intermediates, finished product and sales orders to the same lot records, so yield, shelf life and cost come from one place.
Lot traceability from intake to customer
Every milk and ingredient lot is recorded at receiving with its supplier, date and test results, then linked through pasteurization and production to finished lots and the customers who received them.
Yield and variance visibility
Expected and actual yield are recorded on every run, from cream to butter or milk to cheese, so a variance is visible while the batch is still in production.
Expiry tracking with FIFO support
Best before dates are tracked by lot and by customer requirement, so the oldest eligible stock ships first and short dated product stays away from accounts that will not accept it.
Planning tied to milk supply
Private label jobs and stock runs share one schedule, tied to milk on hand, cultures and packaging on order, and open customer orders.
Dairy manufacturing software for every pound, lot and order
Lot genealogy, yield and byproducts, expiry management and production planning, built around the way a dairy plant runs.
Milk Lot Traceability
Trace any lot in either direction. From a milk delivery, see the pasteurized base, the cheese or yogurt batches it fed and every customer who received product from them. From a customer complaint, trace back to the intake lot, the cultures and the packaging.
- Open a milk intake lot with its supplier, date and fat, protein and pH results
- Follow the lot into a pasteurized base and see it split across plain and flavored yogurt batches
- Move from a finished lot to every customer shipment that carried it
- View the full lot record with certificates and quality checks attached
- Trace a complaint back to the intake lot, the cultures and the packaging
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Yield & Byproduct Management
Dairy production rarely moves straight from ingredient to finished case. Cream becomes butter in bulk totes, milk becomes curd and whey, and yield varies by run. Sutton records yield for every run, carries the lot through bulk totes into packed units, and allocates cost across the products and byproducts that result.
- Record expected and actual yield on a butter, cheese or ice cream run
- Convert bulk butter in totes into retail packs while keeping the lot history
- Record whey and buttermilk as byproducts of the run
- Allocate cost between the main product and its byproducts by percentage
- Review variance by run, by product or by week
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Expiry Tracking & FIFO
Dairy is sold against dates. Sutton tracks best before dates by lot, ranks stock by expiry and checks each lot against the shelf life a customer will accept, so older eligible stock ships first and short dated product does not reach accounts that will not take it.
- Rank lots in the cooler by best before date, with FIFO and FEFO rotation
- Flag lots that will expire before their next scheduled shipment
- Set a minimum remaining shelf life for a customer and see which lots qualify
- Put the oldest qualifying lot first on the pick list
- Hold a lot out of picking until quality signs it off
Planning & Replenishment
Made to order and made to stock production share one schedule, tied to milk on hand, ingredients on order and open customer orders. Sutton raises the purchase order when stock runs short, and a back to back order links a customer's order to the run or purchase that fills it.
- Show made to order jobs and made to stock runs on one schedule
- Compare milk, cultures and packaging on hand and on order against the week's runs
- Raise the purchase order directly from a shortage
- Link a back to back order to the run or purchase that will fill it
- Reschedule for a rush job and see which runs move
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What dairy ERP software has to handle, from intake to shipment
Sutton is ERP for the dairy industry, built for creameries, cheese makers, yogurt and ice cream plants. It handles milk intake, lot traceability, yield and expiry on one record, and anything specific to your plant gets built into the same system.
Capability title
One-line capability description from the CMS list.
- Milk Intake Lot Tracking Record each delivery with supplier, volume and weight under its own lot number, ready to trace later.
- Test Results and Scale Readings Store fat, protein and solids results on the lot, and bring in weights and lab analyzer results instead of retyping them.
- Tank and Silo Tracking Track milk and cream by tank or silo, including which intake lots were blended into each.
- Pasteurization and Batch Records Turn raw milk into a pasteurized base lot that carries the history of every intake lot behind it.
- Forward and Backward Traceability Trace a finished lot to its intake lots, or an intake lot to every customer it reached.
- Ingredient and Culture Lots Log cultures, flavorings and packaging by lot at receiving, with supplier certificates attached.
- GS1-128 Receiving Scan GS1-128 labels on incoming pallets to fill in lot, date and quantity at receiving.
- Expiry Tracking with FIFO and FEFO Support Track expiry by lot, rotate the oldest eligible stock first and apply the minimum shelf life each customer will accept.
- Recipes, Versions and Cost Roll-Up Build products from bases, cultures and packaging with versions and batch scaling, and roll ingredient costs up to the finished product. See bill of materials.
- Yield and Byproducts Compare expected and actual yield per run and allocate cost to whey and buttermilk by percentage.
- Bulk Conversion and Catch Weight Convert bulk butter or curd in totes into retail packs, and cost and bill by the exact weight.
- Work Orders and Production Tracking Run pasteurization, processing and packaging as work orders, and follow progress from any device on the floor.
- Automatic Stock Updates Add finished product to stock under a new lot as a run completes, and deduct the ingredients it used.
- Planning View and Shortage Alerts Compare stock on hand and on order against upcoming runs, and raise the purchase order from the shortage.
- Quality and Sanitation Records Keep quality checks with sign off, clean in place logs and cooler temperature readings attached to the runs they cover.
- Made to Order, Made to Stock and Back to Back Run private label jobs and stock runs on one schedule, and link back to back and drop ship orders to the purchase or run that fills them.
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