COSMO Nutrition

COSMO Nutrition is an industry offering for recipe-based, batch-oriented manufacturers working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Its operational focus includes vitamins and nutritional supplements, prepared feed and feed ingredients, food preparations, and dry, condensed and evaporated dairy products. The solution connects product formulation, manufacturing, quality assurance and supply-chain processes. Recipes and manufacturing specifications Manage manufacturing specifications that bring together recipes, bills of materials, routings and production instructions. Define raw-material proportions using percentages or shares, alongside fixed-quantity components such as packaging. Multilevel recipes allow a reusable base recipe to form part of a larger formulation. Recipe and bill-of-material versions record changes over time. Comparison matrices help users review component proportions across recipes and versions when developing alternative formulations. Production variants accommodate differences in products and production quantities, while linked routings describe the operations needed to manufacture them. Ingredient information and co-products Maintain ingredient information for raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods. Expected ingredient quantities describe the intended composition of purchased and manufactured items, and ingredient information can follow materials into production orders and batch records. Manufacturing specifications also support co-products, allowing a production process to represent multiple outputs rather than only a single finished item. This connects the formulation and production structure to the resulting output quantities. Batch production and production instructions Prepare batch production orders from manufacturing specifications and carry the relevant recipe, component requirements, operations and instructions into execution. Production simulation helps users examine expected material consumption and output before manufacturing; sales-order simulation also helps assess ingredient availability. Track manufacturing dates and retain lot-number continuity between bulk production and subsequent packaging. Manufacturing dimensions provide additional ways to filter and organise items, capacity and production orders. Rich-text instructions can be maintained in recipes, routings and production orders so that operational guidance accompanies the work. Production planning and sequencing Use planning and component pools to review production orders and their material requirements. Sequence planning arranges production work at the relevant work centres and connects detailed scheduling with material availability, resource requirements and production-order feedback. Planners can adjust the order sequence, schedule towards required dates and retain selected orders at fixed positions or dates. Graphical planning provides a visual view of production work and capacity, with drag-and-drop scheduling. Capacity warnings help identify planning conflicts. Manufacturing resources and shifts Schedule manufacturing resources according to production-operation requirements, availability and qualifications. Resource requirements are derived from the capacity needs of production orders, and staff can be assigned automatically or manually. Shift planning accommodates skills, teams, employee absences and alternating shift patterns. This connects the machine and operation schedule with the personnel needed to perform the work. Maintenance coordinated with production Manage maintenance plans and maintenance orders for production equipment. Standard, periodic, usage-based and breakdown maintenance processes allow maintenance work to be organised alongside manufacturing. Linked maintenance and production schedules help planners coordinate equipment downtime with production on the same machine. Maintenance and setup work can be represented in sequence planning, and scheduling views support adjustments when production or maintenance dates change. Cost and price calculation Create configurable calculation scenarios for product costs, overheads, contribution margins and prices. Calculation schedules and item or capacity calculation groups provide a structured way to assemble direct costs and additional charges. Compare initial product costing with actual production costs. Scenario calculations also support assessment of different batch sizes, target values and currency-dependent costs, connecting formulation decisions with manufacturing and commercial evaluation. Quality inspections and test management Define test plans, test methods, sampling arrangements and measurement specifications. Manage test orders and test incidents for incoming goods, production inspections, retesting and ad hoc inspections of stored goods. Record measurements and evaluate them against the applicable specifications. Operation-specific test plans connect inspection activities to manufacturing steps, while versioned test planning provides a controlled basis for recurring quality checks. Quarantine, release and lot traceability Use lot and serial-number statuses to control whether inventory can proceed through subsequent processes. Goods can remain in quarantine or be blocked until the relevant inspection and release decision has been completed. Test results can trigger status changes automatically. Maintain external lot numbers and sub-lot identifiers, and track status information alongside item movements. Lot splitting and merging support changes in how inventory is organised while retaining the associated tracking information. These functions connect receipt, production, storage and shipment with the quality status of the material. Supplier evaluation and purchasing controls Evaluate suppliers using quality, delivery quantity, delivery date and return criteria. Maintain rating history, classify suppliers, generate evaluation reports and recalculate ratings for defined periods. Approved-vendor controls support purchasing from accepted sources. Purchase and sales delivery tolerances accommodate permitted differences between ordered and delivered quantities, while document text communicates additional material or order specifications. Customer specifications and certificates Manage customer specifications and configurable certificates, including certificates of analysis. Certificate status and version management distinguish current and historical certificate information. Certificate reporting connects the product and batch information with the documentation supplied to customers, supporting deliveries that require evidence of the relevant quality characteristics. Platform and implementation COSMO Nutrition works with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and requires the Premium manufacturing experience. It extends Business Central’s purchasing, inventory, sales and manufacturing processes; the underlying Microsoft product is a prerequisite, not a replacement supplied by the industry offering. Implementation services and customer-specific development are distinct from software functionality. External systems, additional connectors and bespoke integrations should be scoped separately rather than treated as part of the standard solution.