What is Loribase?

The Event-Driven Inventory Management System

Loribase is a modular operational platform that tracks inventory, manages production, and controls purchases through immutable events, giving your business a permanent, auditable record of every movement.

What Loribase does

Loribase replaces the combination of spreadsheets and disconnected apps that most growing businesses use to manage their operations. Instead of tracking a single "stock quantity" that anyone can overwrite, Loribase tracks every inventory event: purchases, productions, reservations, transfers, and adjustments. Each is recorded immutably, each contributing to a real-time picture of four simultaneous stock states.

Physical

What actually exists in your warehouse right now.

Reserved

What has been committed to a production or an order.

Available

What can actually be sold or used (physical minus reserved).

Incoming

What is on its way from confirmed purchase orders.

Who Loribase is for

Loribase is designed for businesses that physically manufacture, transform, or distribute products and need more precision than a spreadsheet can provide, but less complexity and cost than an enterprise ERP.

Manufacturers

Companies that produce goods from raw materials. Loribase tracks bill-of-materials production runs with real FIFO costing.

Small distributors

Businesses that receive, store and ship physical products across one or more warehouse locations.

Food & beverage producers

Operations that need lot traceability, expiry tracking, and batch cost visibility for compliance and quality.

Growing operations

Any business that has outgrown spreadsheets but finds enterprise ERPs too complex, too slow, or too expensive to implement.

How Loribase differs from alternatives

Inventory model

Single quantity columnSpreadsheets
Module-based, complex setupERP
Event-driven, 4 live statesLoribase

Production costing

Manual calculationSpreadsheets
Standard cost (often estimated)ERP
Real FIFO cost, automaticLoribase

Audit trail

None (editable cells)Spreadsheets
Partial logERP
Complete immutable historyLoribase

Implementation

ImmediateSpreadsheets
Months, consultantsERP
Days, self-serviceLoribase

Cost

Free (but costly to maintain)Spreadsheets
High (license + implementation)ERP
Accessible subscriptionLoribase

Frequently asked questions

Loribase is an event-driven inventory management system built for manufacturers, distributors, and small businesses that need real operational control. Unlike traditional systems that track a single quantity, Loribase records every inventory movement as an immutable event, giving you a complete audit trail, four simultaneous stock states, and real FIFO production costing.

Loribase is designed for businesses that physically produce, transform, or distribute products. It is particularly valuable for manufacturers who need production blueprints and real cost tracking, distributors managing multiple warehouse locations, food and beverage producers requiring lot traceability, and growing businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets but find enterprise ERPs too complex.

Loribase offers a 14-day free trial on all plans. A payment method is required to activate the trial — billing only begins after the trial period ends. After the trial, plans start with a Starter tier designed for small businesses. See our pricing page for full plan details.

Most ERPs track inventory as a single quantity that gets updated on each transaction. Loribase uses an event-driven model where every movement (purchase, consumption, transfer, reservation) is recorded as an immutable event. This means you always have a complete history, you can never accidentally overwrite data, and the system can automatically calculate real FIFO costs for every production run.

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