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Dairy & creamery traceability software

Follow milk intake and ingredient lots through each make or culture batch to finished, dated cheese, yogurt, or bottled product - traceable back to source and forward to every account.

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The problem

What growing producers are up against.

! Milk intake, make sheets, and finished product aren't connected in one record.
! Culture, rennet, and ingredient lots aren't tied to the batches that used them.
! Perishable product makes fast, accurate recall scoping essential - and hard on paper.
How LotThread helps

Built for dairy & creamery traceability software.

Make & culture batches

Track each make as a batch that consumes milk and ingredient lots and yields finished, dated product lots.

Perishable expiry control

Inventory flags what's expiring or expired and holds it out of new batches and shipments - critical for short-shelf-life dairy.

Product-to-milk trace

Any finished lot traces back to its make batch and the milk and ingredient lots behind it.

Fast recall scoping

Scope a suspect lot across batches, finished product, and customers in minutes, then contain affected inventory at once.

Follow the thread

One connected chain, receiving to shipment.

1
Receive

Log each incoming supplier lot with quantity, expiration, and certificate - the lot lands in quarantine until it's inspected and approved.

2
Produce

Start a batch and consume exact approved lots. LotThread blocks anything on hold, expired, or short before it enters production.

3
Package

Turn a completed batch into finished lots with lot numbers and best-by dates, and generate a label in one click.

4
Store

Track remaining quantity, location, expiry, and hold/release state so you always know what's clear to ship.

5
Ship

Record customer shipments with the same guardrails, closing the chain from supplier lot to the customer who received it.

What you get

Outcomes producers feel right away.

Trace any finished lot to its make and milk source
Keep short-shelf-life product moving before it expires
Scope a recall fast on perishable inventory
Give accounts the lot detail they ask for
FAQ

Questions about dairy & creamery traceability software.

Does LotThread handle short shelf-life products?

Yes. Expiry is tracked on every lot, inventory surfaces what's expiring soon, and expired lots are blocked from production and shipment - which matters most for perishable dairy.

Do I have to replace my accounting or ecommerce tools?

No. LotThread is the traceability layer that sits alongside QuickBooks, Shopify, and the tools you already use - it connects your materials, batches, and shipments into one record without replacing your books or storefront.

How long does it take to trace my first product?

Most producers trace a first product in an afternoon. You set up one product, one supplier, and one production batch, and the genealogy and recall scoping compute from there - no manufacturing ERP rollout required.

Can I import existing lots from a spreadsheet?

Yes. Map your columns once and bulk-import materials, suppliers, and existing lots from a spreadsheet or supplier file, so you start with your real history instead of a blank system.

Dairy & creamery traceability software - start in an afternoon.

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.