All Industries ✨ COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE

The GMP Platform Built
for Cosmetics

MoCRA registration deadlines have passed. ISO 22716 audits are real. Batch Buddy gives cosmetics and personal care manufacturers the compliance infrastructure to stay audit-ready, without the enterprise price tag.

✓ MoCRA Ready ✓ ISO 22716 GMP ✓ 15-Day AE Reporting Trail

No credit card required • First batch record in 30 minutes

EBR · BATCH COS-2241 · IN PROGRESS
1. Weigh-in, Shea Butter Lot SB-2241
COMPLETE
2. Emulsification, 75°C, 800 RPM
COMPLETE
3. Active addition, Vitamin C serum
IN PROGRESS
4. Fill & seal, 50mL tubes
PENDING
5. QA release, e-signature
PENDING
HMAC hash chain: active — every entry locked on save
WHO THIS IS FOR

Is this you?

If any of these sound familiar, Batch Buddy was built for you.

Independent beauty brand or contract cosmetics manufacturer
5–75 employees managing multiple SKUs and ingredient lots
Still running batch records on paper or Excel spreadsheets
Facing MoCRA facility registration or product listing obligations
Preparing for an FDA inspection or retailer GMP audit
Managing 10+ active SKUs with overlapping ingredient lots and expiry dates
THE PROBLEM

The pain points cosmetics manufacturers know too well

MoCRA compliance burden

Facility registration, product listing, Responsible Person documentation, and 15-day adverse event reporting, all landing on small quality teams with no digital infrastructure.

ISO 22716 GMP gaps on paper

No sequential batch record enforcement. Missing deviation logs. Training records in spreadsheets. Auditors find these gaps, and they write them up.

15-day adverse event window

MoCRA requires FDA notification within 15 business days of a serious adverse event. Without traceable batch data, you're guessing which product was involved.

Lot traceability failures

During a mock or real recall, you can't quickly answer which customers received product from a specific ingredient lot. That's a regulatory crisis.

Formula versioning in spreadsheets

No master/draft control. No audit trail for formula changes. Operators pull the wrong version and no one knows until the batch fails QC.

Margin erosion from manual rework

Untracked yield losses and manual rework calculations mean you don't know your true cost per unit, or which batches are quietly losing money.

THE SOLUTION

How Batch Buddy solves it

Built for the specific compliance requirements of cosmetics and personal care manufacturing.

Electronic Batch Records

Sequential, tamper-evident batch records that enforce every step. Operators can't skip checkpoints, sign on behalf of others, or submit incomplete records. HMAC hash-chained from first entry to QA release.

Lot Traceability & Recall Simulation

Trace any ingredient lot forward to finished goods and customers within minutes. Bidirectional recall simulation gives you a signed drill report capturing FSMA 204 Key Data Elements.

MoCRA Documentation Hub

Store Responsible Person records, product listing support documents, and adverse event audit trails. Indexed by SKU and batch for rapid FDA retrieval.

CAPA + OOS Module

9-state CAPA lifecycle with root cause, corrective action, preventive action, and effectiveness verification. 3-phase OOS investigation with deviation-to-CAPA workflow.

COA Management with OCR

Import supplier COAs via AI-powered OCR (GPT-4o vision). Every imported COA is HMAC-signed for tamper evidence, giving you a defensible chain of custody from supplier to shelf.

FIFO Inventory with Expiry Enforcement

Automated First-Expired-First-Out lot allocation. Expired lots are blocked from production automatically. Every lot is tracked from receipt to depletion.

AI Copilot

Scale formulas, update costs, log deviations, and query inventory via natural language. Every Copilot action is written to the cryptographic audit trail, fully defensible.

Real-Time Margin Intelligence

Live landed cost and yield variance visibility per batch. Know your true cost per unit before a run, and see exactly where losses occurred after.

ISO 22716 GMP

ISO 22716 Section Coverage

Alignment reference, not a certification document.

● Full Coverage | 7 sections ● Strong Coverage | 3 sections ● Partial Coverage | 5 sections
ISO 22716 Section Batch Buddy Features Coverage
§4 Personnel Training Records · Role-based access · Audit trail · Staff activity logs Full
§5 Premises Room Tracking module · Facility logs Strong
§6 Equipment Equipment status in OOS investigations Partial
§7 Raw Materials Supplier management · COA import (OCR) · HMAC-signed COAs · Lot traceability Full
§8 Production Electronic batch records · YieldGuard · Formula/BOM management · FSMA 204 traceability Full
§9 Finished Products Batch release workflow · COA generation · HMAC-signed release records · Retention policy Full
§10 Quality Control CAPA+OOS module · Deviation tracking · OOS investigation · Spec management Full
§11 Documentation Hash-chain audit proof · 21 CFR Part 11 controls · Tamper-evident records Full
§12 Internal Audits CAPA module · Audit trail · Deviation-to-CAPA workflow Strong
§13 Subcontracting Supplier qualification records · COA management for CMOs Partial
§14 Complaints & Recalls Bidirectional recall simulation · CAPA integration · FSMA 204 chain Full
§15 Change Control Audit trail · Formula version history (master/draft) Partial
§16 Outsourced Testing COA import & management · OOS tracking via CAPA+OOS Strong
§17 Stability Product specifications · Batch records Partial
§18 Validation Validation Pack (235+ automated regression tests) · Validation documentation Partial

This matrix is an alignment reference, not a certification document.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Download the ISO 22716 Compliance Checklist for Cosmetics Manufacturers

A practical playbook covering MoCRA deadlines, the full ISO 22716 GMP compliance matrix, a 10-point self-assessment checklist, and a 90-day audit readiness plan. Written for cosmetics and personal care manufacturers.

  • MoCRA at a glance, key deadlines and Responsible Person obligations
  • ISO 22716 Compliance Matrix, all 15 sections with coverage ratings
  • 10-point self-assessment checklist, ready to use before your next audit
  • 90-Day Audit Readiness Plan, phases, milestones, and Batch Buddy modules
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Batch Buddy · Compliance Guide

The Cosmetics Manufacturer's
ISO 22716 Compliance Playbook

Powered by Batch Buddy

Inside this guide:
MoCRA at a Glance
ISO 22716 GMP Compliance Matrix
ISO 22716 Self-Assessment Checklist
90-Day Audit Readiness Plan
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COMPARISON

How Batch Buddy compares

An honest look at the options cosmetics manufacturers typically evaluate.

Feature Batch Buddy Paper / Excel Generic ERP
(e.g. NetSuite)
Aptean Process
Manufacturing
Price tier $149–$1,499/mo ~$0 (hidden labor cost) $3,000–$10,000+/mo $5,000–$20,000+/mo
Implementation time Days to weeks Ongoing manual effort 6–18 months 6–12 months
MoCRA-ready out of the box ✓ Yes ✗ No ~ Requires customization ~ Partial, add-ons
ISO 22716 GMP module ✓ Native (7 full sections) ✗ No ~ Configurable only ✓ Yes
Bidirectional Recall Sim ✓ Built-in, HMAC-signed ✗ No ✗ Not standard ~ Limited
AI Copilot (natural language) ✓ GPT-4o powered ✗ No ✗ No ✗ No

Pricing and feature data based on publicly available information as of 2026. ✓ = native capability; ~ = partial/configurable; ✗ = not available.

GET STARTED

Audit-ready in 90 days. Starting at $149/mo.

No enterprise contract. No 12-month implementation. Start your free trial today and run your first ISO 22716-compliant batch record within 30 minutes.

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