Production Planning: What Changes About Your Week
It’s Sunday night. You’re staring at a spreadsheet, trying to figure out if that 3-tier wedding cake order is actually going to make you money. You’ve got a dozen other orders to factor in, a potential rush order looming, and a half-baked plan for what to bake tomorrow. You’re hoping you remembered to order enough flour. This is the reality of bakery production planning without the right tools. Now imagine this: It’s Sunday night. You’re done. You spent an hour with your family, maybe caught up on a show. Your production plan for the week is already set, based on confirmed orders and accurate ingredient costs. You know exactly what needs to be prepped, what ingredients you have, and what needs ordering – all from your phone. BakeOnyx takes the guesswork and the late nights out of your bakery production planning. It’s the system that lets you bake more and stress less, so you can focus on creating amazing products instead of wrestling with numbers.
How It Works
Enter Your Recipes Accurately
You open a recipe, like your signature sourdough. You type in '1000g bread flour' and select your supplier's current price of $1.20/kg. BakeOnyx instantly shows you the ingredient cost is $1.20. You add '20g active dry yeast' at $15/kg, costing $0.30. You continue this for every ingredient, and BakeOnyx calculates the total recipe cost, down to the gram.
See Exact Batch Costs
Once your recipe is in, you can specify batch sizes. For your sourdough, you enter a yeasted dough batch size of 2500g. BakeOnyx tells you that batch costs $15.75 to make. If you’re making 5-inch cakes, you enter the required weight for that cake, say 450g. BakeOnyx shows you that a single 5-inch cake costs $5.06 in ingredients. This means you can price every single item with confidence.
Scale Recipes with a Click
A customer wants 150 chocolate chip cookies, but your recipe is for 24. You simply type '150' into the 'desired yield' box. BakeOnyx automatically scales every ingredient amount – from the flour to the chocolate chips – and recalculates the total cost for that 150-cookie batch. You can then print a job sheet with the exact scaled quantities needed.
Build Your Production Schedule from Orders
When an order is confirmed, you link it to the relevant recipe. BakeOnyx adds it to your production calendar. If you have 5 confirmed orders for sourdough this week, it shows up. If you have 3 orders for 5-inch vanilla cakes, those appear too. You see your entire week's bake list visually laid out.
Get Real-Time Inventory Alerts
As you add orders to your schedule, BakeOnyx checks your current inventory. It sees you have 1.5kg of cream cheese. It knows Thursday’s orders require 2.2kg. A clear alert pops up: 'You need 700g more cream cheese for Thursday. Reorder now.' You won’t run out of essentials on a busy Saturday morning.
Generate Production Lists Instantly
Your staff arrives at 5 AM. They open the BakeOnyx mobile app. The screen shows exactly what needs to be baked today: 'Sourdough: 3 batches. 5-inch Vanilla Cakes: 15 units. Croissants: 2 batches.' Each item has a link to its scaled recipe job sheet, detailing precise ingredient amounts and steps.
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Benefits
Know Your True Profit Margins on Every Item
You’ll stop guessing if that popular item is actually making you money. BakeOnyx shows you the precise ingredient cost for every recipe, based on your supplier prices. This means you can set prices that guarantee profit, not just cover costs.
Identify underpriced bestsellers and immediately adjust pricing to increase profit by an average of 15%.
Eliminate Ingredient Waste and Last-Minute Runs
No more finding out you’re out of vanilla extract mid-batch on a Saturday. BakeOnyx tracks your inventory against confirmed orders and alerts you when you’re running low, telling you exactly how much to reorder and when.
Reduce ingredient waste by 10-20% through precise batch scaling and inventory management.
Price Complex Orders in Seconds, Not Hours
That 4-tier wedding cake with intricate fondant details? You can get an exact ingredient cost, and therefore a price, in under 60 seconds. This allows you to confidently quote walk-ins and phone orders without leaving your customers waiting or guessing prices.
Price a custom 3-tier wedding cake with fondant in 55 seconds, compared to an average of 20 minutes spent manually calculating.
Reduce Staff Confusion and Increase Efficiency
Your team arrives knowing exactly what to bake and prep for the day. No more asking you for clarification or digging through notebooks. This clarity means smoother mornings and more product out the door.
Save 1-2 hours of your own time each morning by eliminating the need to brief staff on daily production needs.
Plan Your Production Weeks in Advance
Instead of reacting to orders, you proactively plan your bake schedule. This allows you to optimize oven usage, manage your team's workload, and avoid those dreaded Sunday night spreadsheet sessions.
Shift from reactive daily planning to proactive weekly planning, reducing production errors and missed order deadlines by 90%.
Make Data-Driven Decisions About Your Menu
See which recipes are your profit drivers and which are costing you money. You can make informed choices about which items to promote, which to adjust, and which to potentially remove from your menu.
Identify your top 5 most profitable recipes and focus marketing efforts, leading to a 10% increase in overall profit within the first quarter.
Related Features
Recipe Costing
Ensures every ingredient entered for your production plan has an accurate, up-to-date cost.
Inventory Tracking
Provides the real-time stock levels needed to make accurate production planning decisions and avoid shortages.
Order Management
Integrates confirmed orders directly into your production schedule, so you always know what needs to be made.
AI Assistant
Answers questions like 'What do I need to bake for Thursday?' based on your actual orders and inventory.
Production Scheduling
Visualizes your week's bakes, making it easy to manage workflow and staff assignments.
PDF Documents
Allows you to print scaled recipe job sheets and production lists for your team.
Frequently Asked Questions
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