Operations platform for product-based businesses

Manufacturing Operations
Made Simple.

Track inventory, production, work in progress and dispatches in one easy-to-use platform. Built for growing manufacturers and product-based businesses.

No setup fees · Works without RFID · UK support

Operations overview
Live · today
Stock on hand
48,210
+2.1%
Open work orders
37
8 due today
Awaiting dispatch
126
21 orders
On-time rate
98.4%
+1.2%
Production throughputThis week
WO-1842 · AssemblyOn track
WO-1841 · Print runIn progress
WO-1839 · PackingAwaiting parts
The cost of getting by

Still managing operations with spreadsheets?

The hidden tax on growing manufacturers — quiet errors that compound every week.

Stock inaccuracies

Counts don't match reality. Orders get promised that can't be filled.

Lost inventory

Pallets, parts and finished goods disappear between bays and lines.

Production bottlenecks

No visibility on which jobs are stuck or waiting for materials.

Missed dispatch dates

Late shipments damage customer trust and trigger penalty clauses.

Time-consuming stock takes

Days lost every quarter to manual counting and reconciliation.

Lack of operational visibility

Leadership flying blind. Decisions based on yesterday's spreadsheet.

One platform, every workflow

Everything you need to run operations.

Replace spreadsheets, paper trails and disconnected tools with a single source of truth.

Inventory Control

Real-time stock levels across every location. Low-stock alerts, movement history and accurate counts you can trust.

Production Tracking

See every job from issue to completion. Track work in progress, flag delays and balance load across teams and machines.

Bill of Materials

Define products once, build them the same way every time. Auto-deduct components as orders are produced.

Dispatch Management

Pick, pack and ship with confidence. Generate labels, manifests and ASNs from the same screen your team scans.

RFID & Barcode Scanning

Optional hardware add-ons that supercharge accuracy. Use phones, handhelds, or RFID readers — your choice, any time.

Reporting & Analytics

Live dashboards for the shop floor and the boardroom. Export anything, schedule reports, plug into your BI tool.

Built for product-based businesses

Flexible enough for any operation.

Manufacturing

Discrete and batch production with full traceability.

Print & Promotional

Job-based workflows, custom products, fast turnarounds.

Garment Decoration

Track blanks, decoration stages and finished orders.

Warehousing & Fulfilment

Multi-client, multi-location stock with pick accuracy.

Assembly Operations

Kit components, monitor stations, ship complete units.

Distribution

Inbound, putaway, picking and dispatch in one flow.

Outcomes that move the business

Measurable impact, week one.

Up to 90%

Reduce stock errors

Eliminate manual entry mistakes with scan-first workflows.

Real-time

Improve production visibility

See exactly where every job sits — no end-of-day reports.

10× faster

Speed up stock takes

Cycle counts in minutes instead of full-day shutdowns.

Hours/week

Reduce manual admin

Automate repetitive data entry across every department.

99%+

Improve dispatch accuracy

Pick-and-pack validation catches errors before they ship.

Unlimited

Scale without spreadsheets

Onboard new sites and users without rebuilding workflows.

Inside the platform

Dashboards built for the people doing the work.

Inventory dashboardLive preview
SKUs
1,284
Locations
12
Low stock
7

Stock on hand, by location, by status. Filter, search and act.

Production dashboardLive preview
Open WOs
37
In progress
21
On hold
3

Every work order, every stage. Spot bottlenecks before they cost you.

Dispatch dashboardLive preview
Today
48
Tomorrow
62
Backlog
11

Today's shipments, tomorrow's load, carrier-ready paperwork.

Reporting dashboardLive preview
On-time %
98.4
Accuracy
99.2
Cycle hrs
4.6

Throughput, accuracy and trends. Share live links with anyone.

Trusted by operations teams

Results that show up in the numbers.

We replaced three spreadsheets and a clipboard with Carton Guard. Stock takes that used to take two days now take an hour.
Operations Manager
Print & finishing, 45 staff
Dispatch errors dropped to almost zero in the first month. Customers noticed before we did.
Warehouse Lead
Fulfilment, 20 staff
Finally a system the floor team will actually use. Setup was days, not months.
Managing Director
Assembly, 60 staff
98%+
Dispatch accuracy
10×
Faster stock takes
30%
Less admin time
2 wks
Avg. time to go live

Take Control Of Your Operations

See how Carton Guard can simplify inventory, production and dispatch management.