BellHawk
BellHawk is barcode and RFID inventory, work-in-process and traceability software for manufacturers and industrial distributors, from Milramco LLC and sold through KnarrTek. It tracks materials from receiving through production to shipping in real time, with lot, expiry and recall data. Food processing is one of its listed application areas, alongside metal, plastics and pharmaceuticals.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Small and mid-size food and beverage processors, Manufacturers replacing paper job tracking
- Pricing
- From USD 400 per month
- Runs on
- Web, Windows
Who it is for
Small and mid-size food and beverage processors
The vendor says it helps food and beverage processors with traceability, mock recalls and SQF, FDA, USDA and HACCP requirements.
Manufacturers replacing paper job tracking
Barcode scanning replaces paper forms and keyed data entry for jobs, materials and labour.
Less suited to: Restaurants and food service: the site is aimed at manufacturers and industrial distributors, not restaurant operations.
What it does
Receiving and put-away
Records item, supplier, quantity, lot and expiry at receipt, prints tracking barcodes and directs put-away to scanned locations for FIFO use.
License-plate container tracking
Tracks materials by container barcode so the system knows which materials went into which products.
Work-in-process and job tracking
Shows real-time status of jobs and customer orders and captures labour and elapsed time per operation.
Materials traceability and recalls
Captures full materials history, including FSMA and DSCSA event data, to find the source of defects and limit recalls.
Mistake prevention
Checks materials against the bill of materials and warns users before a wrong pick or use.
Quality assurance status tracking
Flags materials needing inspection, restricts them to quarantine areas and re-inspects a whole lot if one item fails.
Job costing
Tracks quantity and cost of materials, labour and machine time for each operation.
Mobile data collection
Uses browser-based PCs, tablets and mobile computers with barcode scanners, with no custom app to install.
Warehouse management option
An integrated warehouse management option covers picking, packing and shipping for small and mid-size operations.
Barcode and RFID labels
Prints combined barcode and RFID labels and tracks containers or serialised items by tag.
Custom reports
Reports can be built with Microsoft Office, Crystal Reports or SSRS through a remote desktop interface.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 400 per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription
The FAQ says BellHawk Online starts at as little as $400 per month, with the typical client under $1,200 per month for subscription or rental. The overview gives a range of about $500 to $1,500 per month depending on whether it is simple work-in-process tracking or a full manufacturing execution and warehouse system.
How it compares
Compared with the 13 products in Food Manufacturing Execution & Production Planning that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 5 integrations. The median in this category is 2.
- Lists Web and Windows only. Among the 12 products in this category that state their platforms, 2 list an iOS app and 3 list an Android app.
Works with
- Accounting
- QuickBooks Enterprise
- Other
- BarTender AutomationMilramXCrystal ReportsSSRS
The vendor says it has standard interfaces to accounting systems such as QuickBooks Enterprise and can provide interfaces to most other accounting and ERP systems; MilramX is its own data-exchange software for ERP and trading partners.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Platforms
- Web, Windows
- Hardware
- Runs in the browser on PCs, tablets and mobile computers with barcode scanners; the server side runs on a Windows Server or Windows IIOT computer. Scales and process equipment need application-specific interfaces.
The vendor says the hosted version runs on servers in the USA and its cost figures refer to regions of the USA. No country list is published.
The company
- Company
- Milramco LLC
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- Encrypted data links (no certification named)
- Support
- Support and user manuals are listed on the site; implementation is often through partners and the vendor recommends incremental roll-out starting with receiving.
Listing details
- Vendor
- BellHawk Systems
- Headquarters
- United States
- Built for
- Food manufacturing
- Focus
- General-purpose, used in food businesses
- Status
- Active
- Website
- bellhawk.com
- Also listed in
- Batch & Lot Tracking
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Starts at USD 270 per month, billed annually, against USD 400 per month for BellHawk. The two prices are quoted on different terms.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Headquarters, founding year and team size
- Contract term
- Countries served beyond the USA
- Named food customers
- Security certifications
- Interface languages
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://www.bellhawk.com/
- Overview and price rangehttps://www.bellhawk.com/BellHawkSoftware/BellHawkOverview.php
- FAQ, pricing, integrationshttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.php
- Product line and delivery optionshttps://www.bellhawk.com/Products/SoftwareProducts.php
- Receivinghttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/ReceivingPutAway.php
- Traceability for foodhttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/MaterialsTraceability.php
- WIP trackinghttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/WorkInProcessTracking.php
- Quality assurancehttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/QualityAssurance.php
- Mobile data collectionhttps://www.bellhawk.com/Solutions/MobileDataCollection.php
- Architecturehttps://www.bellhawk.com/Technology/BellHawkTechArchitecture.php
- Partnershttps://www.bellhawk.com/Partners/PartnerOpportunities.php
- KnarrTek vendor sitehttps://knarrtek.com/