For home bakers who sell by pre-order

The Home Baker Production Planner

Get every order ready for pickup without the last-minute scramble.

You’ve closed pre-orders. Now it’s time to figure out how everything will get made. This free guide walks you through a real weekend drop, showing you how to build a realistic production schedule around your recipes, kitchen equipment, and pickup deadlines.

• 1Plan backward from pickup. Work out when each product needs to be finished so you’re ready before customers arrive.
• 2Calculate your oven time. Figure out how many loads you’ll need and how long they’ll take.
• 3Make the most of your kitchen. Spot scheduling conflicts and decide what you can prepare ahead of time.
• 4Build your bake-day schedule. Organize your tasks around realistic production times, with room for unexpected delays.
• 5Keep customer orders organized. Make sure every order is correctly packed and ready for collection.
• 6Plan your next drop faster. Use the printable worksheets to build a production schedule you can reuse.