Systems for Packaged Brands
The business model for food manufacturers runs through high volume production runs and recurring wholesale orders across retail and distribution channels. The costliest gaps tend to show up during manual order processing, missed reorder cycles, and fragmented communication between production and sales teams.
Restaurants & Food
Also for: Packaged Food Brands
How the business actually works
Formulation
Finalizing recipes and nutritional profiles for commercial production runs.
Sourcing
Managing vendor relationships for raw ingredients and packaging materials.
Batch Production
Executing manufacturing schedules while maintaining quality control logs.
Wholesale Sales
Acquiring new retail accounts and regional distribution partners.
Order Management
Processing purchase orders and coordinating logistics for fulfillment.
Retail Support
Maintaining shelf presence through merchandising and consistent reorders.
Brand Scaling
Expanding SKU variety and increasing manufacturing throughput.
Where it leaks
Failure to track ingredient lead times leads to production halts and missed shipping windows. Without automated alerts, inventory gaps result in empty retail shelves and lost shelf space.
Manual entry of purchase orders from various distributors causes shipping errors and delays. Disorganized intake processes slow down the cash flow cycle from production to payment.
Retailers often forget to place reorders until they are completely out of product. Lack of proactive follow up allows competitors to fill the void during low stock periods.
Sending out samples to potential brokers or buyers without a tracking system leads to zero feedback. High costs of product samples are wasted when there is no automated nurture sequence.
Sales teams promise delivery dates that the production floor cannot meet due to disconnected data. This creates friction with key accounts and damages the brand reputation.
What LATTICE can build
A dedicated interface where retail buyers can submit purchase orders and view their order history directly.
Automated SMS and email reminders sent to retailers based on their typical sell through cycle.
Centralized CRM to track conversations with food brokers, distributors, and category managers.
Automated sequences that trigger after a sample kit is delivered to gather buyer feedback.
Real time visualization of current batch statuses and upcoming fulfillment deadlines for the team.
Secure portal for storing and sharing COAs, insurance certificates, and facility certifications with buyers.
Monthly updates sent to distribution partners regarding new SKUs, marketing pushes, and inventory levels.
Example systems
Tell us what's slowing the business down. LATTICE can build around the way your business operates.
Our CRM and portal systems allow for custom tagging of accounts, ensuring that each buyer only sees the pricing and minimum order quantities assigned to their specific tier. This prevents pricing errors and maintains your margin integrity across different channels.
Yes, custom workflows can be designed to record batch data and lot numbers against specific customer orders. This creates a digital paper trail that is essential for food safety compliance and efficient recall management if necessary.
We build specific pipelines for broker management that require status updates at set intervals. If a broker hasn't updated a lead or reported on a retail meeting, the system sends automated nudges to ensure your brand stays top of mind.
A centralized R&D board allows you to move concepts from ideation to lab testing and final formulation. This ensures all nutritional data and ingredient lists are finalized before the sales team begins pitching to accounts.
LATTICE specializes in connecting disparate operational tools into a single source of truth. We focus on ensuring that once an order is placed in the CRM, it flows naturally into your fulfillment and shipping workflows without manual data entry.