ERP built for perishable inventory and thin margins
GenLedge runs food and beverage distribution and production on one system: inventory, costing, AP, and cash. Barcode receiving, lot-level costing, and a AI invoice automation keep the back office moving while agentic AI handles the repetitive work. See gross margin in real time, even when supplier prices move daily.
Steps in the AP invoice automation
Gross margin visibility
Inventory costing and tracking
Warehouse receiving
What slows food & beverage teams down
The back-office friction that quietly erodes margin and time.
Perishable stock on a clock
Inventory arrives with a short shelf life, and spoilage eats thin margins fast.
Lot tracking and true cost
Every lot carries its own cost, and getting it wrong quietly distorts profit.
Margins measured in pennies
Margins are thin enough that small costing errors can wipe out a product's profit.
High invoice volume
Suppliers send a constant stream of invoices that all have to be coded and matched.
Cash locked in stock and returns
Slow-moving inventory and unresolved returns tie up cash the business needs.
Explore how GenLedge helps food & beverage run better
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Track stock and its true cost together
Manage perishable inventory with lot-level costing, so every case reflects what it actually cost to land.
- Lot-level tracking for perishable and dated goods
- Costing that follows landed cost, not list price
- Real-time stock across warehouses and sites
- Margin updates as purchase costs change
Cost every case, even as prices move
Food and beverage margins live and die on landed cost. GenLedge tracks perishable inventory at the lot level and updates costing as supplier prices change, so the number you sell against is the number you actually paid. Real-time margin means you see profit erode before month-end, not after.
- Lot-level costing for perishable stock
- Landed cost captured at barcode receiving
- Real-time margin by product and order
Turn a wall of invoices into automated processing
Distributors and producers drown in supplier invoices. GenLedge routes them through a AI invoice automation where agentic AI reads, codes, and matches each invoice against receipts and orders. High volume moves through without adding back-office headcount.
- automated from receipt to payment
- AI coding and matching to receipts
- Exceptions surfaced, routine invoices automated
Close the loop on returns and cash
Spoilage, rejections, and returns are part of the business, and each one moves stock, cost, and cash. GenLedge ties returns to the original order and credit, then bank reconciliation confirms what actually cleared. Cash tied up in inventory stays visible the whole way.
- Returns linked to orders and credits
- Inventory and cost adjusted automatically
- Bank reconciliation on cleared cash
Integrates with your existing tools
Questions about GenLedge for food & beverage
Yes. Inventory is tracked at the lot level, so dated and perishable goods stay separated by lot with their own costs. That keeps costing accurate and makes it clear which stock needs to move first.
See GenLedge for food & beverage
Book a demo and we'll show you the platform on a workflow from your business, then set up a sandbox on your real data.