NETSUITE FOR FOOD & BEVERAGE

Unify and Modernize Food & Beverage Operations with NetSuite

Modernize food and beverage operations from order management, procurement, and production to inventory and logistics with NetSuite ERP for the food and beverage industry. By implementing NetSuite, FMCG companies can seamlessly connect operational and financial data across the entire value chain. This unified visibility helps mid-to-large manufacturers, distributors, and multi-location restaurant operators to make timely decisions and keep their customers satisfied.

THE COST OF MANUAL OPERATIONS

What Manual Operations Are Holding Back Your Food & Beverage Business?

Operations teams in food and beverage companies spend hours fixing the gaps using CSV exports and manual tracking systems.The most common challenges reported by distributors and manufacturers come from issues like fragmented data that sits in different systems, reporting that is already outdated by the time it reaches decision-makers, and limited real-time visibility into what is actually happening across production, inventory, and supply chain.This usually results in slow responses, confusion between teams, and weaker control over daily operations.

Delayed Recall Traceability

Without lot-level traceability, a single contamination event requires manual cross-referencing across suppliers, batches, and distribution logs. Every hour impacts brand trust and increases financial loss.

Complex Regulatory Compliance

Standards like FDA FSMA, SQF, and BRC demand fast and accurate documentation. Auditors expect records from the compliance team that can be produced within minutes, but the use of spreadsheets causes errors that increase audit risk under pressure.

Limited Inventory Control

Expiry dates are managed in Excel, and FEFO processes are not consistently followed. This leads to avoidable spoilage costs and reduced inventory accuracy.

Reduced Supplier Visibility

Without real-time supplier visibility, quality issues are often identified only after materials reach production. By then, the impact is already embedded in operations and affects output quality.

Margin Uncertainty

When ingredient costs, yield data, and labor inputs are not connected in a single system, pricing decisions rely on assumptions. This compromises margins and reduces profitability, which competitors can exploit.

Constraints on Scalable Growth

Every new SKU, facility, or distribution channel adds complexity that legacy systems are not built to handle. Instead of scaling smoothly, operational inefficiencies accumulate and slow down growth.

NETSUITE FEATURES

NetSuite Features for the Food & Beverage Industry

Being a certified NetSuite Alliance Partner, Folio3 helps construction companies implement NetSuite ERP solutions built around their project-based workflows, contract billing, and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a growing contractor or a large construction firm, our scalable NetSuite implementations will help your business build and grow.
Here’s how our NetSuite implementation manages your construction-specific workflows:

CRM and Marketing

Find new customers with consistent interactions and good customer service.

Product Data Management

Manage your recipes and product data in a unified platform.

Order Management

Sell the right products at the right price from the best location.

Supply Chain

Get complete visibility over supply chain, procurement, and material processes.

Production Control

Manage batches throughout the production and outsourcing processes.

Warehouse Management

Control your warehouse by optimization strategies and real-time transactions.

Quality Management

Deliver the best quality products with minimum overhead.

Shop Floor Control

Get real-time updates from the shop floor and manage digital work instructions.

Planning & Scheduling

Balance demand and supply to optimize inventory and manufacturing resources.

Predictive Monitoring

AI-assisted monitoring flags deviations in temperature, handling conditions, or process tolerances.

Predictive Maintenance

Improve uptime planning and reduce unexpected downtime by connecting maintenance data and equipment usage patterns.

Lot Traceability

Trace product origins and shipment paths and get alerts when storage or transport conditions exceed defined thresholds.

NETSUITE SUPPORT SERVICES

Get Go-live and Post-go-live NetSuite Support and Customization

If your food and beverage business needs ERP implementation, integration with existing applications, or ERP customization, our NetSuite-certified consultants are here to help you. Your food and beverage business can have a comprehensive, personalized, and industry-specific solution for all its needs and pain points.

NetSuite ERP Support & Customization

We offer post-deployment NetSuite managed services, including module implementations, workflow customizations, and bug fixes. Our specialized team provides personalized NetSuite support for any industry.

WHY FOLIO3

What Makes Folio3 Different from Other NetSuite Implementation Partners?

Any NetSuite partner can configure fields. Very few understand food manufacturing well enough to configure it right in line with your specific operational requirements and workflows.
Industry Expertise

We don’t do generic ERP setups. We combine NetSuite expertise with deep food and beverage knowledge to align the system with real business processes.

20+ successful NetSuite implementations in the food & beverage industry.

Team of 75+ functional consultants who understand both NetSuite and F&B operations.

From discovery to go-live and post-launch optimization, we stay involved throughout.

35+ pre-built NetSuite connectors for faster integration with key business systems.

NETSUITE ERP INTEGRATION

Connect Your ERP Systems with Other Platforms

Connect your NetSuite with any platform of your choice and improve supply chain with an integrated order and inventory management system to track reordering and inventory levels and make sure the stock never goes out.

CUSTOMER STORIES

Explore Our Success Stories: See How We Make a Difference

See how our customers in the food and beverage industry have implemented NetSuite by having us as their NetSuite partner.
NETSUITE FOOD & BEVERAGE ERP CAPABILITIES

Built for the Complexity of Food Manufacturing

Folio3 helps you implement and configure NetSuite around the specific workflows and the inherent complexities of food and beverage manufacturing.

Trace any lot from the raw material supplier all the way to the end consumer.
Version-controlled recipes with live cost roll-up. Know your true margin before production begins.
Enforce first-expired-first-out automatically. Eliminate manual expiry tracking and write-off surprises.
Quarantine lots, trigger QC workflows, and document control points, all inside the same system.

Grade suppliers on quality, delivery, and compliance. Reject non-conforming materials before they touch production.

OEE, yield variance, and downtime waste are visible in real time to operations and finance simultaneously.

Book a free 1-hour consultation on how you can transform your Food and Beverage business with NetSuite!

Connect with our NetSuite consultants to discuss how NetSuite ERP can unify your food and beverage business processes, including inventory management, order handling, financial reconciliation, and more.

NETSUITE F&B MODULES

NetSuite Modules for Food & Beverage

The food and beverage industry frequently confronts disruptions in order management, warehouse, supply chain, and quality control of products. With NetSuite Food and Beverage implementation by Folio3, you can maneuver your business to overcome ongoing and upcoming challenges.

Customer Relationship Management

NetSuite offers centralized customer data to help you manage all areas of client relationships, including targeted marketing campaigns, interaction history including emails, calls, and meetings, customer support, and sales process automation from lead generation to opportunity management and closing deals.

Targeted Marketing
Lead Generation
Customer Engagement
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Manage Online Stores
Integrate with Shipping Carriers
Email Campaigns

SuiteCommerce

SuiteCommerce assists food and beverage businesses to create and manage their online stores and food menus, automate order processing, integrate with shipping carriers and payment gateways, track expiration dates for perishable items, create and send targeted email campaigns, optimize their online store for search engines, and integrate with social media platforms.

Supply Chain Management

NetSuite offers more control and visibility into the supply chain. Your procurement teams can access real-time information about interactions with suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors through customized dashboards and project workflows. You can check where an order is, when it will arrive, and which path the package will take.
Real-time Information
Procurement
Customized Dashboards
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Control Over Procurement
Order Processing
Delivery Schedule

Order Management

NetSuite assists you to correctly prepare and deliver your customer orders. Deliver products effectively and avoid problems like duplicate or incomplete orders. Your team’s visibility and control over procurement and order fulfillment can significantly improve both supplier relations and customer satisfaction.

Demand Planning

With NetSuite Demand Planning, businesses can forecast sales using automated factors and manually entered data. Analyzing past data and considering other variables, like seasonal variability, will help you manage your entire supply chain more effectively and ensure that you have the right amount of product in stock. Your sales projections can be more than just conjecture.
Forecast Sales
Eliminate Stockouts
Analyze Past Data
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Product Inspections
Establish Parameters
Product Testing

Quality Management

Data for your product testing is organized and guided by NetSuite Quality Management. Establish the parameters, timetable, and procedure for all of your product inspections and testing. A user-friendly interactive application that is available from any browser or mobile device can be used to evaluate outcomes in real-time.

Work In Progress

You can grasp the entire production process with the help of NetSuite Work in Process (WIP) and Routings. It can help you see what resources you need, which ones are being used too much or too little, how long the procedure will take, and how much the materials used will cost.
Material Management
Resource Management
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Complete Work Orders
Oversee Manufacturing
Track Inventory

Work Orders

Multi-component product assembly is powered by NetSuite Work Orders and Assemblies. To communicate to production what you want manufactured when you need it, and all the elements required to make it, create multifaceted work orders. Additionally, by linking inventory to the manufacturing process, this module gives you a better, up-to-date picture of the state of your inventory.

Run Complex Food Operations Precisely with NetSuite for Food and Beverage

Book a free F&B operations assessment. We’ll show you exactly where your traceability gaps are, and how NetSuite for food and beverage closes them.
FAQs

People Also Ask

What does "farm-to-fork traceability" mean?

It means complete visibility from raw material receipt to final customer delivery. You can trace any lot forward (to see where it was shipped) or backward (to see which supplier and batch it came from) in seconds, not days.

Instead of scrambling through spreadsheets, your team can produce auditor-required documentation from a single screen. The system enforces HACCP workflows, quality holds, and COA (Certificate of Analysis) logging automatically, so you pass audits under pressure.

You avoid a multi-day manual crisis. With lot-level traceability, you can identify affected batches, see where they were distributed, and isolate quality holds, all within minutes.

The system automatically directs pickers to the lots with the earliest expiry dates. It also sends active expiry alerts. It eliminates manual Excel tracking and unexpected write-off surprises.

Yes. Lot locations are known across every bin, facility, and even in transit. You always know exactly where a specific batch is stored.

Absolutely. You get version-controlled recipe and BOM (Bill of Materials) management with live cost roll-up. The system tracks yield variance, waste, and downtime in real time, so you know your true margin before production even begins.

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