From Order to Delivery - Optimizing Supply Chain with Bakery ERP Solutions

Robust supply chain is a prerequisite for any flourishing manufacturing business. When it comes to bakery industry, supply chain becomes tricky. Fermentation, expiry, changing physical properties of inventory item etc. add complexity to the supply chain. Every stage of supply chain is susceptible to various factors which can cause supply chain disruption and therefore, supply chain optimization is at the core of bakery industry.   

But,

Is achieving supply chain optimization easy?  

Not at all. 

Is it possible?  

Absolutely Yes!  

How? 

Through ERP software.

Let’s uncover the features of a bakery ERP software and understand how it helps to optimize supply chain and facilitates industry growth.

Manage Orders without Chaos- One of the biggest challenges of bakery manufacturers is order management and processing. Producing the right product at right time in right quantity is really a hard nut to crack.

ERP for bakery streamlines the processes at a wink. It automatically captures the orders, checks it with available inventory. If inventory is sufficient to fulfil the order, the ERP manages picking, packing and delivery of the product. These automated and speedy processes reduce delivery time and enhance customer satisfaction. The whole order management thus becomes smooth and flawless.

If inventory is insufficient to fulfil the order, production is carried out.

Plan and Procure to Avoid Hiccups in Production- Any bakery manufacturer can receive production orders in three ways:  

• From sales orders- Total production required by taking all sales orders into account. It is make to order demand type.  

• From projected orders- Production required, depending upon last year’s data, seasonal demand, and other such factors.      

• From demand orders – How much company wants to stock the product for any immediate demand. It is make to stock demand type.
  

Based on these three demand sources, Master Production Schedule (MPS) is run.  

Depending upon MPS, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) is fetched. It considers demand types, sales order, warehouse transfer and forecast data, and evaluates material required to fulfil the order. 

After considering the available and in transit raw materials, purchase orders are automatically generated, if necessary. This optimizes raw material procurement and avoids overstocking or stock outs during production.

Choose the Best Supplier for Speedy Production- Once the purchase order is generated in above stage, the bakery ERP can suggest the best suitable supplier of raw material among the pool of verified suppliers, depending upon lead time, rates, and availability of material. Manufacturer can take apt purchase decision to carry out uninterrupted production.

Keep Quality Issues at Bay- In customer centric business, quality plays an important role. Bakery is one of those businesses. Slight compromise on quality of product can repel a client for ever. Bakery production software enables quality check at all stages- pre-process, in-process and post-process. It even allows quality check on items kept in inventory. No quality issues, that means less complaints from customers and enhanced customer satisfaction which translates eventually into more business and profits.     No Goof-ups in Inventory Tracking- Keeping a track of moving inventory items is erroneous, if done manually. A bakery ERP system makes it easy and spotless. It shows real-time status of inventory consumed, inventory in hand, and auto updates inventory levels after every transaction. Moreover, the software offers various inventory tracking system like FIFO, FEFO, etc., hence helping to manage near to expire material quickly. This reduces wastage and saves costs.

Produce as per Schedule- Bakery ERP helps manufacturers to decide which machine and equipment will be used in production and make them ready. This arrangement ensures that production is smooth, hygienic, without equipment failure and always on time.

Above stated features of a bakery manufacturing ERP software facilitate smooth supply chain across the ends. One such ERP software solution which manages supply chain end-to-end is BatchMaster ERP.

The software has been serving since last 30 + years and has good repute among all process manufacturing industries across the globe. To know more about this, food industry software, visit our website or connect with us on sales@batchmaster.co.in.  

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