Lite manufacturing that works with your production flow
Manufacturing is a key part of the process that most e-commerce companies need, but that other software somehow forgets to include. Whether you’re just purchasing raw materials that get assembled elsewhere or taking on manufacturing yourself, Luminous supports bills of materials and work orders to handle your production flow.
TRUSTED BY hundreds of LEADING BRANDS
Easy management for assemblies and sub-assemblies
Track the production of goods from raw materials to finished products.
Watch over your supply chain across multiple warehouses and locations.
Streamline supplier communication for re-ordering raw materials.
Full traceability for every manufacturing process
Know how much raw materials are being used at each stage.
Instantly identify inefficiencies in your production process.
Keep a thorough manufacturing audit trail for regulatory compliance.
Efficient production planning and scheduling
Quickly figure out how much raw materials you need to purchase based on sales data.
Stay on top of what and how many SKUs you need to produce.
Efficiently plan production for seasonality and sales.
Some questions, some answers
Here are our most frequently asked questions
You have to run the product through an assembly order. This can be done in 3 clicks or less though.
We support multiple units of measure for the same assembly run.
Yes, you can do this by using our disassembly orders. For example, you can purchase a unit and disassemble it upon receival.
Yes.
Yes. Luminous automatically generates the sub assemblies needed to finish an order with multiple layers of assemblies.
Yes, you still need a system that has a concept of bill of materials to do this effectively. We do this for many brands.
Yes, this is actually very common for brands that do not fully trust the systems of their 3PLs or co-packers. Luminous makes it easy to run your own virtual flows on behalf of the 3PL or co-packer.
If you have complex work orders that have complex logic through multiple stages, then Luminous is not a good fit for you.
Operators that manage a lean production process. If your production team is a team of 1-10 people that run a lean and efficient process then we are a great fit for you.
Yes.
No, Luminous doesn’t take these orders through pick/pack. Though you choose which bin/lot it’s being deducted from upon the creation of the work order.
Yes, we provide full traceability for this specific use case.