The Software Behind Every Product You Make.

Manage your products, BOMs, inventory, production and costs - all in one connected system.

Kerno dashboard: the Activity Summary shows batches waiting, pending QA, in progress, denied and completed with their costs, above cards for each batch and its current production step.

From Fragmented To Connected

Bring your products, inventory, production, and costs together in one system so you can spend less time searching and more time growing.

The Old Way

Information everywhere.

Spreadsheets, notes, emails, and disconnected tools make it hard to keep track and easy to miss things.

Information scattered across a spreadsheet of materials, a handwritten checklist of production steps, a pile of emails, and a calculator for costs and margins.Information scattered across a spreadsheet of materials, a handwritten checklist of production steps, a pile of emails, and a calculator for costs and margins.

The Kerno Way

One connected system.

Get real-time visibility across your business and make better decisions — all in Kerno.

A Kerno production batch in progress: Moisturizing Lotion batch PR-1006 with its product, BOM, planned output, operator and expected cost, above the materials it reserved and consumed.
  • ProductsSKUs, BOMs, variations
  • Inventory and PurchasingMaterials, stock, suppliers
  • ProductionBatches, steps, quality checks
  • CostingMaterials, labor, margins
  • OrdersSales orders and fulfillment

A more efficient, profitable way to make products

  • Know your true costs

    See what every product actually costs to make.

  • Keep production moving

    Know what you have, what you need, and what’s next.

  • Protect your margins

    Price products based on real production costs.

  • Grow without the chaos

    Replace scattered spreadsheets and disconnected tools.

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No credit card required.

One System. Every Part of Production.

All Features
  • Create and manage your products, variants, and bills of materials in one place.

Kerno BOM for Botanical Toner: material, labor, overhead and total cost per batch, cost per bottle, and the ingredients and packaging with quantities and unit costs.
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    Product & BOM Management

    Create and manage your products, variants, and bills of materials in one place.

    Kerno BOM for Botanical Toner: material, labor, overhead and total cost per batch, cost per bottle, and the ingredients and packaging with quantities and unit costs.
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    Materials & Inventory

    Track your materials, inventory levels, and stock requirements so you always know what you have and what you need.

    Kerno Materials Inventory: on-hand value, low stock, reserved and incoming totals, and each material with on hand, reserved, available and incoming quantities.
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    Order Management & Fulfillment

    Manage customer orders, allocate finished goods, and track shipments from order to delivery.

    Kerno Orders: open, pending, allocated and shipped counts, and sales orders with customer, items, quantity, ship date and status.
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    Purchasing & Supplier Management

    Manage what you need to buy, who to buy it from, and when materials need to arrive.

    Kerno Purchase Orders: open orders, value awaiting delivery, and each purchase order with its vendor, expected delivery, total and status.
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    Production Management

    Plan and manage production runs, quantities, and requirements so you can produce efficiently.

    Kerno Production: batches by status from Draft to Completed, and each production run with its product, BOM version, planned output, date, operator and status.
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    Costing & Profitability

    Calculate your product costs, set pricing, and see how profitable each product is.

    Kerno product costing for Botanical Toner: cost per bottle, selling price, gross profit and margin, with the cost breakdown by material from the last production run.
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    Planning & Manufacturing Intelligence

    Turn your product, inventory, purchasing, and production data into insights that help you make better decisions as you grow.

    Kerno Planning: upcoming runs, planned units, materials short and at-risk runs, above a calendar of scheduled production runs.

No jumping between spreadsheets. No manually reconciling information.

From Order to Production, Everything Connects.

  1. Start with a sales order or decide what you need to produce.

    Sales OrderSO-1001

    Botanical Toner50 units

Connected to Your Operations

Bring your sales and operational data into Kerno without rebuilding your workflow.

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Built for people whose work turns ideas into products.

See how Kerno is helping growing product businesses make production simpler, smarter and more profitable.

Plans That Grow With You

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  • Solo

    Regular price 59.99

    $47.99/mobilled annually

    For independent makers and business owners managing operations on their own.

    Get Free Trial

    1 user

    Up to 2 connected platforms

    • Product and BOM management
    • Materials and inventory tracking
    • Purchasing and supplier management
  • Teams

    Regular price 149.99

    $119.99/mobilled annually

    For growing businesses that need shared access, more integrations, and room for their team to grow.

    Get Free Trial

    5–20 users (5 included)

    2+ connected platforms

    • Shared team workspace
    • Team roles and access permissions
    • All Solo features included
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Meet Kerno

Kerno was created for a simple reason: product makers shouldn’t have to become operations experts just to grow their business.

  • Why we startedThe problem we saw.

  • Who we’re forGrowing product businesses.

  • What we believeRunning your business shouldn’t get in the way of making great products.

Join the Kerno community

Connect, share, and grow with other makers

Join the Kerno community to ask questions, share ideas, get support, and connect with other product makers building and growing their businesses.

The Kerno Products list (lavender soap, citrus candle, herbal balm, body scrub, all in stock) beside the Made with Kerno storefront showing the same products from independent makers, kept in sync.

Made with Kerno

Turn what you make into what you sell.

Sell your products through Make with Kerno — directly connected to the Kerno app you already use to manage your products, inventory, production, and costs.

Made with Kerno
  • List your products

    Publish products from your Kerno catalog.

  • Reach new customers

    Get discovered by shoppers looking for independent makers.

  • Stay Connected

    Orders flow back into Kerno so your inventory and production stay in sync.

Ready to bring your product operation together?

Know what you have, what it costs, and what to make next. Try Kerno free or book a demo to see how it fits your business.

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