The operations system for food & beverage brands
Perishable ingredients punish bad timing - Tether works backward from every production run and supplier lead time so materials land right when you need them.
Ingredient POs, timed to the run
Raw materials, co-packer runs
Demand the run is sized to
5 POs drafted for this run
Timed to supplier lead times
POs for the W8 run
- On time
Cocoa - PO #1842
Lands W6
- On time
Oats - PO #1843
Lands W6
- Just in time
Cream - PO #1849
Lands W8
- Confirmed
Co-packer run
Booked W8
Cream lands 2 days before the run
Trusted by ops and supply chain teams at fast-growing consumer brands
Stop running your food & bev brand in rigid systems
Get the flexibility to plan demand exactly how your food and beverage brand works. Connect your sales and inventory, and automate the manual work.
Data is disconnected
Sales and inventory are scattered across DTC, Amazon, and wholesale, so you cannot track performance by SKU, variety pack, or bundle in real time.
Legacy systems can't keep up
Distributor requirements, seasonality, and long lead times need flexible forecasting - rigid systems force oversimplified, unreliable plans.
Spreadsheets don't scale
Tracking POs, scheduling production, and allocating inventory by hand wastes hours and invites costly mistakes.
Watch Tether AI work
S&OP Reporting
Tell me what is going on.
- Answers ad-hoc inventory, sales, and cost questions in chat
- Generates sales-history reports across any slice
- Calculates per-unit landed cost with freight, duties, and tariffs
- Sends scheduled reports plus Slack and SMS alerts
- Tracks forecast variance in real time so you course-correct early
See sell-through by SKU, flavor, and bundle - live
Every SKU, flavor, and bundle tracked across DTC, Amazon, and wholesale in real time, with weeks of cover beside it - so the next reorder is a number you watch, not a guess.
- Track weeks of cover by SKU and flag what to reorder first.
- See real-time sales by SKU, flavor, and bundle across DTC, Amazon, and wholesale.
- See your true landed cost: ingredients, co-packing, and freight in one number.
Weeks of cover, by SKU
Reorder before you run dry
Cold Brew 12pk
Amazon
Oat Milk 32oz
DTC
Sparkling 6pk
Wholesale
Granola 16oz
DTC
Kombucha 6pk
Amazon
Variety pack
All channels
Plan for the season and the promo, without over-buying perishables
Tether reads your seasonal swings and layers each promo's lift on top, so you buy enough to win the week without ordering more than the season can sell.
- Forecast seasonal demand and layer promo lift on top, by channel.
- Buy to the season, not the spike, so you do not over-buy perishables.
- Blend top-down targets with bottom-up SKU forecasts.
Seasonal demand with promo lift
Units per week, by month
Jul
Seasonal peak
+27%
Promo lift
On track
Buy plan fit
Order ingredients to land just before you make the product
Tether works backward from each production run and supplier lead time to draft raw-material POs, so perishable ingredients land right when you need them instead of arriving early and tying up cash.
- Draft ingredient POs timed to land just before each production run.
- Respect every supplier's lead time so nothing arrives early and sits.
- Get alerts the moment an ingredient or a run is at risk.
Raw-material POs, timed to lead time
Arrive just before the run, not early
Cocoa
Supplier A
Oats
Supplier B
Packaging
Supplier C
Cane sugar
Supplier D
Cream
Tight window
Tether vs your current setup
| Tether | Legacy ERP + spreadsheets | |
|---|---|---|
| Forecasts by SKU, flavor, and bundle | Limited | |
| Seasonal + promo demand forecasting | Limited | |
| Lead-time-aware ingredient POs | Manual | |
| Co-packer PO coordination | Manual | |
| Distributor + wholesale demand in one view | Manual | |
| Real-time sales across DTC, Amazon, wholesale | Limited | |
| Approval-gated POs with a full action log |
Forecasts by SKU, flavor, and bundle
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Limited
Seasonal + promo demand forecasting
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Limited
Lead-time-aware ingredient POs
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Manual
Co-packer PO coordination
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Manual
Distributor + wholesale demand in one view
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Manual
Real-time sales across DTC, Amazon, wholesale
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
- Limited
Approval-gated POs with a full action log
- Tether
- Legacy ERP + spreadsheets
FrequentlyAskedQuestions
See how Tether runs food & beverage supply chains
From forecast to PO to delivery - Tether AI ✨ drafts the work, and you approve every move.
