The quality callback
A customer reports an issue with Tuesday’s delivery. Batch tracking tells you exactly which production run it came from — and which other customers received it.
Traceability
Every batch accounted for, both directions.
What went into it, what went out of it, and when. Batch and lot tracking that writes itself as a side-effect of production — not a job for Fridays.
Traceability without the clipboard
Tracking that is a by-product of doing the work.
The reason most small manufacturers can’t trace a batch is that traceability is normally extra work — a second log, kept separately, by someone who has better things to do. BSimple inverts it: running a production batch creates the traceability record.
- Ingredient lots consumed are recorded against the batch
- Finished-goods batches are recorded against the orders that ship them
- Use-by and expiry dates travel with date-sensitive stock
- Recall or quality question? One record answers it
Where it earns its keep
Four moments batch tracking pays for itself
Shelf-life rotation
Use-by dates ride with the stock, so older batch stock ships first and date-driven write-offs shrink.
The audit or listing
Food-service and retail listings ask traceability questions. The answer is a record, not an archaeology project.
Yield honesty
Planned quantity vs. actual output per batch becomes visible, which is where margin leaks hide in manufacturing.
Made for Australian food and drink makers
BSimple’s batch tracking was built alongside its recipes and production module for industries like food manufacturing and brewing, where a batch is the natural unit of both production and risk. Because batches, ingredients, orders and customers share one database, a trace is a query — not a weekend with three spreadsheets and a highlighter.
And because everything else runs on the same platform, the batch that answers a traceability question also flows into the same Xero-synced order flow and the same margin reporting as everything else.
Questions
Batch tracking FAQs
What is batch and lot tracking?
Batch (or lot) tracking records which batch of a product each sale came from, and which ingredient lots went into each batch. When something goes wrong — or a customer asks a good question — you can answer precisely instead of guessing.
Do I need this if I’m a small manufacturer?
If you make food, drink, cosmetics or anything with use-by dates or recall exposure, traceability is cheap insurance. BSimple creates batch records automatically as part of production runs, so the tracking is free labour.
Can I track use-by and expiry dates?
Yes — date-sensitive goods carry their dates through the batch record, which matters for food manufacturing and brewing where rotation and shelf life drive what ships.
Where do batches show up?
In production history, in inventory, and against orders — so a batch question resolves from one record instead of three systems and a phone call.
See it running on your numbers
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