Tray ERP

What Tray ERP is

Tray ERP is a web-based system for food and beverage operations managing receiving, production and fulfillment. Its tools include recipe formulation, production planning, inventory, quality management, compliance records and lot traceability. Each lot can be followed through the batch it became to the customer it reached, and allergen declarations roll up through sub-recipes. At receiving, teams can inspect, hold or reject incoming product. The barcode-native product includes a camera-based scanner in its mobile-responsive web app, and Tray says its reports provide CFIA, FDA, GFSI and HACCP evidence. Tray runs alongside existing accounting systems rather than replacing them: order and invoice data can be exported to CSV, while direct API sync with QuickBooks, Sage and Xero is on the maker's near-term roadmap. Purchase orders and documents can be emailed through Microsoft 365 or SMTP. Every plan includes cloud hosting, Canadian data residency, daily encrypted backups and a 99.9% uptime target. Products, lots, BOMs, orders and audit trails can be exported at no charge as CSV or a full database backup.

Who it suits

Tray is intended for food and beverage operations, including bakeries, mills, spice makers, prepared-food businesses, dairy and beverage companies, and co-manufacturers. It suits businesses that need lot-level tracking and recipe-based production workflows while keeping an existing accounting system.

Limits

Starter supports up to 5 users and 250 SKUs; Growth supports up to 15 users and 1,500 SKUs. Scale supports up to 40 users with unlimited SKUs. Starter, Growth and Scale also have one-time setup fees of 5,000.00 CAD, 5,000.00 CAD and 7,500.00 CAD respectively.

Getting started

1. Open trayerp.com
2. Choose a Tray plan
3. Use the web application
4. Configure operations within the selected plan

Verdict

Tray focuses on food production workflows, traceability and compliance records, with export options for accounting and data portability. Factor in its role alongside an existing accounting system and the plan's setup cost before choosing it.