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Lot traceability for growing food & beverage producers

Trace any ingredient lot to every batch and customer in seconds.

LotThread gives growing food producers one connected record from receiving through production and shipment, without replacing QuickBooks or installing an enterprise ERP.

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Live trace · COOKIE-0712-A Tracing COOKIE-0712-A
Received material FLR-2048
Organic Flour
Northwind Mills · 2,000 kg
Production batch BATCH-0712
Oat Cookie Dough
Yield 480 units · 2 operators
Finished lot COOKIE-0712-A
Oat Cookies
Packaged · best-by 2026-10-12
Shipment SHP-2209
Green Market #14
Delivered · 120 units
Chain securedFully tracked
90-second self-guided tour

See the working trace, not a slide deck.

Follow one ingredient from receiving to production and shipment, then inspect the recall workflow built from those records.

1. ReceiveCapture supplier lot, quantity and expiry. 2. ProduceLink exact material lots to the batch. 3. Trace & decideFind affected lots and customers in seconds.
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Trace affected lots in seconds
Generate batch and lot labels
Run mock recalls
Export audit-ready records
Connect materials to customers
Follow the thread

One continuous record through your entire operation.

Every material LotThread receives becomes part of a connected production history that can be followed backward to its supplier or forward to every finished product and customer.

1
Receive
  • ·Supplier & lot number
  • ·Quantity received
  • ·Expiration date
  • ·Supplier COA status
Supplier lot
FLR-2048 · 2,000kg
2
Produce
  • ·Recipe or formula
  • ·Materials consumed
  • ·Operators & time
  • ·Yield tracking
Batch
BATCH-0712 · 480u
3
Package
  • ·Finished-product lot
  • ·Package size
  • ·Label generation
  • ·Best-by date
Finished lot
COOKIE-0712-A
4
Store
  • ·Quantity available
  • ·Warehouse location
  • ·Hold / release status
Location
A-12 · released
5
Ship
  • ·Customer & shipment
  • ·Quantity & destination
  • ·Delivery date
Shipment
SHP-2209 · Green Market
Where the thread begins

Get items into the thread - however you work.

A phone in the aisle, a scanner gun at the dock, a keyboard, a spreadsheet, or a connected system - every item enters as a first-class node, linked to its supplier, lot, quantity, and expiry the moment it's captured.

9:41Receiving
Scan supplier barcode
Point the camera at the supplier's carton label.
Select or create material
Organic Flour
Cane Sugar
+Create new material
Enter supplier lot
SUPPLIER LOT
FLR-2048|
Auto-filled from the scanned barcode - edit if needed.
Enter quantity received
2,000kg
kg units cases
Add expiration date
BEST BEFORE
2026-10-12
92 days of shelf life remaining
Photograph the certificate
certificate of analysis
Capture photo
Material received
A new record is now part of the thread.
MaterialOrganic Flour
Supplier lotFLR-2048
Ready forProduction →
Receiving station
Scanner connected
Last scan
FLR-2048|
2 items → thread
Fire the trigger - each beep drops a linked record straight into the thread.
Add received material
Material
Organic Flour▾
Supplier lot
FLR-2048|
Quantity
2,000 kg
Expiration
2026-10-12
No barcode? Key it in - the same connected record, entered by hand.
CSV
supplier_receipt.csv
142 rows · 18 KB
Column mapping
Lot No. → Supplier lot ✓
Material → Material ✓
Qty (kg) → Quantity ✓
Best By → Expiration ✓
Bring a whole season of receipts in from a spreadsheet or supplier file.
Sh
Shopify
Connect through API keys
API ready
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REST API & webhooks
Any custom source
Live
Qb
QuickBooks
Purchase orders → receipts
Planned
DI
EDI / ASN feed
Supplier advance ship notices
Planned
Pull purchase orders, ASNs, and customer orders automatically - no keying at all.
Scanner gun · rapid receiving

Scan rapidly without touching the keyboard.

Each beep creates or updates the connected material record - lot, quantity, and expiry captured hands-free.

Whatever the source, every item lands linked to its supplier and lot - ready to flow into production.
Supplier Lot In the thread
Lot genealogy

See exactly what happened to any lot.

Click any record to trace it. Connected batches, finished lots, and customers light up; everything unrelated fades away.

Select a record to trace its connections through the thread.
Materials
Batches
Finished lots
Customers
Recall readiness

Know the answer before a recall becomes an emergency.

Select a supplier lot and instantly identify every affected batch, finished product, inventory location, and customer destination.

Step 1 · Select affected lot
Tracing connected records…
Select a supplier lot on the left - the affected batches, products, and customers appear instantly.

See how your next production batch would look in LotThread.

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Capabilities

The traceability essentials, without ERP complexity.

lotthread.app / finished-lots / COOKIE-0712-A
COOKIE-0712-A
Oat Cookies · finished lot · packaged 2026-07-12
Fully traced · 100%
FLR-2048 · 24kg SGR-1120 · 8kg OIL-8842 · 3L
BATCH-0712 COOKIE-0712-A
Green Market #14Cornerstone Co-opHarbor Foods
Production date
2026-07-12
Quantity produced
480 units
Quality status
Released
Materials used
3 lots
Supplier lots
3 linked
Shipments
3 customers
BATCH-0712
Oat Cookies · formula OAT-STD-v3
Completed
Yield
472/ 480 expected
98.3% of target
OperatorM. Okafor
Started07:12 · 08:40
Completed07:12 · 10:58
Materials scanned4 of 4 ✓
Materials consumed
FLR-2048 Organic Flour 24 kg
SGR-1120 Cane Sugar 8 kg
OIL-8842 Sunflower Oil 3 L
OAT-5521 Rolled Oats 12 kg
Material inventory
32 OK 4 expiring 2 on hold
MaterialSupplier lotAvail.ExpiresLocationStatus
Organic Flour FLR-2048 1,420 kg 2026-10-12 A-12 OK
Cane Sugar SGR-1120 640 kg 2027-02-01 A-14 OK
Sunflower Oil OIL-8842 95 L 2026-08-03 B-03 Expiring
Vanilla Extract VNL-3301 18 L 2026-07-28 B-07 Expiring
Rolled Oats OAT-5521 210 kg 2026-11-20 A-09 On hold
Mock recall report
Source lot FLR-2048 · Organic Flour
Recall scope
3
affected batches
5
finished lots
1,248
units produced
620
units on hand
628
units shipped
9
customers affected
Generated in 1m 34s · audit-ready PDF + CSV Export report
Inside LotThread

Is my operation traceable right now?

LotThread
Overview
Materials
Production
Finished lots
Inventory
Shipments
Run a trace
Recalls
FLR-2048| ⌘K
1 match · supplier lot
FLR-2048 · Organic Flour · Northwind Mills
jump to thread →
Connected: 3 batches → 5 finished lots → 9 customers
Traceability readiness
92%
4 materials missing supplier lots
2 batches missing operator records
Last mock recall: 1m 34s
Batches in progress
6
Materials expiring soon
4
Lots on hold
2
Finished inventory
38
Action queue
1Add supplier lot to received material
2Review batch yield discrepancy
3Release finished lot from quality hold
4Run monthly mock recall
5Upload missing supplier certificate
Recent thread activity
Flour lot FLR-2048 received
Batch BATCH-0712 started
Finished lot COOKIE-0712-A generated
Shipment SHP-2209 recorded
Quality hold released
Production mode

A screen the floor actually wants to use.

Big buttons, live batch status, and direct warnings - designed for a tablet at the workbench, not a desk covered in spreadsheets.

Incorrect material lot scanned
Material lot is expired
Quantity exceeds available inventory
CURRENT PRODUCT
Oat Cookie Dough
BATCH-0712
14:23
Materials scanned3 of 4
Target yield480 units
Record integrity

Records your team can rely on.

Every action documented

Who did what, when, and why - a complete, timestamped history behind every record.

UserTimeChange
M. Okafor 10:58 Completed BATCH-0712yield 472 units
S. Reyes 09:20 Released COOKIE-0712-AQA check passed
Receiving 08:05 Received FLR-2048against PO-4471
A. Lindqvist 07:40 Edited SGR-1120 quantity640kg → 636kg · corrected miscount

Access controlled by role

People see and change only what their job requires.

Administrator Production operator Quality reviewer Receiving staff

Records protected & exportable

Timestamped edit history
Document & certificate attachments
CSV & PDF exports on demand
Encrypted, regularly-tested backups

Hosted on secure cloud infrastructure with encrypted, regularly-tested backups. A dedicated security page covering encryption, access controls, and data handling is on the way - we describe only what LotThread actually does today.

Pricing

Priced to your production, not your headcount.

Starter
For small producers leaving spreadsheets.
Free to start
✓One facility
✓Three users
✓Materials & batch tracking
✓Finished lots
✓Basic trace reports
Start free
Most popular
Growth
For manufacturers selling wholesale or across channels.
$59/month
✓Unlimited users
✓Lot-level inventory
✓Mock recalls
✓Label printing
✓Supplier COA status
✓API & integration keys
Start with Growth
Production
For growing teams and co-packers.
$199/month
✓Everything in Growth
✓Multiple facilities & lines
✓Quality holds
✓Recall case workflows
✓Compliance exports
✓Priority onboarding
Start with Production
FAQ

Questions we hear from producers.

Do I need to replace QuickBooks?

No. LotThread sits alongside your accounting and ecommerce tools as the traceability layer - keep what you already use.

Can I import existing spreadsheets?

Yes. Map your columns once and bulk-import materials, suppliers, and existing lots from a spreadsheet or supplier file.

Does it work on phones and tablets?

Yes. Receiving works on any phone, and Production Mode is designed for a tablet at the workbench.

Can I use an existing barcode scanner?

Yes. Any USB or Bluetooth scanner gun works at a receiving station, alongside phone-camera scanning.

Can I generate lot labels?

Yes. Generate batch and finished-lot labels with lot numbers and best-by dates.

Does it support multiple facilities?

Yes. Create and manage multiple facilities, assign production batches to a site, and filter production records by facility.

Can records be corrected after a mistake?

Yes - with a full timestamped edit history, so every correction is documented and reversible in the record.

How is an audit history preserved?

Every action is logged with user, timestamp, and reason, and can be exported to PDF or CSV at any time.

Can I trace forward and backward?

Both. Trace forward from a supplier lot to every customer, or backward from a finished lot to its materials.

Is this a full manufacturing ERP?

No, by design. LotThread is focused production traceability - not a broad accounting and planning suite.

Follow every lot with confidence.

Replace scattered spreadsheets and production records with one connected history from receiving through shipment.

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Begin with one product, one supplier, and one production batch.