MRP · Planning and production
Carry the plan into the batch.
A revised order, delayed delivery or changed yield stays connected to the affected jobs, material requirements and customer commitments.
Explore MRP
MRP to batch release, one connected record
Manufacturers · Cosmetics
Cosmetic manufacturing software for the whole operation.
Worldover connects MRP and ERP for cosmetics manufacturers with R&D, PLM, quality and regulatory. Know what to make, what to buy and when you can deliver, from the approved formula to the released batch.
Without Worldover
The brief landed yesterday. Whoever gets a credible sample back first usually takes the work.
Turning a brief into a formulation and a lab sample is manual, and it's running alongside hundreds of other projects, each with versions, revisions, testing and sign-off in different places.
- MRP, ERP, R&D and regulatory are separate systems, so auditability and traceability barely exist between them.
- Multi-customer compliance means market blacklists plus COSMOS, Vegan and ECOCERT, all checked by hand for every customer and market.
- Generic CRMs manage the enquiry but not the technical work needed to win it, and sales can't reach formulation or cost data.
You lose work to whoever samples faster, you can't take on more customers without hiring people who aren't available, and one failed audit can stop the site.
With Worldover
Worldover connects the enquiry, the customer formulation and its version history, qualified raw materials with live pricing, testing, capacity and the compliance screen in one workflow.
You can answer "can you make this, cheaper and better" before the brief goes cold.
- Brief, formulation, versions, testing and sign-off run on one record, across every customer project at once.
- Every formulation is screened against market regulation, retailer schemes and your own blacklists, automatically.
- Ingredient lists, QQ lists, SDSs and allergen statements are generated from the live formula, not rewritten.
MRP is the starting point, not the whole system
Sell it. Plan it. Make it. Release it.
Plan bulk, filling and packing together. Worldover MRP connects approved formulas, raw materials, packaging, usable stock and line capacity, so a customer promise starts with a production plan that can actually run.
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Sell it
An order becomes a plan.
How it works
Orders and demand become production requirements from the approved formula and BOM. A revised order stays connected to the affected jobs and material requirements.
- 02
Plan it
Stock and capacity are checked.
How it works
Usable stock, supplier lead times, equipment and shifts determine what's feasible, before you promise the date. A customer brings a launch forward. The bulk can be made, but the pump arrives later and the filling line is already committed. See the constraint before accepting the date, then review the purchasing and scheduling changes together.
- 03
Make it
Buying and production move together.
How it works
Purchase proposals and manufacturing jobs connect to the same customer commitment. Consumption and yields are recorded against the plan.
- 04
Release it
The batch earns its release.
How it works
QC evidence and release decisions stay linked to the batch and order. A completed batch isn't shippable until quality releases it.
ERP · Orders, purchasing and inventory
Run the order, not the handovers.
A receipt doesn't make a quarantined lot available. Purchasing sees the shortfall, planning sees the constraint and sales can review the customer date. Keep your finance system where it makes sense.
Explore ERPBuild your setup
These are the modules we typicallyoffer to cosmetics manufacturers.
Start with MRP: production planning and inventory. Build the wider operation around it with ERP, batch execution, R&D, PLM, quality and regulatory. The same product and lot records follow the work from brief to released batch.
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MRP / MES
Making and moving the product. Batch execution, planning, stock and the warehouse.
Recommended
Production Planning
AI-led scheduling across machines, labour, skills and material lead times, because an unoptimised whiteboard is idle capacity you're paying for.
- Production order management
- Scheduling and capacity planning
- Labour costing and allocation
Recommended
Inventory Management
Aggregated purchase proposals so you stop buying two 5kg packs of glycerin for two jobs, plus tiered pricing history and supplier scorecards.
- Inventory overview
- Stock and non-stock items
- Request stock
MES
Electronic batch records with dual signatures and staged QA release, replacing the paper record that delays every batch.
See it for cosmetics manufacturers02
R&D / PLM
The product and formulation foundation. Where most customers start, because everything else reads from it.
Recommended
PLM
Hundreds of customer formulations, each with versions, briefs and constant revisions, held on one record with real version history.
- Products
- Product specific workflows
- Product table management
Recommended
R&D Lab Software
Raw materials, compositions, costs and regulatory screening in one lab record, so a brief becomes a costed, compliant sample faster than the competition.
- Raw materials workflow management
- Composition management
- Table management
Recommended
Quote Management
A central costing matrix with BOM pricing, so "Box A or Box B, Cap A or Cap C" gets quoted accurately instead of guessed at.
- Central costing matrix
- Detailed costing breakdown
- Costing modules
Project Management
Hundreds of NPD projects with tasks, critical paths and approvals sitting on the same data as the formulations.
Add to your setupTesting Management
Stability, compatibility and PET results linked to the formulation, at scale, instead of a spreadsheet per project.
See it for cosmetics manufacturersQMS
You get audited far more often than your customers do. Document control, training and CAPA with a full audit trail.
See it for cosmetics manufacturersCRM
An enquiry-to-signed-customer pipeline that's actually connected to sampling, formulation and quoting.
See it for cosmetics manufacturers03
ERP
The financial backbone, running on the same substance-aware records.
ERP
Ledger, AP, AR and order management running on the same batch and product records as the floor.
See it for cosmetics manufacturersFP&A
Budgets, forecasts and variance analysis built from live operational cost.
Only if: You're reporting to a board or an owner who wants margin by customer and by job.
See it for cosmetics manufacturersYour setup
Production Planning + Inventory Management + PLM + R&D Lab Software + Quote Management
5 of 19 connected26%
What it connects
Enquiries, bill of materials cost, live material prices, stock cover and the capacity to make it.
How the workflow changes
Quotes are built from the real BOM and the real schedule, so the promised price and the promised date survive contact with production instead of being renegotiated later.
Scope note
The manufacturing operation runs from customer demand through material planning, purchasing, production and quality release, with R&D, PLM and regulatory connected. Choose MRP for planning, ERP for transactions and costing, and QMS for release evidence.
Take this setup with you
Get your setup as a PDF.
The modules you've selected, what each one covers and how they connect, written up as a document you can share internally.
Worldover supports connected regulatory workflows, product documentation, approvals and the operational data behind them. It isn't a regulatory consultancy service.
Willow finds answers, prepares work and routes decisions using the live operating record. Material actions remain governed by permissions, approvals and audit history.
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See your setupWillow
The AI colleague insideyour cosmetics manufacturer operation.
Willow works from your orders, formulas, usable stock, supplier data and batches. It flags planning issues, prepares buying and production work, and helps quality and regulatory teams respond, with your people approving the decisions.
Checks the plan
Finds the material, capacity or release constraint behind an affected job or customer order.
Prepares the work
Prepares purchase proposals and manufacturing jobs from the current formula, usable stock and supplier context.
Connects the response
Drafts the QC follow-up, document update or customer reply against the affected records.
Gets approved
Scoped permissions, human approval for anything material and a full audit trail of every action.
- 125+
- Enterprise customers across cosmetics, chemicals and supplements
- 4 to 7
- Point systems typically retired, most within 6 months of go-live
- 12 to 16 weeks
- To a live Phase 1, not a multi-year programme
- 1 record
- Per substance, everywhere it appears
US cosmetics contract manufacturer
Elevation Labs
“Then we met with Worldover, and the difference was very clear, these folks were thinking very differently about how to approach our business.”Read Elevation Labs's customer story
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Common questions
What cosmetics manufacturer teamsask us most.
We run hundreds of customer formulations. Will version control actually hold up?
Version history is the point of the record. Every revision, who made it, what changed and which customer brief it answers stay attached to the formulation and to any documents generated from it.
Can we keep each customer's IP separate?
Yes. Permissions are set per person and per record, and customer portals only expose the documents and projects belonging to that customer.
Does it help with audits?
Records, certificates, batch evidence and sign-offs are held against the batch and the product, so customer and GMP audits are answered from the system rather than a folder hunt.
Can we start without replacing production systems?
Yes. Most contract manufacturers start with the product record and the lab, then extend into planning, MES and warehouse once the front end is running.
How should we choose ERP software for cosmetic manufacturing?
Look for formula and packaging version control, lot inventory, material planning, batch records and quality release that work together. Worldover connects ERP and MRP to R&D, PLM, quality and regulatory, so the manufacturing plan uses the same approved product record as the rest of your team.
Can Worldover replace our MRP and manufacturing spreadsheets?
Yes, material planning, purchasing, production and inventory can run in Worldover alongside your formula, product and quality records. Agree the workflows and data that move in the first phase, and keep existing systems where they still serve a defined need.
Does Worldover support both cosmetic contract manufacturers and own-product manufacturers?
Yes. Contract manufacturers can connect customer briefs, quotes and delivery commitments to the manufacturing job. Own-product manufacturers can manage their portfolio, formula changes and batch history on the same operating system.
What software do cosmetics manufacturers need?
Cosmetics manufacturers typically need formulation and PLM, MRP or ERP for planning and stock, quality management for batch release, and regulatory tooling for PIFs, CPNP or SCPN notifications and claims. Running them as separate systems forces the same formula, component and batch data to be re-keyed, which is why an operating system that holds one product record underneath all four is usually cheaper and faster than integrating four tools.
How do cosmetics manufacturers manage Product Information Files?
The Responsible Person keeps the PIF at their declared address for ten years after the last batch is placed on the market, containing the product description, signed CPSR, manufacturing method and GMP statement, claim substantiation and animal testing data. It stays valid only if it's regenerated from the live formula, supplier and label records rather than assembled once as a set of PDFs.
What replaces spreadsheets for cosmetics batch records?
Electronic batch records replace spreadsheets by capturing the formula version, materials issued, in-process checks, deviations and release decision against the batch itself. The practical test is whether you can retrieve every batch made from one formula version, with its certificates of analysis, in seconds rather than reconstructing it from files.