Blend ERP + NetSuite Deliver Radical Improvements For Manufacturers
Accuracy, optimization and control are crucial to your work. Blend ERP will improve all of these for you. Here’s how:
Formula Designer
With Blend ERP you can easily create a custom recipe based on specific requirements while minimizing cost, all at the click of your mouse.
Efficiency by design
Optimize based on what matters most to you (cost, potency, or density)
Refine values or run multiple what-if analyses with real-time feedback
Minimize cost by location or globally
Gain complete control
Set targets for your formula to ensure viability
Restrict the list of raw materials that can be considered
Include custom data or calculations to suit specific needs
Mix-and-match units of measure (mass and volume)
100% NetSuite
Formula Designer embeds directly into your NetSuite account
All costing data is sourced live
All inputs and outputs are NetSuite items
All data is available for searching and reporting
Formula & Recipe Management
Blend ERP increases efficiency and quality control while enabling easier compliance. Plus, it’s one of the only tools of its kind that allows you to configure the software to fit your unique requirements.
User-friendly setup
Use the setup assistant to easily create and maintain your formulas/recipes
Add physical ingredients and other cost elements such as labour or overhead
Establish component yield
Work seamlessly in multiple units of measure and lot numbers
User-definable product categories remove guesswork from accounting setup and regulatory compliance
Simplify the management of finished goods packaging
Easily create new formulas/recipes and packaged products at the same time
Avoid human error by limiting user permissions for setting up and modifying recipes
Receive an alert in real time if a product substitution has been made on a batch
Review lot-level recording of every chemical input used in a particular batch
Increase consistency and eliminate waste with pre-programmed recipes
Dramatically reduce errors with built-in checks and balances
Rest easy with automated, thorough records on each unit produced
Better compliance & control
Ensure your accounting details are properly set up by using product categories
Control which employees can edit formulas/recipes and packaged goods fields with set permissions and user roles
Achieve seamless white labeling
Easily track product that must be white labelled
Batch white-labelled products together with non-white labelled products
Batch Manufacturing
Blend ERP allows batching control within NetSuite. It enables you to simultaneously produce multiple orders, faster and more efficiently. What’s more, the real-time inventory and automated goods tracking dramatically simplify your overall process.
Combine multiple orders into a single batch
Ideal for just-in-time and Kanban inventory systems
Create additional product for stock to maximize production volume
Add or remove orders at any time
Mix-and-match formula/recipe demands from customer sales orders and work orders for stock
Substitute product on-the-fly
If ingredients run out or product requires rework, approved users can select substitutes or additional ingredients
Easily trace lots
Users can track lot numbers from raw materials to finished goods, including blending tank, batch number, and note if a substitute ingredient was used
Limit the size of recalls by easily and accurately tracing outputs back to the batch and container, as well as to recipient and shipment details
Gain deeper quality control
Fully configure the software for your unique processes and products
Maintain tests and control ranges by product
Record quality control results by lot
Results are accessible for internal and external analysis
One-click Certificate of Analysis (CoA) generation
Cloud storage gives you a paperless system you can access anywhere, anytime
Achieve seamless white labeling
Easily track product that must be white labelled
Batch white-labelled products together with non-white labelled products
Quality Control
Blend ERP gives you all of the Quality Control bells and whistles you want without any of the annoyances that typically come with compliance software.
Quick, fully configurable setup
Designed expressly to get up and going fast
All fields and rules are 100% configurable to make it a perfect fit for your environment
Minimal training is all you’ll need to confidently use the system, and all documentation is available online on-demand
Add as many users as you like, and protect your system with permission levels
Everything you need—all in one place
Generate a certificate of analysis (CoA) in one click
Run internal-only QC tests
Set quality control limits for raw materials and/or manufactured products
Create unique CoA templates for each customer
Analyze your data inside NetSuite, or export it
All QC results reside in your NetSuite account and are available for searching and reporting
Single source of truth for all accounting, sales, manufacturing, and QC data
Fully secure
Your data is automatically saved to the cloud in real time, so you don’t have to worry about data loss or making backups
Protected by NetSuite’s lauded security to give you total peace of mind
Global HAZMAT Documentation
Shipping hazardous materials requires a strong understanding of detailed and complex regulations. With Blend ERP, transporting hazardous goods is as easy as moving regular goods. Now you can skip the pain of preparing documentation and focus on your business.
Complete regulatory paperwork in a single click
Save time with Blend ERP’s print-and-go functionality for regulatory paperwork related to the transport of hazardous materials
Easily configure HAZMAT details by item
Eliminate headaches with easy HAZMAT management
Generate all HAZMAT documents on demand
Handle multiple jurisdictions on a single order
Produce multiple-jurisdiction HAZMAT shipping paperwork in a single click
Save time with automatic jurisdiction detection
Easily produce your Bill of Lading for ground (DOT, TDG, etc.) and water (IMO)
SDS Management
Distributing and keeping track of Safety Data Sheets is an important but time-consuming task. Blend ERP does the heavy lifting so you can focus on your business without missing a beat.
Automation that dramatically simplifies the job
Management of effective and expiration dates
System-generated notifications prior to expiration
Automatic attachment to transactions
Print associated SDSs with transactions or shipping paperwork
Built for team collaboration
Optionally require a full review with comments
Full visibility for internal staff
Update shared SDSs in a single click
Intuitive file organization & sharing
Cataloging of all SDS documents
Complete historical audit trail
Update shared SDSs in a single click Share SDSs between multiple products
Easy email transmission to customers
BarTender Label Printing
Blend ERP is an authorized BarTender parter, so you can rest assured that this powerful integration delivers.
Click & print—directly from NetSuite
Access all of your existing label templates
Print on-demand in real-time
Eliminate manual data entry and third-party databases
A light & breezy integration
Quick, straightforward setup
No middleware required
No strings attached SaaS priced so low you can’t not get it
Blend ERP is an official partner of both BarTender and NetSuite
One Size Does Not Fit All
Blend ERP is highly configurable. Do it yourself using Blend ERP documentation or our consultants can take care of it for you.
Here are just some of the ways you can make it uniquely yours
Units of measure
Finished good packaging
Component yield
Product naming conventions
Manufacturing tank volumes
Roles/permissions
Formula/recipe modification
Product types
Quality Control Specifications
Container types
HAZMAT jurisdictions
Printed materials such as Batch Work Order, Bill of Lading & Certificate of Analysis
Security
As a native SuiteApp, your data never leaves your NetSuite environment and is protected by NetSuite’s robust security features.
ROLE-LEVEL ACCESS & IDLE DISCONNECT
Role-based access control, automatic locking when idle, and a complete audit trail.
STRONG 256-BIT ENCRYPTION
256-bit TLS encryption for user login and all subsequent data—the same level of encryption used by online banks.
APPLICATION-ONLY ACCESS
NetSuite ensures users can only access the application, not the underlying database.
IP ADDRESS RESTRICTIONS
IP address restrictions are easily configured to set safe locations and limit access specific users.
STRONG PASSWORD POLICIES
Fine-grained password configurations, complexity rules, automatic lockouts after unsuccessful login attempts and multifactor authentication.
