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Inventory & production for small-batch brands · Beta

Know your stock.
Make your next batch.

Keep materials, purchasing, production and orders together. See what’s on the shelf, what each batch costs and where it went.

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180 days free. No card. Then $19/month.

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Actual Formul work order with production execution, component reservations and inventory impact
Manufacturing / Work orderActual Formul screen · example data
InventoryPurchasingManufacturingCostingSalesTraceability

See the work, step by step

From a delivery
to a finished order.

Choose a step to see the real screen and what happens to your stock. These example records show the tools you’ll use in your own workspace.

Record the delivery, including its lots and cost.

Create a purchase order, then receive the quantities that arrived. Choose a storage location and record supplier lot numbers for tracked materials.

Received materials become stock you can use in production.

Read the receive guide
Formul receiving form with quantity, unit cost, location and batch fields
Actual Formul screen · example data · Open the image for a closer look.

Connected to the daily work

The detail is there
when you need it.

01

Moving to Formul

Bring a starting point you can check.

Review supported CraftyBase exports or spreadsheet snapshots before importing items, formulas and opening stock. Migration is supervised during beta and must be enabled for your workspace.

Explore CraftyBase migration
  • Review file and row checks
  • Compare opening quantities and costs
  • Keep your source history archive
02

Optional Shopify connection

Keep orders close to the stock they need.

The Shopify workflow connects order import, item matching and fulfillment. Beta connections are arranged with us while production app approval and store acceptance are completed.

Explore Shopify synchronization
  • Match products and locations
  • Allocate batches to orders
  • Stock quantity publication is not supported
03

Batch costing

See what went into the finished batch.

Start with your receipt costs. Include materials, packaging and service lines in the formula, then follow the value of what you actually consume in production.

Explore batch costing
  • Plan costs in a bill of materials
  • Record actual production quantities
  • Check stock value by item and batch
04

Lot traceability

A material lot. A finished batch. The recorded trail.

Look up a batch to see its material inputs, later production outputs and customer shipments. Follow linked batches when a product has more than one production stage.

Explore lot traceability
  • Keep supplier lot references
  • Link consumed lots to finished batches
  • See the order behind a shipment

Solo Maker

Time to get
your stock in order.

Inventory, purchasing, formulas, production, costing and sales orders in one workspace.

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$19 / month

After your 180-day free trial.

One user. No card needed to start.

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