Consumer Packaged Goods
CPG software for the plants and partners that produce your products
Run the line. Hold the standard. See every partner.
Most CPG software is built for selling: trade promotion, retail execution, sales analytics. Nulogy's Manufacturing Operating System covers production. Production, quality checks, supplier compliance and co-pack execution run on one system, so a brand, its own plants and its co-manufacturers work from the same record.
Start Where You Are
Where you sit in the chain
Most CPG companies are more than one of these at once.
Brand owners
You own the brand and some of the plants. Partners produce the rest.
- See capacity, inventory and order status at partner sites
- Plan against what partners are actually producing
- Hold every site and supplier to one quality standard
CPG plants
You run the lines. You want more output from them.
- Find the capacity hiding in micro-stops and changeovers
- Close batch records on the line, not at month end
- Give the plant manager yesterday's numbers before the morning meeting
Co-packers and co-manufacturers
You produce for the brands. They want proof, fast.
- Answer a brand's audit request in minutes
- Bill for the work you actually did
- Show the same numbers your customer sees
Not sure where to start? Bring us the problem that costs you the most this quarter.
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Why CPG operations outgrow point software
A CPG brand rarely produces everything under one roof. Some lines are yours, some belong to co-manufacturers and co-packers, and the materials come from suppliers you have to keep qualified. Each of those usually runs its own system. The gaps between them are where orders slip.
A promotion moves up two weeks. The PO change goes out by email, the co-packer schedules from last week's version, and the shortfall shows up at the DC.
Plant reports arrive after the shift is over. By the time anyone sees the stops on Line 4, the week's output is already short.
Your plants and your partners each hold quality data in their own format. When a retailer or an auditor asks, someone rebuilds the answer by hand.
Certificates and specs sit in inboxes. Nobody notices the lapsed one until the load is on the dock.
One operating system is not a bigger point tool. The Manufacturing Operating System is the same record, from the brand's plan to the partner's line.
Where It Sits
CPG software vs ERP: what each one runs
Most CPG companies already run an ERP for orders, planning and financials. It stays the system of record for the business.
Nulogy runs the layer underneath: what ran on the line, who checked it, what the supplier sent, and what each co-packer produced against your order. The Manufacturing Operating System integrates back to your ERP, WMS and MES.
| CPG ERP | Nulogy (MOS) | |
|---|---|---|
| Orders, planning, financials | System of record | Integrates back |
| Line performance and downtime | Reported after the fact | Live, by line and shift |
| In-process checks and batch records | Not on the line | Captured as the work happens |
| Co-pack and co-manufacturing jobs | A PO and an invoice | Production, inventory and status at the partner |
| Supplier certificates and specs | A vendor record | Tracked, scored and flagged before expiry |
What We Cover
What CPG software should cover in production
Every one of these runs on the same Manufacturing Operating System. Start with the one that is costing you the most today.
Line performance in your own plants
Smart Factory connects to the equipment you already run and shows OEE, downtime and micro-stops by line and shift, while the shift is still running.
See Smart Factory.
Quality checks and batch records
Inspections, non-conformances and CAPAs are recorded where the work happens, so the batch record is finished when the batch is.
See Quality & Compliance.
Co-manufacturing and co-pack execution
Shop Floor runs the jobs at co-packers and contract manufacturers: production, inventory, labor and lot records. When your partners run Shop Floor, they can show you the same numbers they see. Supplier Collaboration connects your planning system to that partner data, so the plan reflects what is actually being produced.
See Shop Floor and Supplier Collaboration.
Supplier compliance
Supplier certificates, specs and audits are collected and scored in one place, with expiries flagged before they become a held load.
See Supplier Compliance.
Maintenance on the lines that matter
Work orders and preventive maintenance sit next to the downtime data, so the line that stops most gets fixed first.
See Maintenance.
Proof
What Nulogy has done for consumer products
Recall reporting at a co-packer
“I did a recall last week. It took 20 minutes, and about five of those were making a cup of tea.” Tom Kennedy, Business Development Manager, Prism eLogistics, a UK co-packer and 3PL running Shop Floor.
Shop Floor · Co-pack partner · Read the case study
Batch-record accuracy
Summit Packaging Solutions, a multi-site FDA-regulated contract packager for major consumer packaged goods brands, moved batch records from paper to digital. It runs at a 99% customer fill rate and 97% inventory accuracy.
Shop Floor + Quality & Compliance · Co-pack partner · Read the case study
OEE gain in nine months
Louisiana Fish Fry, a food and beverage manufacturer, raised OEE 12% in nine months on its own lines. “From the operators all the way up to the VP of Operations, people are looking at Smart Factory either in the dashboard, on the computer, or through the visual factory screens daily.” Chris Mericas, Sr. Operations Analyst.
Smart Factory · Own plants · Read the case study
“Nulogy's platform enabled our customization partner to execute end-to-end processes, while giving Colgate the data integration and supply chain visibility we needed.”
Director of Global Supply Chain Systems, Colgate-PalmoliveQuestions We Get
Before you book anything
What is CPG software?
CPG software is any system a consumer packaged goods company uses to plan, produce, sell and move its products. Most of what you will find under the term covers selling: trade promotion, retail execution and sales analytics. For production, CPG software covers production monitoring, quality and batch records, supplier compliance, maintenance, and the work done at co-manufacturers and co-packers. That is the side Nulogy's Manufacturing Operating System runs.
We already have an ERP. Where does the Manufacturing Operating System sit?
Below the ERP and closer to the line. The ERP keeps orders, planning and financials. Nulogy runs what ran, who checked it, what the supplier sent and what each partner produced, and integrates back to your ERP, WMS and MES. See CPG software vs ERP for what each one runs.
Can our co-packers and co-manufacturers run Shop Floor too?
Yes. Shop Floor is built for co-packers and contract manufacturers. Summit Packaging Solutions, a contract packager for major consumer brands, calls running Shop Floor being "Powered by Nulogy": the brand and the partner make decisions from the same numbers. Kuehne + Nagel answers brand owners' traceability requests in minutes instead of hours. See contract packaging and manufacturing.
Is the Manufacturing Operating System only for food and beverage?
No. Food and beverage is one CPG category we serve, with its own page at food manufacturing software. The Manufacturing Operating System runs for household, personal care, cosmetics and other consumer products too, including at contract packagers producing them for major brands.
Do we have to buy the whole operating system at once?
No. Most CPG companies start with the module tied to whatever is costing them the most, whether that is line capacity, partner visibility or supplier paperwork, and add from there. Because the modules share one record, each one you add makes the others more useful.
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Bring us your hardest line
Tell us what is costing you the most right now: the partner who hears about PO changes last, the batch records rebuilt before every audit, or the line that loses four hours a week. We will show you what the Manufacturing Operating System does about it, and what it does not.