Harvest Food Solutions
by Harvest Food Solutions
Batch / process manufacturingPasses all 6 Full MRP testsProprietary SaaS✓ Verified
Food and beverage ERP built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, with food-specific extensions for lot traceability, production batching and direct store delivery. Priced per user with manufacturing on the Food Premium plan, plus fixed-price implementation packages.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Batch / process manufacturing product. Built around recipes or formulas, batch runs, and lot genealogy. May or may not include full time-phased planning.
This product meets our Full MRP tests, but we classify it by its center of gravity rather than its planning engine alone. The capability table below shows the detail.
The six Full MRP tests, and how Harvest Food Solutions does on each (6 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Our capabilities(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production about planning functionality(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Demand includes "a component need for assembly or production orders", and MRP is "the calculation of material requirements based on actual demand for components", generated "one level at a time, for each item's low-level code". Scope: Premium plan.
- YesIt uses lead times or required dates.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production about planning functionality(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Purchasing date calculation for purchases(opens in a new tab)
- YesIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Evidence: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- Food and beverage producers who want Business Central set up by food-industry specialists
- Bakeries and food companies that run direct store delivery routes
- Producers who need lot traceability and recall tied to accounting and production
Not a fit when
- Very small producers: the manufacturing plan is $115.50 per user a month plus an implementation package from $24,500
- Non-food manufacturers; the vendor only works with food producers and distributors
- Buyers who want to self-implement from public documentation of Harvest's own extensions
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
$84/user/month
Useful entry price
$115.50/user/month
Billing basis
Per user
Why the useful price is higher
Food Essentials at $84 per user a month has no manufacturing. Bills of materials, production planning and production execution start at Food Premium, $115.50 per user a month.
What moves the real bill
- Priced per user. The monthly figure multiplies by every person who needs an account.
- Annual billing assumed. The advertised rate requires paying for a year up front. Monthly billing costs more.
- Onboarding fee. Implementation is sold as packages: Accounting from $9,000, Inventory from $14,500, Manufacturing from $24,500, Route Management from $9,750. The page does not say a package is required.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| Food EssentialsBilled monthly | $84 per user/mo | — |
| Annual commitment with monthly billing. No manufacturing: accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory, lot traceability and shipping. Implementation packages from $9,000 (Accounting) and $14,500 (Inventory). | ||
| Food PremiumBilled monthly | $115.50 per user/mo | Advanced Manufacturing (from, one plant) $350/mo |
| Annual commitment with monthly billing. Adds BOMs, standard costing, production planning and execution, and machine centers. Counting Advanced Manufacturing as the scheduling add-on is our reading; Harvest also sells a Production Scheduling extension with no public price. Manufacturing implementation package from $24,500; the page does not say it is required. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Food Premium, $115.50 a month (billed monthly); first year $1,386.
- 5 users: Food Premium, $577.50 a month (billed monthly); first year $6,930.
- 10 users: Food Premium, $1,155 a month (billed monthly); first year $13,860.
Pricing detail
Food Essentials is "$84.00 per user/mth (annual commitment with monthly billing)" and Food Premium "$115.50 per user/mth" on the same terms; "Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central" and upgrades. Premium adds Bill of Materials, Standard Costing, Version Management, Production Planning, Production Execution and Machine Centers. Optional modules: Advanced Manufacturing (production order batching, multi-location/line BOM versioning, Julian-date lots) "$350 starting at per month for one plant"; Finance & Operations from $250 a month; EDI, eCommerce, Warehouse Management, Quality Control, production-floor output and others on quote. A Help Desk customer care package "is recommended and starts at $250 per month." Implementation packages: Accounting from $9,000, Inventory from $14,500, Manufacturing from $24,500, Route Management (DSD) from $9,750.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
22 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. "The calculation is based on actual and forecasted demand." MPS covers items "that have a forecast or a sales order line". Manufacturing features need the Premium plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. "The planning system process examines what is, or will be, needed (demand) and what's on-hand or expected (supply). When you net these quantities against each other, Business Central provides action messages."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Expected supply counts in the netting, and the algorithms cover "reusing existing replenishment orders" by rescheduling or changing them rather than always adding new ones.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. "Net requirements drive planned order releases, which are scheduled based on the routing information (manufactured items) or the item lead time (purchased items)." On purchases, "requested receipt date - lead time calculation = order date".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production about planning functionality(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Purchasing date calculation for purchases(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. The planning worksheet gives action messages: "suggestions to create a new order, change an order (quantity or date), or cancel an order", for purchase, assembly, production and transfer orders.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Partial | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Work and machine centers "model capacity and costs", and planned orders are scheduled from routings. The capacity-load pages were not read, so finite loading is not confirmed here. Manufacturing features need the Premium plan. Harvest also sells a Production Scheduling extension to "manage change over and changing demand in a highly dynamic daily schedule".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production manage manufacturing(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production about planning functionality(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Our capabilities(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | Bill of Materials and Version Management are on Food Premium, and the Advanced Manufacturing module adds "Multi Location/Line BOM versioning" and "Detailed BOM costing".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Our capabilities(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Planning runs level by level: "The generation of action messages occurs one level at a time, for each item's low-level code." Manufacturing features need the Premium plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production how to run mps and mrp(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of recipe or formula records, ideally with batch scaling.Know the answer? |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Production Planning and Production Execution are on Food Premium; Advanced Manufacturing adds "Production Order Batching".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production manage manufacturing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | Machine Centers are on Food Premium, and Business Central's documentation describes "Routings to define operations, and work and machine centers to model capacity and costs."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production manage manufacturing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Partial | "Production floor real-time output & consumption" is an optional module priced on quote.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | Quality Control is an optional module with no public price or description.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Yes | "Lot Tracking with Full Traceability" is on both plans, and the product page says "Lot tracking, traceability, recall, and food safety needs to be connected to every department". Advanced Manufacturing adds a Julian-date lot algorithm.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Our capabilities(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Product accounting operations(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. With item tracking on, the "Lot No., Serial No., Expiration Date, Warranty Date, and Package No. fields are available".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Inventory how work item tracking(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Serial numbers are part of item tracking on inbound and outbound documents.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Inventory how work item tracking(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Costing methods decide "whether an actual or a budgeted value is capitalized and used in the cost calculation", with average, FIFO and standard costing documented; finished production order costs are covered in the manufacturing docs.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Design details costing methods(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Production manage manufacturing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Purchasing and vendor management are on both plans, with "raw materials ordering".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); harvestfoodsolutions.com › Our capabilities(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Accounting is on both plans; the Accounting implementation package covers "G/L, Payables, Receivables, Financial Reporting". The ledger is Business Central's.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Finance general ledger(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Partial | eCommerce is an optional module priced on quote; no storefront is named.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Public API v2.0 with documented endpoints.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › V2.0(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. "Webhooks is the way to get notified if an entity changes in Business Central."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Dynamics subscriptions(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Yes | Harvest's Food Premium plan is Business Central Premium ("Per User/Month charges include MS Dynamics 365 Business Central") and lists Production Planning; this is Business Central's own documentation. Online environments can export the database "as BACPAC files to an Azure storage container" from the admin center, on a paid subscription and with explicit permission.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: harvestfoodsolutions.com › Accounting operations(opens in a new tab); learn.microsoft.com › Tenant admin center database export(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- 6–20 people, 21–50 people, 51+ people
- Manufacturing styles
- Batch & recipe products
Integrations
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Microsoft Power BI
- Honeywell
Industries
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- Planning evidence is Business Central's own documentation. Harvest's food extensions (batching, Julian-date lots, DSD) are described only in marketing copy.
- Implementation is priced as packages starting at $24,500 for manufacturing, and a $250-a-month help desk package is recommended, so the first-year cost is well above twelve months of licenses.
Evidence and verification
✓ VerifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 88% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
Researched 2026-09-19 from Harvest's pricing, capabilities and product pages, read in full. Because Food Premium includes Business Central Premium, platform capabilities (planning, item tracking, API, export) cite Microsoft's documentation alongside Harvest's plan listing; Harvest's own food extensions are credited only as far as its pages describe them.
Sources we checked (4)
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Find documentation for Harvest's own extensions (Advanced Manufacturing batching, Julian-date lots, Production Scheduling).
- Confirm whether an implementation package is required, and what a typical manufacturing project costs.
- Price the Quality Control, eCommerce and production-floor modules.
- Confirm whether on-premise Business Central deployments are offered.
Still unknown: recipes & formulas, mcp support, csv export.