Everything you need to cost, plan, produce, and understand your products
From product costing and purchasing to inventory, production, pricing, and reporting, CostFoundry keeps the work connected.
Built for food producers, makers, manufacturers, assemblers, and other product-based businesses.
Product Costing & Pricing
Build complete products from Materials, Packaging, and reusable Formulas, then see exactly what each one costs with Flexible Cost Analysis. Add labor, distribution, and any other direct cost your business actually has, and turn accurate costs into confident pricing decisions.
Complete Product Costing
Build and cost complete Products using Materials, Packaging, reusable Formulas, yield, and other direct costs. See cost per unit, cost per batch, and overall Product profitability.
Labor & Production Rates
Define production rates and labor wages, calculate labor by unit or batch, and understand the labor required to produce each Product.
Flexible Cost Categories
Capture the direct costs unique to your business—from distribution and commissions to special labor and other Product-specific expenses.
Pricing & Margin Tools
Use built-in pricing tools to evaluate sale price, gross profit, margin, markup, and target pricing based on your actual Product costs.
Price Change Intelligence
Track Material price changes and use the Pricing Simulator to understand their impact and evaluate when selling prices may need to move up or down.
Conversions, Files & Exports
Manage conversions and custom units, attach Product documents and images, and export costing information to PDF or your database to Excel.
Materials & Packaging
Keep Materials and Packaging in separate databases with supplier details, pack information, and current prices. Bring supplier files in with Smart Import, parse packs and normalize units automatically, and respond to cost changes with Price Change Tracking and Bulk Material Replacement.
Materials & Packaging Databases
Maintain dedicated databases for Materials and Packaging with suppliers, item numbers, pack information, pricing, yield, units, and other purchasing details.
Smart Import
Import supplier data from CSV, Excel, and PDF files, map supplier columns, save reusable mappings, and update large amounts of purchasing data without manual entry.
Pack Parsing & Unit Normalization
Turn supplier pack descriptions into structured quantities and standardized units so purchasing information can be used consistently for costing and planning.
Conversions & Custom Units
Use standard conversions, define Material-specific conversions, and create custom units for the way your business actually buys, measures, and uses materials.
Bundles & Reusable Groups
Create Material, Packaging, or combined Bundles to organize commonly used groups and simplify repetitive Product and operational workflows.
Yield, Processing Loss & Price History
Account for usable yield and Processing Loss, update costs as supplier prices change, and maintain visibility into purchasing and cost history.
Production Planning & Scheduling
Move from costing into actual production. Scale one or many products and components to the output you need, save multi-item Production Plans, and consolidate Material and Packaging requirements before you buy. Schedule work, track statuses, and record what you actually produced.
Production Plans
Build multi-Product Production Plans, define quantities, scale Products and their components, and keep everything required for a production run together.
Material & Packaging Requirements
Automatically consolidate the Materials and Packaging required for a plan, including supplier-level requirements and expected input costs.
Labor Planning
Use Product production rates and labor information to calculate estimated labor requirements and target labor hours before production begins.
Production Costs & Profitability
See expected Material and Packaging costs alongside expected revenue, gross profit, and gross margin for each Production Plan.
Calendar, Status & Team Visibility
Schedule production on a shared calendar, move Plans through Planned, In Progress, and Completed stages, and keep the team working from the same production information.
Actual Production & Inventory
Record actual produced quantities, lots and damaged Product; add completed goods to Finished Product Inventory; and consume the Materials and Packaging used in production.
Purchasing & Receiving
See your Production Plans on the purchasing calendar, choose which to consolidate, and generate Purchase Orders by supplier. Mark orders as ordered, receive them with actual quantities and pricing, and put received Materials and Packaging straight into inventory.
Production-Driven Purchasing
Use scheduled Production Plans to determine what needs to be purchased instead of manually rebuilding requirements from separate spreadsheets.
Consolidated Supplier Requirements
Select the Production Plans you want to purchase for and consolidate required Materials and Packaging into supplier-specific purchasing lists.
Purchase Orders
Generate supplier Purchase Orders, use automatically generated or custom PO names, review quantities and costs, and mark orders as Ordered.
Purchasing & Receiving Calendars
See purchasing requirements and upcoming orders on dedicated calendars as Production Plans move through purchasing and receiving.
Receiving
Receive Purchase Orders, confirm what actually arrived, update received quantities and actual pricing, and maintain a record of the completed receipt.
Inventory & Cost Connection
Add received Materials and Packaging directly to inventory while preserving purchasing and supplier-cost information for operational visibility.
Inventory Management
Know what's on hand, what needs attention, and how inventory moves through purchasing and production. Track Material, Packaging, and finished product inventory, keep costs current, and maintain a clear history of every movement — so you can correct mistakes without losing the original record. When Production Plans complete, finished goods and material consumption update automatically.
On-Hand Inventory
See current quantities for Materials, Packaging, and Finished Products in one place, with inventory changing as goods are received and production is completed.
Inventory Counts & Opening Inventory
Establish opening balances and record inventory quantities through controlled inventory workflows rather than maintaining disconnected totals.
Reorder & Inventory Alerts
Set reorder and target levels and quickly identify items that need attention before shortages interfere with production.
Inventory Movements
Maintain a clear history of receipts, production consumption, adjustments, and other inventory movements so you can understand why quantities changed.
Lots & Reservations
Track lot information and reserved quantities where applicable, giving production and inventory teams better visibility into what stock is actually available.
Finished Product Inventory
Move actual completed production quantities into Finished Product Inventory and maintain visibility into what you've produced and have available.
Reports & Insights
Turn costing and operational data into useful business information. Review product profitability and cost trends, compare costs over time, and see how supplier changes affect your margins with Cost Impact Analysis.
Cost & Profitability Insights
Understand Product costs, profitability, margins, and the individual cost categories driving each Product.
Price & Cost History
Follow Material price changes and cost history over time to understand how changing input costs affect the Products you make.
Cost Impact Analysis
See how Material and cost changes flow through Products so you can identify where changing costs matter most.
Version History
Maintain visibility into changes over time and review previous versions of important Product and costing information.
Saved Reports & Exports
Create and revisit useful reports, and move CostFoundry data into Excel, PDF, CSV, or printable formats when you need to share or analyze it elsewhere.
Workspace Health
Identify missing or incomplete operational data and surface areas that may need attention before they create downstream costing or planning problems.
Workspace & Team Tools
Run CostFoundry as a shared workspace. Invite teammates, assign roles, and keep costing, production, purchasing, and inventory in one place instead of disconnected spreadsheets. Spot data-quality issues with Workspace Health and learn the platform in the Learning Center.
One Connected Workspace
Keep Product costing, Materials, Packaging, production, purchasing, receiving, inventory, and reporting information together instead of scattered across separate spreadsheets and files.
Team Access
Invite team members into the workspace and give the people involved in costing, production, purchasing, and operations access to the information they need.
Roles & Administration
Manage workspace roles, seats, permissions, and administrative responsibilities as your team grows.
History & Accountability
Maintain useful change and activity history so important updates don't disappear into disconnected files or undocumented spreadsheet changes.
Learning & Workspace Health
Use the Learning Center and Workspace Health tools to understand CostFoundry, maintain better data, and identify areas that need attention.
Explore every feature
The full directory of CostFoundry feature pages, organized by area.
Product Costing & Pricing
Flexible Cost Analysis
Build complete cost models using Materials, Packaging, labor, distribution, and custom Cost Categories that match how your business operates.
Learn MoreRecipe and Build Management
Create reusable Recipes and Builds with Materials, output, yield, direct costs, and complete Cost per Unit visibility.
Learn MoreProduct Management
Create finished Products with linked Recipes or Builds, Packaging, UPCs, Sale Prices, and profitability data.
Learn MoreCost Breakdown Visualization
See how Materials, Packaging, labor, distribution, and Gross Profit contribute to the final Sale Price.
Learn MoreFlexible Unit Conversions
Use standard, custom, and Material-specific conversions to cost quantities accurately across different measurement systems.
Learn MorePricing Simulator
Test new Sale Prices, percentage increases, target margins, and revenue scenarios before applying changes.
Learn MoreDynamic Pricing Widget
Adjust pricing inputs and immediately see how Product cost, Gross Profit, Gross Margin, and Cost % respond.
Learn MoreMaterials & Packaging
Materials and Packaging Databases
Centralize Material and Packaging records with supplier details, pack information, units, prices, and cost calculations.
Learn MoreSmart Import
Upload supplier price lists and convert them into structured Material or Packaging records with user-reviewed extraction and mapping.
Learn MorePrice Change Tracking and Alerts
Track Material price increases and decreases and see which Recipes, Builds, and Products are affected.
Learn MoreBulk Material Replacement
Replace a Material across multiple affected Recipes, Builds, and Products while reviewing cost and conversion impacts before applying changes.
Learn MoreProduction Planning & Scheduling
Scaling Tool
Scale one or multiple Recipes, Builds, and Products to the exact output quantities you need.
Learn MoreSaved Production Plans
Save, reopen, duplicate, rename, and export multi-item Production Plans.
Learn MoreProduction Calendar
See scheduled Production Plans on a shared calendar with month, week, and list views, status filters, search, and drag-and-drop rescheduling.
Learn MoreProduction Tracking
Record actual production quantities, lot numbers, and damaged product, and let completed production update the inventory used and the Finished Products produced.
Learn MorePurchasing & Receiving
Purchase Planning
Consolidate Material and Packaging requirements across multiple Recipes, Builds, and Products into one clear purchase plan.
Learn MorePurchase Orders
Generate supplier Purchase Orders from consolidated Material and Packaging requirements, review quantities and costs, and mark orders as Ordered for Receiving.
Learn MoreReceiving
Receive Purchase Orders with actual quantities and costs, record lots and short shipments, post received Materials to inventory, and keep a full receipt history.
Learn MoreInventory Management
Inventory Management
Track Material and Packaging inventory on hand with available and reserved quantities, set reorder and target levels, record opening inventory and adjustments, and keep a clear history of every movement.
Learn MoreFinished Product Inventory
See finished Product on hand from completed production, with actual produced quantities, good vs damaged, available quantities, production lots, and weighted-average cost.
Learn MoreReports & Insights
Reports and Exports
Review Product profitability, Recipe and Build costs, supplier activity, Material price trends, and data quality.
Learn MoreCost Impact Analysis
See how changes to Material prices, quantities, Packaging, and direct costs affect Products and margins.
Learn MoreVersion History
Track meaningful changes to Recipes, Builds, and Products without losing earlier versions.
Learn More