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From raw store to finished shelf, with the margin intact

Materials issued against recipes, yields measured per batch, imports costed at true landed value, and a traceability chain that recalls one batch instead of a warehouse.

Sound familiar?

If any of these ring true, you are exactly who this was built for.

The maize question

"I bought 3 tonnes, milled it, sold flour — did I make money?" Answered once a year, at stocktake, with a shrug.

Margins computed on fiction

Freight, duty, and clearing never reach the unit cost — so the price list quietly subsidizes the heaviest items.

The open-door raw store

Production "takes what it needs", yields drift 3% and nobody can say where the material went.

The recall you cannot scope

A complaint arrives and the honest answer to "which batches, where?" is everything, everywhere.

How teams get started

1

Baseline the recipes

Your products and their BOMs loaded; the raw store starts issuing against orders.

2

Run a measured month

Yields, variances, and waste per batch — the first weekly report usually finds the leak.

3

Cost and trace everything

Landed costs on imports, holds at receiving, and the recall drill run as an exercise.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of producers is this built for?

Kenyan SME processors and producers — millers, bakers, dairies, feed and oil processors, water bottlers, furniture and metal workshops. The common thread is raw materials transformed into products, where yields and costing decide the margin.

Do we need barcode scanners and weighbridge integration on day one?

No — start with batch numbers on paperwork keyed into the system and verified weights recorded at receiving. Hardware accelerates capture at volume; the discipline works without it and tells you when the volume justifies the upgrade.

Can it handle by-products and rework?

Yes — by-products (bran, cake, offcuts) are received as their own stock with value, and rework re-enters as recorded input to a new run, so yields stay honest and by-product revenue stops leaking off-book.

How long until the yield reports mean something?

Three to four weeks of recipe-based issuing produces trustworthy baselines — and the first quarter of measurement typically recovers 2–5% simply because leakage loses its deniability. Optimization comes on top of that.

Cost one product honestly

Bring one recipe, one import shipment, and one week's production — see the true margin, end to end.