Food and confectionery factory management software
A recipe is written for a full run with flour, sugar, fat and boxes. The production order uses the oldest batches, gives the product a run number and expiry date, and works out the cost per box.
Short shelf life
Each run enters stock with a batch number and expiry date, sales take the oldest first, and products near expiry show in the alerts.
Waste and packaging left out of the cost
Each component has a waste rate, and boxes and cartons are recipe components, so the cost per box includes everything actually used.
Ingredient prices change every month
Materials are issued at their batches' actual cost, so each run reflects this month's prices and you price on a real figure.
Example: a run of 500 boxes of chocolate biscuits
The figures follow exactly how the system calculates.
- The recipe for 500 boxes: 60 kg flour at EGP 22, 20 kg sugar at EGP 30, 15 kg fat at EGP 95, 4 kg cocoa at EGP 280, and 500 boxes at EGP 3 with 2% waste.
- Materials: 1,320 + 600 + 1,425 + 1,120 + 1,530 for boxes (510 issued) = EGP 5,995, plus EGP 805 of labour and overhead on the recipe.
- The run is recorded at EGP 6,800, EGP 13.60 a box, and enters stock as batch MO-order number with a 6-month expiry.
- When you sell to distributors, boxes are issued from the oldest run.
What you will use day to day
- A recipe per run in kilos with fractions
- A waste rate per component
- Packaging in the cost
- Run number and expiry per product
- Oldest-expiry-first for materials and products
- Material check before an order
- Stages: dough, then packing
- Wholesale sales to distributors
The modules behind it
How to get started
When signing up, choose "Factory (manufacturing)".
Add materials in kilos with batches and expiry, and boxes and cartons by the piece.
Write each product's recipe for a full run and start with a production order.
Worth knowing before you subscribe
- There is no nutrition calculation or ingredient labelling.
- Quality and food-safety certificates are not tracked.
Frequently asked questions
Can one dough make several products?
Yes. The dough is a semi-finished item with its own recipe, and each product draws on it by the kilo.
What if flour runs short?
The material check shows the shortfall before the order, and the order isn't recorded while anything is short.
How is expiry set?
You enter the run's expiry date on the production order.
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