# Guidance

> Guidance is in commercial rebuild with CPG design partners, shaping a connected operations platform for demand planning, inventory, COGS...

Guidance is in commercial rebuild with CPG design partners, shaping a connected operations platform for demand planning, inventory, COGS, traceability, and co-packer workflows.

## Facts
- Website: https://guidance.so
- Pricing: paid
- Categories: E-Commerce, Design
- LotsDirectory page: https://lots.directory/products/guidance
- Listing state: Unclaimed. We listed this product from its public website, and its owner has not claimed it yet.

## Detailed info

## What is Guidance?

Guidance is a CPG operations platform being rebuilt for commercial release with design partners. Its public modules describe planned workflows rather than generally available software.

## What Guidance does

The commercial design connects costing, inventory, production, purchasing, fulfillment, traceability, and planning through a shared data model. A structured conversation is intended to become a configuration blueprint reflecting a brand’s products, suppliers, channels, and operations.

## Who Guidance is for

It is intended for small and growing CPG brands managing ingredients, co-packers, stock, production, costs, and channel margins.

## How Guidance works

Interested brands apply as design partners to shape workflow priorities and rollout order. The planned setup maps operational information into connected models, with prototype-informed concepts being validated before a commercial launch.

## Key features

- Planned costing connects ingredients, packaging, freight, labor, yield, and co-packer fees.
- Target cost propagation shows effects across bills of materials and margins.
- Planned inventory tracks stock by lot, SKU, and location.
- Production scope includes batch management, yield, and scheduling.
- Purchasing design includes supplier management and replenishment.
- Target traceability connects forward recalls, backward traceback, and lot genealogy.
- Planned fulfillment handles orders, lot allocation, and shipments.

## Facts from guidance.so, checked 13 October 2026

- The site describes an activity-based point model as proposed.
- A working prototype informed the rebuild direction.

Written from Guidance's own website ([Homepage](https://guidance.so/), [Pricing](https://guidance.so/pricing), [Features](https://guidance.so/how-it-works)). The maker can claim this listing to edit it.

## FAQ

### Is Guidance available for live demonstrations?
The site explicitly says it is not yet available for live product demonstrations.

### Can the displayed plans be purchased?
The pricing page calls its tiers draft goals and says they are not purchasable today.

### Is pricing final?
Final pricing, module scope, point allocations, and commercial policies remain to be set before release.

### What input do design partners provide?
They help shape the commercial build, workflow priorities, and rollout sequence for CPG brands.

### Are the homepage examples live product runs?
The examples are labeled conceptual or target workflow illustrations rather than a live product demonstration.

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