Cloud ERP for Manufacturing: How FrshBev Scaled Beyond Spreadsheets

IMPLEMENTATION SNAPSHOT

Industry	Manufacturing
Country	United States (Huntington Beach, CA)
Days to Deploy	45 days
Active Users	18 users across production, finance, and operations
Time to Full Productivity	3 months (from go-live to realizing full operational benefits)

This rapid deployment meant FrshBev was capturing real-time data and making decisions faster, without the 6-12 month Legacy ERP implementation timeline.

KEY FIGURES AT A GLANCE

Metric	Impact
Time Saved	10-15 hours/week on inventory management
Admin Workload	40-60% reduction
Production Cycles	Reduced from 5-7 days to 3-4 days
Financial Close	Cut from 14-21 days to 5-7 days
Inventory Accuracy	Improved from ~85% to 99%+
Compliance Audits	Reduced from 2-3 weeks to 2-3 days

Bottom line: Real-time visibility across operations. Confidence in every number. Ready to scale 2-3x without adding headcount.

KEY WINS

✅ Eliminated manual inventory counting - Production floor staff no longer pulled for cycle counts

✅ Automated production planning - Orders automatically trigger material allocation via Bill of Materials

✅ Multi-entity consolidation - Two separate legal entities now operate with shared visibility and audit trails

✅ Food safety compliance - Digital batch tracking and audit-ready records (FDA, SQF compliant)

✅ Profitability by customer - Finally know which co-pack clients are actually profitable

✅ Infrastructure for growth - Ready for 2-3x volume without scaling admin team proportionally

THE STORY

Huntington Beach, CA. When the pandemic collapsed their Target launch, the team at FrshBev had to pivot fast. They jumped into co-packing, manufacturing premium organic juices and fresh-pressed shots for emerging beverage brands. It was survival mode, and it worked.

Despite their growth, they were still running operations as if they'd just launched. Everything was in Google Sheets. People were spending hours just trying to find basic numbers. The busier they got, the slower everything moved.

When growth becomes a bottleneck

FrshBev was running multiple legal entities and managing dozens of co-pack clients. But their operations were held together with spreadsheets and manual processes.

Every production run meant someone had to count inventory by hand, update a Google Sheet, and hope nothing was missed. Orders came in, but there was no system to automatically allocate materials or plan what needed to be purchased. Team members were spending entire days just chasing down data, time that should have been spent on production, customer service, or growth.

They also ran two separate legal entities to segregate the co-packing business from their brand business. But the systems never talked to each other. Everything was manual reconciliation. No one really knew if either business was actually profitable.

And then there was the compliance nightmare. Food and beverage manufacturers live under constant regulatory scrutiny. Without a digital audit trail or proper batch tracking, every compliance check felt like a scramble to reconstruct records from emails and notes.

It wasn't just an operational headache, it was a growth killer. Adding more business meant adding more headcount just to keep up with admin work.

Leadership had to decide: Would they continue patching the problem with more headcount, or finally invest in systems that could scale with them?

Why Cloud ERP for Manufacturing became the solution

They looked at traditional enterprise ERP systems. The reality was lengthy implementations, massive budgets, and complexity that demanded full-time IT staff. For a growing manufacturer, it was a non-starter.

Then they found Enterpryze, a cloud-native ERP built specifically for manufacturers and distributors like them. Quick deployment. Built-in food and beverage best practices. Compliance and traceability out of the box.

What changed

Three months after going live, FrshBev was operating in a completely different way.

For the first time, they had real-time visibility into inventory. No more manual counts. No more surprises. When a production run finished, the system automatically updated stock levels. When orders came in, materials were allocated automatically based on the Bill of Materials. Inventory accuracy jumped from roughly 85% to 99%+.

The time savings were immediate and massive. Tasks that took 3-4 people a full day now took less than an hour. The 10-15 hours per week spent on manual inventory management dropped to 1-2 hours. Cycle counts? Eliminated.

But the real breakthrough came with automated production planning. Orders now automatically triggered material allocation. Raw material requirements were calculated by the system, not guessed. Production runs were tracked end-to-end, linked to costs and customer profitability.

The multi-entity problem dissolved too. Intercompany transactions that used to require manual reconciliation are now auto-generated with a full audit trail. They finally know which entity is actually making money.

And compliance? The digital audit trail and batch traceability that used to be a nightmare to document is now automatic. Every transaction is logged, every batch is traceable, every record is audit-ready.

What's next

With their operations now streamlined and scalable, FrshBev is looking at growth differently. They're confident they can take on 2-3x the volume without scaling their admin team proportionally. The infrastructure is there to support it.

The cost of staying on spreadsheets is invisible, hidden in overtime, delays, errors, and missed opportunities.

"We invested in Enterpryze because the pain was real. But looking back, I wish we'd done it years earlier. Every month of delay cost us money" - Zeyad Moussa, COO at FrshBev

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ABOUT FRSHBEV

FrshBev is a premium canned beverage and co-packing manufacturer based in Huntington Beach, CA, specializing in organic juices, fresh-pressed shots, and health & wellness drinks. With over 15 years of expertise, they help innovative brands launch and scale their products through co-packing, R&D support, and certification services.

ABOUT ENTERPRYZE

Enterpryze is a cloud-native ERP built for manufacturers and distributors with 20-500 employees. Designed for quick deployment and real-time visibility, Enterpryze replaces spreadsheets with a single source of truth, enabling teams to operate smarter and scale confidently.