The batch is the unit. Which milk, which day, which vat and how long it has been maturing determines what can be sold this week and what is promised for December, and a producer without that record is guessing at their own stock.
Traceability runs the whole way. From the herd through the vat to the parcel that leaves on Thursday is a legal requirement, and it is what limits a problem to one batch instead of everything on the shelf.
Future stock has to be sellable. A cheese maturing until November can be pre-sold, allocated to a wholesale customer or held for Christmas, and knowing what is in the cave and when it is ready is the production plan.
Wholesale runs on repetition. The same accounts ordering similar quantities every week, adjusted by exception and invoiced at the end of the month, is a different rhythm from a website order and should not share a process.