Pet Food & Animal Nutrition

Explain your pet food site’s performance in dollars

For Plant Controllers and Operations Finance in pet food and animal nutrition: Jetson reconciles labor, production, and cost, dollarizes every variance, and explains site performance in real time.

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the reality

Pet food margin is decided daily and understood monthly


Recipes change, co-pack and private-label orders surge, and demand swings with promotions and seasons. Every shift moves labor, yield, and overhead, and the standards behind the plan drift with them.

By the time the variance report lands at close, the overtime is paid and the margin is spent. Finance can see the site missed budget; nobody can say quickly why, or what each driver cost.
what jetson does

Reconcile, dollarize, and explain performance in real time

Reconcile

Numbers you can trust. Jetson pulls labor, production, and cost data from the systems you already run and ties them out automatically, so Finance and Operations work from one set of figures instead of comparing exports.

Dollarize

Variances in dollars. Every gap across labor, yield, scrap, and overhead is translated into margin impact, so site performance is measured in dollars, not just hours or units.

Explain

The story behind the number. Each variance comes with its operational cause: downtime, call-outs, changeovers, overtime, or standards that drifted.

Act in real time

Before it hits the P&L. Margin leakage and overruns surface during the period, while there is still time to act, not at month-end close.

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customer story

How Stella & Chewy’s reconciled labor and cut planning time 80%

As Stella & Chewy’s expanded across sites, reconciling labor, production, and cost by hand became harder to scale. By tying the numbers together automatically, the team cut manual reporting effort and gained a faster, clearer view of site performance.
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10%
decrease in budgeted labor spend
9%
increase in skilled labor utilization
10x
greater visibility into labor needs
80%
less time spent planning
customer story

How Pet Food Experts recovered $600K across six distribution centers

Pet Food Experts, a wholesale pet food distributor, replaced manual spreadsheet reconciliation with Jetson — surfacing labor cost variances and recovering $600K across a six-site network.
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$600K
recovered in labor cost
34%
decrease in overtime per week
75%
reduction in manual reconciliation
+7%
annual workforce savings
integrations

Connected to the systems your plants and DCs already run

Jetson connects to the ERP, HRIS, time clocks, and production systems your plants and distribution centers already run. It reconciles labor, production, and cost, dollarizes every variance, and explains it, whether you run a single pet food plant or a multi-site network.

How it works

Live in just 4 weeks

Skills, capabilities, schedules, overtime constraints - all mapped to the work that needs to get done each shift.

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White glove implementation

Jetson provides a dedicated team that gets you live in 4-weeks - not months - and stays with you as you scale

Support in minutes, available across every time zone

Get answers whenever your operation is running

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Does Jetson work for pet food manufacturers and distributors?
Yes, both. Stella & Chewy’s, a premium pet food manufacturer, and Pet Food Experts, a wholesale pet food distributor with six distribution centers, both use Jetson to reconcile labor, production, and cost and explain site performance. Figures reflect published customer results.
How does Jetson handle seasonal and promotional demand?
It reconciles the labor and cost each demand swing actually drove and dollarizes the variance, so a promotional spike or seasonal ramp shows up as a cost you can see during the period, not a surprise at close.
Can it separate direct and temp labor cost?
Yes. Jetson unifies direct and temp labor data, tied to ERP work orders, and dollarizes the variance for each — a capability a food-manufacturing customer credited with improving overtime accountability.
What results have pet food customers seen?
Stella & Chewy’s cut planning time 80% and reduced budgeted labor spend 10%. Pet Food Experts recovered $600K and cut weekly overtime 34% across six distribution centers. Figures reflect published customer results.
How long does implementation take?
Jetson provides a dedicated team that gets you live in four weeks, not months, and stays with you as you scale.
Is Jetson secure enough for enterprise deployment?
Jetson is SOC 2 Type II certified, with enterprise-grade security backed by independent audits, regular penetration testing, and security reviews.
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