AI for CPG manufacturers and brands

Put AI to work in your business this week, not next quarter.

We have done the trial and error. We build your AI from the way your business runs, bring your team along, and stay with you until it works. Built by people who have run a plant, not just a laptop.

30+
Years of systems experience
$250M
Market cap grown as CTO · $15M to $250M
2
ERP/MES systems built from scratch
4
Quality certifications earned & maintained

Only 1 in 4 employees say their company has communicated a clear plan for AI. We help you be the company that has one.

Gallup, May 2026, US employees
How it works

A shadow board for AI
in your business.

On a well run line, every tool hangs on a shadow board, in its place, at the point of use. Nobody hunts for it, and everyone can see when something is missing. We build the same thing for AI: four layers, each in its place, so your team gets results faster and keeps using it.

Layer 1
Your business, mapped
AI Workspace
We build the context first: what your business does, from the top down to each department, its core functions, its people and the systems it runs on. Every AI tool you use reads from that one map.
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Layer 2
Your people, ready
Team Calibration and Training
Your operations team comes in early. We see where each person stands with AI, then train them in small groups, so the people doing the work are the ones driving adoption.
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Layer 3
Your skills, built
SOP to AI and AI Applications
We turn your own instructions and SOPs into AI skills: the steps, plus the right tool at each step. Your team checks every line before it goes live.
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Layer 4
Our team, beside you
Technical Support
We stay with you as it runs. Screen share, hands-on help and answers from people who know the tools and know a plant.
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Behind the board
Systems Audit & ManagefeedsAutomation Opportunities·Document Control·Connectors to your systems (coming)

Start with any layer. Most businesses start free with their SOPs, then add the layers they need. Every layer cuts the time it takes to get AI working, and we are there along the way.

Services

Big results, at prices
a small business can start with.

Pick a service, start online, and work with a team that has run a plant. Prices are on each service page.

AI Applications
AI built from how your business runs, ready for your team to use.
Technical Support and Education
People who know the tools, on call for your team, and training that sticks.
Foundation and Compliance
The structure behind the board, there when your business is ready for it.
Leadership and Planning
Experienced people to plan it, lead it and stand behind it.
How every service starts
The same simple path, so you always know what comes next.
1Order online
2Onboarding form
330 minute pre-planning meeting
4Follow up questions, if any
5Installation meeting
About

Built by people who have run a plant,
not just a laptop.

CPG Automate is built on more than thirty years of hands-on experience building real systems in real manufacturing environments, not slide decks about what AI could do someday.

Built and scaled a CPG contract manufacturer from raw material sourcing through finished goods formulation, including a fully custom MES/ERP platform, built from scratch on Zoho Creator.
Developed three MIL-STD-105 quality management systems that received approval from every major aerospace and defense contractor.
Grew a broadcast technology company market cap from $15M to $250M as CTO and SVP, managing 100+ technical personnel across 90 websites, 2,000 domains, and 6 television networks.
Built one of the earliest in-house MRP systems (FoxBASE) for contract aerospace manufacturers, in the 1980s.
Developed some of the first online commercial streaming services, and co-led the specification of early credit card processing and referral payout systems on the web.
"The manufacturers who win the next decade won't be the ones who bought the most AI tools. They'll be the ones who built the data foundation to use them."
CPG Automate · Founder
Industry experience across
Personal Care
Nutraceuticals
Supplements
Home & Wellness
Food & Beverage
Broadcast Tech
Aerospace QMS
How we work
We use AI throughout our own work. A person reviews everything before it reaches you, and a person is accountable for it. That is the standard we will help you build, and we hold ourselves to it first.
Contact

The fastest way to start
is a conversation.

No obligation. Tell us where you are and what you're trying to solve, and we'll tell you honestly if and how we can help.

We respond within one business day.
Three ways to start
Email
Website
cpgautomate.com
Serving
CPG manufacturers across the US: personal care, nutraceuticals, food & beverage, home & wellness.
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