Step 1: Add packaging materials

Start by adding your packaging materials. That means the physical packaging you put product into plus the label stock you keep on hand (stickers, tag stock, anything you attach to the package or product).

Step 2: Upload label templates

Next upload your label templates. Those are the digital files you send to a printer so the right artwork lands on each label. Craved Artisan does not ship its own label generator yet, so you keep using the tools you already trust and store the finished files here. That is how we know what to print when you run automation from Orders.

Step 3: Build packaging profiles

Last, create packaging profiles. That is where you tie materials, labels, and templates together so you can link packages and print paths to many products at once instead of reconfiguring every order by hand.

Packaging

Packaging can be many things: a brown paper bag, a vase for flowers, a doughnut box, a shipping mailer, or something like a 5 by 2 by 10 windowed foldable bag. Capture each physical pack out here. For many shops packaging alone is on the order of five to fifteen percent of cost of goods sold, depending on the business. Tracking it here helps us keep stock honest through busy stretches, surface cost drift over time, and keep you aware when supplier price moves should feed back into how you price finished goods.

Labels

Labels are what they sound like. Sometimes that is sticker stock, sometimes plain paper you staple on. Think of it as the finishing layer you add to packaging or directly on product. One package can easily carry several labels, which is fine, but every label consumes material and needs to live in inventory just like anything else you buy. That is why we track label stock separately from the pack itself.

Label template

A label template is the digital file that actually prints on your label stock. If you are not buying labels that are already fully printed, you store those layouts here. Later, from Orders, you can lean on automation so packages and labels move through print steps quickly with less copy paste and fewer last minute file hunts.

Packaging profiles

A packaging profile is the finished wiring for this whole area and the main switch for automation. You connect a physical package to the products and labels that ship inside it. Example: say a 5 by 2 by 10 bag holds ten large sourdough loaves, and each loaf needs six labels in different sizes, two thermal printers, and unique copy per loaf across those ten units. That is a lot of moving parts. Profiles let you connect the dots once, link products to the right materials and templates, and then let automation carry the repeat work so you get hours back and fewer packing mistakes. Profiles are not frozen. Update them whenever packaging, printers, or recipes change.

Ingredients stay in Inventory / Ingredients

Raw inputs and recipe costs stay in the ingredients ledger. Finished pack outs, label stock, templates, and profiles live here so each area stays easy to audit.

Refresh templates when compliance changes

When ingredients, allergens, or claims change, walk every template tied to that SKU so what prints still matches what is inside the package.