Traceability software for small bakeries
Flour, butter, eggs and fruit come in by the sack and the case. Loaves, scones and cakes go out to cafés, shops and markets. SmartTrace keeps the thread between them.
The days it's built for
- The mill recalls a lot of flour and you need to know which loaves it went into, fast.
- Every delivery docket is in a drawer, every batch sheet is on a clipboard, and the two have never met.
- A café asks where the flour in the brown bread came from, and you'd like to answer before they hang up.
Set up for how you work
Production stages: Preparation, Baking, Ready. Units, recipes, suppliers and customers are all yours to define, and SmartTrace prompts you with them from then on.
- Recipes with a shelf life for each line
- Products such as hampers assembled from several batches
- Waste recorded so output reconciles with what you baked
- Low stock alerts on flour, butter and anything else you'd hate to run out of on a Saturday
A week in SmartTrace for a bakery
- A 100 kg delivery of strong white flour arrives from the mill. You photograph the label; SmartTrace records lot KM-SW-24402 and the best before date.
- Monday morning you start 20 sourdough loaves. The recipe calls for 10 kg of strong white flour; you scan the sack. The batch gets code SDL-1017-01 and a label.
- At 11 you dispatch 12 loaves to The Copper Kettle Café and 8 to Marlay Deli. Two kept back for the shop are recorded as internal use.
- Three weeks later the mill rings about that lot. You search it: four batches, seven dispatches, six customers. Printed in a minute.
Names and numbers are from our demo bakery account, which you're welcome to see in a call.
Questions from artisan bakeries and micro bakeries
Is SmartTrace suitable for artisan bakeries and micro bakeries?
Yes. SmartTrace is traceability software for small food producers of all kinds, and the production stages, units, recipes and products are set up to match how artisan bakeries and micro bakeries work. Preparation, Baking, Ready are typical stages for this kind of production, and you can change them.
What does it cost for a bakery?
€25 a month, everything included, unlimited batches and users, no contract. We set it up with you on a call for free, you get 7 days to try it with no card, and there's a 30 day money back guarantee after you subscribe.
Do I need a computer, or will a phone do?
Day to day recording is done on a phone or tablet. Setup and reports are easier on a laptop, but everything works on either. It's one account; the right version appears for the screen you open it on.
Can I keep using my current labels and lot numbers?
Yes. You record your suppliers' lot numbers exactly as printed, by camera or by typing. SmartTrace generates batch codes for your own output, and you can print them on QR labels or write them on your existing labels.
Other kinds of producer
Try SmartTrace with your own recipes.
We set them up with you on a call, free. 7 days to try it, then €25 a month, no contract, 30 day money back guarantee.