A product name can hide the custom work
A cake brief may include finish, inscription, presentation and customer-supplied decorations. Resolve those details before treating the order as a standard item from the case.
Software for bakery owners
Keep the cake brief beside the order.
Behind the counter, a ready-to-go purchase can sit beside a detailed celebration-cake brief. Keep each product request, collection arrangement and customer approval with its order. Microtra organizes the commercial documents and supply records while your production and food-safety procedures guide the bake.
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The everyday details
You know the work.
The admin adds up.
Collection needs a clear owner
The person paying may send someone else to collect. Keep the agreed collection arrangement with the order so a packed box is handed over through the process you have established.
Waste affects the business picture
Damaged packaging, unsold items and spoiled supplies use resources even when they produce no sale. Record relevant wastage and costs rather than judging performance only by the queue at the counter.
How Microtra helps
Keep the business connected.
Use the tools that fit your day, with your records ready on your phone or on the web.
Record the approved order
Use customer details and order notes for the agreed product and collection context. Keep estimates and invoices with the customer so a repeat wholesale buyer or celebration order has a useful commercial history.
Explore this featureDescribe the sale clearly
Save items for your products, add quantities and agreed prices, and use separate lines for approved custom work. Share the invoice PDF from your device and record payments you receive through your existing method.
Explore this featureKeep supplies visible by location
Bakery & food starts with stock and locations on. Use counts, purchasing and wastage records for the ingredients, boxes or finished items you choose to track; your separate production process controls recipes and food handling.
Explore this featureReview spending beyond flour and butter
Enter packaging, kitchen supplies and outside business costs with receipt photos. Review expenses and outstanding invoices together, especially when wholesale orders are paid after collection rather than at the counter.
Explore this featureKeep order status useful at the counter
A custom order may be approved, waiting for a customer decision or ready for collection. Use the order status and tasks to show the business stage, then review it with the team through your normal handover. Keep detailed production records in your bakery process; a general order status should help reception answer the customer rather than pretend to control the bake.
Explore this featureA day in the life
From the first quote to paid.
Take the brief
Confirm the product, quantity, finish and collection arrangement. Discuss suitability and any food information through your established process before accepting the order.
Agree the commercial scope
Create an estimate for custom work or a clear invoice for an agreed sale. Include approved extras such as presentation packaging instead of relying on a vague note at collection.
Prepare the handover
Check the order notes and the person authorized to collect. Use your production records to manage baking, storage and handling rather than expecting the business order to control those tasks.
Reconcile the order
Record the sale and payment received elsewhere. Enter relevant supply costs and wastage, then review unpaid business customer invoices alongside completed counter work.
Your words
Find your way around.
Choose Bakery & food when you set up Microtra and these are the labels you start with. Change them, and the tools you use, any time in Modules & terms.
- Your work
- Order
- Your customer
- Customer
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Questions from bakery owners.
Does Microtra calculate recipes or production batches?
Microtra does not calculate recipes, allergen declarations, shelf life or bake schedules. Use appropriate bakery procedures and specialist tools for production, then record the agreed order and business costs.
Which words does the bakery setup use?
Bakery & food begins with Order and Customer, with stock and locations enabled. Linked records and schedule start off; enable needed modules in Modules & terms before using them.
Can I arrange a custom cake consultation?
Schedule starts off in this setup. Switch it on in Modules & terms before recording consultation appointments, and arrange the time directly with the customer.
Can customers order a cake through a public booking page?
Public online booking is coming soon. Take the customer brief through your existing channel and enter the order, estimate and invoice inside Microtra.
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