Inventory Management
Real-time stock tracking across every location, bin, and SKU. Includes lot control, serial numbers, expiry dates, automated reorders, cycle counting, and full audit trails built for compliance-driven manufacturers.
Manufacturing operations run on precision, yet in the UK, over 46% of small and mid-sized businesses still track inventory manually or rely on outdated tools (dynamicssquare.co.uk), leading to costly inefficiencies and missed sales opportunities. Keel's real-time inventory management software gives UK manufacturers complete visibility across every location, SKU, and production stage—no guesswork, no spreadsheet chaos. From automated reorders and lot traceability to IoT integrations and compliance-ready audit trails, it's the operations backbone fast-moving manufacturers have been waiting for.
End-to-end inventory control built for manufacturing complexity — from raw materials to finished goods.
Real-time stock tracking across every location, bin, and SKU. Includes lot control, serial numbers, expiry dates, automated reorders, cycle counting, and full audit trails built for compliance-driven manufacturers.
Model your exact production stages, checkpoints, and terminology. Trace every input, transformation, and output from raw materials to finished goods with QC built directly into the workflow.
Custom warehouse workflows built around your layout, receiving process, and team. Supports picking, packing, put-away, and special handling rules tailored to how your facility actually operates.
Automate purchase orders, manage supplier records, and streamline replenishment. Includes three-way matching, approval workflows, multi-currency support, and automatic inventory updates on receipt.
Track every order from entry to delivery in one place. Automate fulfilment workflows, manage inventory allocation, handle splits and backorders, and maintain a complete audit trail at high volumes.
Pick, pack, and ship with full visibility at every stage. Optimised wave, batch, and zone-based picking with barcode verification, automated carrier selection, and exception handling built for scale.
Most inventory tools force manufacturers into rigid templates designed for retail. Keel is different — it's modelled around your actual operations: your stages, your SKUs, your compliance requirements. Whether you're managing sensitive expiry windows, tracking serialised components, or synchronising stock across multiple production sites, Keel delivers real-time visibility down to the bin level. Automated reorders, FIFO valuation, IoT integrations, and role-based permissions mean your team always has exactly the information they need — and nothing they don't.
See how fast-moving teams replaced spreadsheets and legacy ERPs with inventory systems they truly own.
Keel is the modern ERP alternative built for operations teams who need flexibility, speed, and total ownership of their tools.
No rigid templates — every workflow, SKU structure, and compliance rule is modelled around how your manufacturing operation actually runs.
Launch a fully tailored inventory management system in weeks, not months, and iterate freely as your operations evolve and grow.
You own your data, your workflows, and your system outright — no vendor lock-in, no black-box platform, full control at every level.
Keel is a UK-registered company (Planko Ltd, Altrincham, Cheshire), registered with the ICO (ZB524558). Built-in audit trails, role-based permissions, and lot traceability give regulated manufacturers the compliance backbone they need, on multi-region infrastructure that lets you choose where your environment is hosted, including the UK.
Operators who built the tools they wished existed — now building them for you.
Keel was founded in 2021 by three former executives from Echo — Europe's fastest-growing online pharmacy, later acquired by Pharmacy2U. As CEO, CTO, and CPO, they built custom operations software shipping 50,000 medicines to 600,000 customers daily, scaling Echo to $130 million in annual revenue. They experienced first-hand how legacy systems couldn't keep pace with fast-moving, highly regulated operations. Rather than settle for inflexible off-the-shelf tools, they built their own—and gained a decisive competitive advantage in the process. Keel is Planko Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Altrincham, Cheshire. In 2024, Keel raised $6 million in seed funding from leading European investors Earlybird and LocalGlobe, validating the mission to empower operators everywhere with flexible, powerful tools they truly own.
The four main types are periodic inventory systems (stock counted at set intervals), perpetual inventory systems (continuously updated in real time), just-in-time systems (stock ordered only as needed to minimise holding costs), and materials requirement planning (MRP) systems that align inventory with production schedules. Keel's platform supports perpetual, real-time tracking with MRP-style demand planning and automated reorders built in.
Talk to a Keel expert and get answers tailored to your manufacturing operation.
Registered with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), reference ZB524558.
Validated by leading European venture investors with $6M seed funding.
Transparent, community-verified engineering with public GitHub repository.
Tell us about your operations and a Keel expert will show you exactly how a custom-built inventory system can fit your process, quoted in GBP with VAT added—no generic demos, no lengthy sales cycles.
You can also send us a quick email at hello@keel.so.
You can also send us a quick email at hello@keel.so.