Calendar & Scheduling: What Changes About Your Week
It's Wednesday at 3 PM. You get a phone call from a bride asking about a delivery on Saturday. You flip through three different notebooks trying to figure out if you have capacity. You're not sure if Sarah is working Saturday or if that's her day off. You guess "yes, we can do it" and hang up, then spend the next hour trying to confirm it's actually possible. With BakeOnyx, you open the calendar on your phone. You see every order for Saturday — the two 3-tier cakes, the cupcake tower, the sheet cakes for the corporate event. You see Sarah's schedule. You see exactly how many hours of oven time you have left. You tell the bride yes or no in 20 seconds, with confidence. That's what changes. Your calendar stops being a guessing game. It becomes the single source of truth for what your bakery can actually deliver.
How It Works
Enter an order and it lands on your calendar automatically
You get an inquiry for a wedding cake delivery on June 15th. You quote it, the customer says yes, and you mark it as confirmed in BakeOnyx. The order appears on your calendar on June 15th with the customer name, cake type (3-tier fondant, pistachio cake), and delivery time (2 PM). You also see it on June 14th as a prep day — because BakeOnyx knows you need the day before to build and chill a 3-tier cake.
See your bake schedule at a glance — by day, by product, by staff
You switch to the week view. Monday shows 24 cupcakes for a birthday party and a 9-inch sheet cake for a local coffee shop. Tuesday shows 3 dozen donuts and prep work for Wednesday's wedding. You tap on Tuesday and see it's assigned to Marcus. You tap on Wednesday and see it's assigned to you and Sarah. You can see exactly who is responsible for what, when.
Check your oven time and ingredient capacity before you say yes
A walk-in customer asks if you can bake 48 cupcakes by Friday. You open the calendar and tap "Friday." BakeOnyx shows you have 3 hours of oven time available and 2.4 kg of flour left in stock. Your cupcake recipe uses 1.2 kg of flour per 24 cupcakes. You have enough. You say yes. No surprises on Thursday night.
Your staff sees their bake list for the day without asking you
Marcus clocks in on Monday morning. He opens BakeOnyx on the iPad in the kitchen. He sees his name, today's date, and a list: "24 vanilla cupcakes, pistachio frosting. 9-inch chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting. Prep: ganache for Tuesday's tiered cake." He knows exactly what to do. He doesn't call you at 5 AM asking what's on the schedule.
Move orders around if a customer reschedules or you need to rebalance your week
A customer calls and asks to move their order from Friday to Thursday. You drag the order from Friday to Thursday on your calendar. BakeOnyx recalculates your ingredient needs for Thursday and Friday, alerts you if you're short on anything, and updates your staff assignments if needed. You confirm the change with the customer and send her an updated invoice — all from the calendar view.
Get alerts before you run out of time or ingredients
It's Wednesday morning. You have 4 orders due Friday, and they need 3.2 kg of cream cheese total. Your inventory shows 1.8 kg on hand. BakeOnyx sends you an alert: "Reorder cream cheese by EOD today to meet Friday's orders." You call your supplier. Crisis avoided. Meanwhile, Sarah sees a note on the calendar: "Prep ganache today — Friday's 3-tier cake needs it chilled overnight."
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Benefits
Stop double-booking orders and disappointing customers
You say yes to orders you can actually deliver. No more promising a Saturday delivery, then realizing on Friday that your oven is booked solid and you're out of vanilla extract. The calendar shows you exactly what you have capacity for — oven hours, staff hours, ingredient quantities. You quote orders based on reality, not hope.
Cut order-related stress by 70% — no more Thursday night panic calls to suppliers or staff asking them to come in early
Your staff knows what to bake before you tell them
Marcus walks in Monday morning, opens the iPad, and sees his bake list for the day. He sees which orders are his, what ingredients he needs, and what time each product needs to be ready. He doesn't wait for you to brief him. He doesn't call you with questions. He starts prepping. You save 15 minutes every morning just by not having to explain the day's work.
Save 1.25 hours per week on staff coordination — no more phone calls, texts, or morning meetings to explain the schedule
See your busiest days before they hit and adjust your pricing
You look at the calendar for June and see that June 15th has 5 wedding cakes, 3 tiered cakes, and 2 rush orders all due the same day. That's your limit. The next bride who calls asking for June 15th delivery gets a rush fee — 15% extra because you're at capacity. You're not undercharging for the stress. You're pricing based on what your schedule can actually handle.
Capture an extra $200–400 per month by pricing rush orders and peak days correctly
Know exactly what ingredients you need to buy and when
BakeOnyx looks at every order on your calendar for the next 14 days and tells you what you need to order. You see: 8 kg of flour, 4 kg of butter, 2 kg of cream cheese, 6 eggs. You call your suppliers once, order everything, and you're done. No more mid-week emergency orders. No more running out of vanilla extract on Saturday morning because you forgot to count the cupcake orders.
Reduce ingredient waste by 12–18% — you buy exactly what you need, not what you think you might need
Hand off the bakery to your staff without losing control
You take a day off. Your staff opens the app, sees the calendar, knows what to bake, and executes. You get a photo of the finished cakes. No surprises. No missed orders. No phone calls. The calendar is your backup — it tells your team what to do even when you're not there.
Take 2–3 days off per month without checking your phone — your staff has everything they need in the calendar
Prove to yourself which products are worth your time
You look at your calendar for the past month and see you baked 120 cupcakes, 8 sheet cakes, 3 tiered cakes, and 60 donuts. You pair that with your costing data and see: cupcakes cost $1.20 and sell for $3.50 (profit: $2.30 each). Tiered cakes cost $28 and sell for $85 (profit: $57 each). Donuts cost $0.45 and sell for $1.25 (profit: $0.80 each). You stop making donuts and focus on tiered cakes. Your profit per hour of work doubles.
Increase your profit per hour by 40–60% — by dropping low-margin products and focusing on what actually pays
Related Features
Order Management
Track every order from inquiry to delivery, and sync it automatically to your calendar so nothing falls through the cracks.
Inventory Tracking
See how much flour, butter, and cream cheese you have left, and get alerts when your calendar shows you'll run short.
Production Scheduling
Assign orders to staff members and see their workload by day — so you know who's at capacity and who can take on a rush order.
Recipe Costing
Know the exact cost of every cake on your calendar, so you can price rush orders and peak days correctly.
AI Bake Buddy
Ask 'What do I need to prep for Thursday?' and get an answer based on your actual calendar and orders.
Mobile App
View your calendar, check your bake list, and update orders from anywhere — not just your office computer.
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