Food Manufacturing Analytics
From Farm Gate to Shelf —
Every Margin Visible.
Food manufacturers carry enormous complexity — ingredient costs, recipe management, batch production, regulatory compliance, SKU margin, and distributor performance. Firehawk connects your production data to your financials and turns it all into the clarity you need to run a profitable, compliant food business.
48 hours from connection to clarity. No lock-in. No contracts.
Integrations
Your Systems. Connected.
Firehawk connects directly to your existing stack — no manual exports, no CSV uploads, no IT department required.
ERP & Production Systems
Accounting & Finance
The Problem
You're Making Products. You're Not Making Margin Visibility.
Food manufacturers know their revenue. They rarely know their margin by SKU. Ingredient cost changes happen faster than P&L reports get updated. Compliance deadlines appear without warning. And production efficiency is measured by gut feel, not by the numbers.
01
SKU Margin Invisible
You know which products sell best. You don't know which ones are actually profitable after accounting for ingredient costs, labour, and waste. Your top-selling SKU might be your worst performer.
02
Ingredient Cost Volatility Untracked
Commodity prices move weekly. Your standard cost models are updated quarterly — if you're lucky. By the time the P&L shows the impact, you've already shipped at the wrong margin for months.
03
Compliance as a Manual Scramble
FSANZ requirements, nutrition labelling, allergen declarations — all managed in spreadsheets and updated reactively. Regulatory review triggers panic instead of a quick export.
What Clients Say
Trusted by operators who demand real numbers.
These aren't early adopters — they're operators who tried spreadsheets, tried other tools, and chose Firehawk because it actually works.
500+
KPIs tracked daily
48hr
to first dashboard
100%
IP owned by you
“We had no idea which SKUs were actually making money. Our best-selling product was also our worst margin performer — we'd been selling it at 12% gross margin for two years without realising. Firehawk showed us in 48 hours what a full P&L review hadn't surfaced in two years.”
G.B.
Founder, Specialty Food Brand, VIC
The Process
From Connection to Clarity in 48 Hours
We connect your ERP, production system, and accounting platform to surface the metrics that drive a food manufacturing business — margin by SKU, production efficiency, compliance status, and ingredient cost trends — in 48 hours.
01
Day 0
Connect
Integrate with your inventory and ERP system — DEAR, Cin7, Unleashed, or custom. No developer required.
02
Day 0–1
Audit
We map your SKU-level margin, identify your highest and lowest performers, and surface the ingredient cost trends that are eroding profitability.
03
Day 1
Structure
CEO-level P&L, SKU margin dashboard for commercial, production efficiency view for operations, compliance status for the quality team.
04
Day 2
Live
48 hours to full visibility. Every SKU. Every batch. Every compliance requirement. You own the IP and the data.
The Metrics
The KPIs That Run a Food Manufacturing Business
From margin by SKU to production yield to FSANZ compliance status — these are the numbers that separate profitable food manufacturers from those managing by feel.
MarginProductionComplianceEfficiency
01Margin
Gross Margin by SKU
Revenue minus COGS (ingredients, packaging, direct labour) per SKU. The most important commercial metric in food manufacturing — identifies profitable products from margin-destroyers.
02Margin
Ingredient Cost as % of Revenue
Raw material costs relative to revenue. Tracks commodity price pass-through and margin compression across your product portfolio.
30–40% target (varies by category)
03Production
Production Yield Rate
Percentage of input materials converted to saleable output. Benchmark: 92%+ for efficient food production. Waste below this target erodes margin directly.
92%+ target
04Production
Batch Cost Variance
Actual production cost per batch versus standard cost. Identifies costing model errors, ingredient substitutions, and process inefficiencies before they accumulate.
05Efficiency
Inventory Turnover Rate
Number of times inventory is sold and replaced per period. Low turnover in food manufacturing indicates overproduction, slow-moving SKUs, or demand forecasting failures.
10–14 turns/year target
06Production
Waste & Reject Rate
Percentage of production rejected or wasted at each stage. Tracks quality control performance and the true cost of quality failures before they reach the customer.
Under 3% reject rate target
07Margin
Revenue Per Production Run
Revenue attributable to each production run. Tracks whether batch sizes are optimised and whether scheduling decisions are aligned with commercial priorities.
08Compliance
FSANZ Compliance Coverage
Percentage of SKUs with current, FSANZ-compliant nutrition panels and allergen declarations. Eliminates the manual audit scramble before regulatory review.
100% compliance required
09Compliance
Allergen Declaration Accuracy
Percentage of products with verified, current allergen declarations. Non-compliance creates recall risk and regulatory exposure.
100% accuracy required
10Efficiency
On-Time Delivery Rate
Percentage of orders fulfilled and delivered on schedule. Benchmark: 95%+ for retail and foodservice supply chains. Late deliveries carry financial penalties and relationship risk.
95%+ target
11Efficiency
Labour Cost as % of COGS
Direct production labour costs relative to cost of goods sold. Tracks production efficiency and the impact of shift scheduling, overtime, and workforce changes.
12Margin
Customer Concentration
Percentage of revenue from your top 3 customers. High concentration (60%+) creates significant business risk — tracks dependency and informs commercial diversification strategy.
Under 40% from top customer
Pricing
Simple Pricing for Food Manufacturers
From boutique artisan producers to national manufacturing groups — analytics that scale with your production volume and complexity.
Firehawk Food Starter
For small manufacturers and early-stage food brands
$239/mo
- Connect one ERP or inventory system
- Automated daily data sync
- SKU margin dashboard
- Ingredient cost tracking
- Basic production yield monitoring
- FSANZ compliance checklist
- Ticket-based support
- Onboarding demonstration included
Most Popular
Firehawk Food Pro
Best for growing food manufacturers and multi-SKU brands
$559/mo
Compliance automation alone saves 2–3 days per regulatory review
- Everything in Starter
- Connect ERP + accounting + production systems
- Batch cost variance analysis
- Full inventory turnover and waste tracking
- Automated nutrition panel generation (FSANZ)
- Allergen declaration management
- Budget vs actuals by product line
- Priority support
- Onboarding demonstration included
Firehawk Food Custom
For national manufacturers and co-packers
Custom
- Everything in Pro
- Custom integrations (all ERP, MES & quality systems)
- Bespoke data modelling for complex production environments
- Retailer and distributor performance dashboards
- Supply chain risk monitoring
- Dedicated account management
- Onboarding demonstration included
FAQ
Questions? We Have Answers.
Everything you need to know before booking your Blueprint session.
Firehawk integrates with DEAR Systems, Cin7, Unleashed, and other leading Australian food and manufacturing platforms. Custom integrations are available for proprietary or legacy ERP systems on the Custom plan.
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Start Your 48-Hour Blueprint.
In two days, you'll have a complete tactical audit and strategic blueprint. No 6-month discovery. No billable hours for data cleaning. Just clarity.
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Day 1: Automated AI audit of your entire data estate.
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Day 2: Strategic blueprint with defensible architecture plan.
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