Advanced production (Enterprise)
Budgeted batches, material requests with approval, subcontracting and a lot ledger. Production starts on Professional. See pricing.
Bakeries, food and drink makers, workshops
Know what each batch really costs.
For bakers, food and drink makers, and workshops that make to order.
Record what went in and what came out. Price from your real cost, not a guess.
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Build a recipe for each product, record each batch, and see what it really cost, in the same app that sells your goods and keeps your books.
- Recipes in your own units: derica, bag, yard. Professional and up.
- Pre-orders become a make-today list. Professional and up.
- Rent, power and wages added to every batch. Professional and up.
Know your cost before you set your price
- Approved recipes are locked, so cost history stays intact. To change one, create a new version.
- A cost card shows each product's real cost against the estimate.
Which plan includes what
| Basic | Professional | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipes with approval and draft re-costing | No | Yes | Yes |
| Quick Batch, what to make next | No | Yes | Yes |
| Overhead costing, cost cards, cost variance | No | Yes | Yes |
| Scrap and waste on a Quick Batch | No | Yes | Yes |
| Trace a batch or lot number | No | Yes | Yes |
| Lot and expiry tracking of stock | No | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-orders with an optional deposit | No | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase orders, stock counts | No | Yes | Yes |
| Budgeted batches, materials needed across batches | No | No | Yes |
| Budgeted material requests, approvals and returns | No | No | Yes |
| Labour by stage and worker, production lot ledger with expiring-lot list | No | No | Yes |
| Subcontracting | No | No | Yes |
| Batch review and close | No | No | Yes |
What a batch of bread really costs
A bakery batch of 100 loaves
An illustrative example. The names and amounts are made up. A bakery records one batch of 100 loaves. Flour (40 kg at ₦1,300 a kilogram) is ₦52,000, sugar is ₦7,200 and yeast is ₦6,000, so materials are ₦65,200. Add ₦8,000 of power and floor overhead and ₦10,000 of contract-staff wages charged to the batch, and the batch cost is ₦83,200, or ₦832 a loaf. When the batch is approved, the flour, sugar and yeast leave stock, 100 loaves enter stock at ₦832 each, and the cost posts to your books. If you sell at ₦1,000 a loaf, you can see the margin before the month ends.
FAQ
Can Simplebks cost a product from its recipe?
Yes, on Professional and Enterprise. List the materials and quantities, set the expected yield, and Simplebks works out the cost. Re-cost a draft recipe when material prices change.
Does it include overhead in my product cost?
Yes. Set an overhead rate and it is shared into batch costs. The month-end true-up posts only after a person approves it.
Can I record wasted material?
Yes. Record scrap and waste on a Quick Batch.
Can I trace a batch back to its materials?
Yes. Search a batch reference or lot number to see what went into it and what it became. Lot and expiry tracking of stock is on Professional and up. Enterprise adds the production lot ledger, which follows raw lots into finished lots, with an expiring-soon list.
Can I pay contract production staff?
Yes. Add your workers, see what each is owed from the batches they worked on, record your payments, and let the wage payroll spread the wage bill across the approved batches. It is production wages only. It is not a general HR payroll.
Can I take orders before I make the product?
Yes, on Professional and up. Take a pre-order with an optional deposit, then make, deliver and invoice.
Can I send a stage to a subcontractor?
Yes, on Enterprise. Send a stage out and receive the finished work back into the batch.
Which plan does a manufacturer need?
Professional covers recipes, batches, costing and lot and expiry tracking. Enterprise adds budgeted batches, budgeted material requests and approvals, the production lot ledger, subcontracting and batch review and close. See the pricing page.
Can I buy materials in one unit and use them in another?
Yes, on Professional and Enterprise. Give a material a base unit and one secondary unit with its conversion, such as kilograms and a 50 kg bag. Stock and cost are kept in the base unit.
What does a manufacturer pay for Simplebks?
Production is on the Professional plan. Enterprise adds budgeted batches, budgeted material requests, subcontracting and the production lot ledger. See the pricing page.
How do I record a batch?
Quick Batch records a run in one step: the materials used, the products made, and optional scrap, waste and extra costs. It goes for approval before it posts. A "what to make next" view shows what your open pre-orders and invoices need, matched against stock and your reorder levels, and turns a suggestion into a production order. Search a batch reference or lot number to see what went into it and what it became.
How do recipes and overhead work?
List each material and quantity and set the expected yield; Simplebks works out the total cost and the cost per unit. A recipe is approved before it is used, and a draft recipe can be re-costed when material prices move. Set a rate for rent, power and the cost of running the floor and it is shared into your batch costs. The month-end true-up posts only after a person approves it. A cost-variance report shows where a run went over.
How do lots and expiry work?
Turn on lot tracking for a product and each purchase or production run records a lot with its expiry date, for recalls and expiry reminders. Lot and expiry tracking is on Professional and up. Value on hand is shown across raw materials, work in progress and finished goods, and stock counts cover the store and the warehouse.
How do I sell what I make?
Take a pre-order with an optional deposit: the deposit is kept as the customer's credit and applied to the invoice when you deliver. Finished goods are sold through the same app. Product lines on invoices are on Basic and up, and the till and stock in more than one location are on Professional and up. Purchase orders to suppliers are covered on the Purchasing & RFQ page.
What does Enterprise add to production?
Budget each batch and see the shortfall across all your open batches so you buy before you run out. The floor requests materials against a batch, a supervisor approves, the store issues them and any excess is returned. Record labour by stage and worker, follow raw lots into finished lots with an expiring-soon list, send a stage out to a subcontractor, and review and close a batch to your books.
Know what every batch really cost.