From recipe to recall, one record.
Production, quality, and compliance on one system, built inside a working SQF-certified plant. When a retailer or the FDA asks where a lot went, the answer is one click, not a weekend.
Templates, records, and review tools cross-walked to the schemes manufacturers certify against, kept current by our auditor team as editions change.
Follow one lot, from recipe to audit packet.
Most plants run production in one place, quality in another, and documents in a third, then stitch them together the week before an audit. Beacon writes the whole chain to one record as the work happens, so the trace is already built when someone asks.
Recipe
It starts under version control
Formulas, allergens, and specifications, with an approval on every change.
Production
Every step signed as it happens
The batch record executes step by step, ingredients allocated FEFO from the ledger.
Inventory
The lot carries its genealogy
What went in, who signed what, and where it went, written as the run completes.
Labels
The label matches the recipe
FDA label and retailer overlays generated from the same recipe version.
Recall
The trace is one click
Forward and backward genealogy, for any lot, at any time.
Audit day
Everything ready to hand over
The lot's whole trail, organized by clause, on demand.
Your batch records, governed. Not another binder.
Beacon treats a production run as a controlled process, not a form you fill in after the fact. Ingredients are allocated by FEFO from an append-only inventory ledger, each step is signed by the right role with signatures built for 21 CFR Part 11, and a separate approver releases the finished lot with nothing left to transcribe.
- Electronic batch records with role-based, Part 11-ready signatures
- Append-only inventory ledger with full lot genealogy
- QA release gated by a separate approver, on evidence
- Holds, splits, and rework with the genealogy preserved
Traceability is a by-product of production, not a project. Transformation, shipping, and receiving events are captured the moment they happen and export on demand, whether FDA's deadline moves or a retailer asks early.
Every deviation gets an owner and a deadline.
A failed check does not wait in a logbook for month-end review. The reading is flagged out of range on the spot, a deviation opens against the check and the line, and the corrective action carries root cause, an owner, a due date, and an effectiveness check before it closes.
- Deviations opened from failed checks, linked to the line
- Root cause, actions, and effectiveness checks on one trail
- An owner and a due date on every corrective action
- Complaints and audit findings feed the same CAPA spine
Beacon runs the whole food safety program natively. The business systems that stay connect at the seam.
Every record an auditor asks for, answered before they walk in.
Documents are version-controlled, corrective actions carry a complete trail, signatures are electronic, and records are organized by clause. When the auditor asks, the answer is a search, not a scramble.
Every CAPA carries root cause, actions, effectiveness checks, and sign-offs on one trail, linked to the complaint, deviation, or audit finding that opened it.
Explore Quality
Version history, approvals, and acknowledgments live on the document. The record of record cannot be quietly changed.
Explore Documents
The EBR shows every step with who signed it and when, with signatures built for 21 CFR Part 11. QA release is a separate approver's gate on the evidence, not a checkbox.
Explore Batch records
Labels generate from the recipe with a source snapshot. When the recipe changes, drift detection flags every label the change touches.
Explore Labels
Questionnaires, documents, approvals, and certificate-of-analysis tracking per supplier, so approved status holds up when a retailer checks.
Explore Suppliers
One click maps the backward and forward trace: which raw lots went in, which finished lots came out, where each one shipped.
Explore Traceability
Nine packet templates covering six major US retailers, FDA FSVP, SQF Edition 10, and BRCGS Issue 9, each sealed with a SHA-256 checksum and rendered to one PDF.
Explore Audit packetsA structural update to the code your plant certifies against. Beacon carries the Edition 10 templates, and the same team runs the transition consulting before audits begin.
Built inside a working plant, not a software lab.
Beacon was designed and tested at Roman Foods, an SQF-certified manufacturer in Michigan, where a missed citation or a record that does not reconcile is an audit finding, not a backlog ticket. The product exists because nothing on the market worked the way a real plant runs.
PCQI Certified · FSPCA Trained on the operating team
What's behind Beacon
Both sides of the table
Years of audit-side experience
A former SQF Lead Auditor and HACCP Alliance Instructor advising every module.
Audits conducted
On the side of the table that asks the questions.
Working plant it grew up in
Every module runs live on the Roman Foods floor before it ships to yours.
Run a different kind of operation?
Beacon runs manufacturing plants, multi-unit restaurants, and co-pack operations, all on the same platform.
See Beacon run a production day.
A 20-minute walkthrough scoped to your plant, your certifications, and your audit calendar. A batch, a trace, a packet, live. Not a pitch deck.
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What happens next
Discovery call
About your plant, your lines, and your audit calendar.
Live walkthrough
A production day run live: a batch, a trace, a packet.
Custom proposal
Software, consulting, and training sized to your plant.
You'll talk with a food safety expert, not a sales rep.
20 minutes · No commitment · No pressure
Questions food manufacturers ask.
Answers from the team that runs Beacon inside a working SQF-certified plant.
Beacon runs the daily compliance work of a food manufacturing plant on one system: production and batch records, inventory and lot tracking, quality and corrective actions, document control, supplier records, labels, and audit preparation. Instead of stitching together paper binders, spreadsheets, and a separate document folder, every record lives on one append-only system that stays audit-ready every day, not just audit week.
Yes. Beacon captures the transformation, shipping, and receiving Critical Tracking Events and emits a traceability event automatically the moment a lot is produced. You can export EPCIS 2.0 JSON-LD or the FDA Sortable Spreadsheet directly. Whether FDA's enforcement date moves or a retailer asks earlier, your records are captured correctly from the first lot.
That is what it is built for. Beacon runs electronic batch records with Part 11-ready electronic signatures. The run is scheduled, ingredients are allocated by FEFO from the inventory ledger, each step is signed by the right role, and a separate approver releases the finished lot. The batch record is complete and searchable the moment the run ends, with nothing to transcribe the next morning.
Seconds, from your desk. Because every lot carries its full genealogy on an append-only ledger, one click shows the forward and backward trace: which raw lots went in, which finished lots came out, and where each one shipped. There is no spreadsheet to rebuild under pressure when the question is "where did this lot go."
Documents are version-controlled, corrective actions carry a complete trail, signatures are electronic, and records are organized by clause. When an auditor asks for evidence, it is already in the system. You can assemble a retailer audit packet on demand, with a sealed manifest and checksum, and switch on Audit Day Mode to focus the team while the auditor is on site.
Yes. Multi-facility manufacturers run every plant from one platform with facility-level dashboards, consolidated reporting, and role-based access. Each site keeps its own documentation and records while leadership sees the whole network in one view.
Beacon scopes records by customer, so a co-packing operation can keep each brand's SOPs, audits, and documents walled off from the others while running them all on one platform. The manufacturing modules on this page work the same way whether you make your own products, pack for others, or both. See the co-packer platform.