Bakery: Point of sale, cake orders and stock for bakeries

BridgeERP runs the bakery counter, takes cake orders with a deposit, tracks flour, butter and eggs, and reorders from suppliers before you run out.

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  • Invoicing
  • Point of Sale
  • Inventory
  • Manufacturing
  • Purchase
BridgeERP for bakery: Point of sale, cake orders and stock for bakeries

Cake orders with a deposit and a collection date

A made-to-order cake is paid in part at the counter and delivered to the customer on the agreed day.

BridgeERP point of sale payment screen at a bakery: KSh 21,460 split between M-Pesa and the customer account
Point of Sale

Paid in two parts

The order for Wangari Mathenge was paid KSh 8,584 by M-Pesa, and the remaining KSh 12,876 was put on the customer account.

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BridgeERP delivery order of a made-to-order cake
Inventory

Ready for the wedding day

The same order created a delivery of the three-tier wedding cake and its decoration, scheduled for 26 September.

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By the numbers

What ships inside

Counted in the product.

8
kinds of promotion and loyalty programme, from loyalty cards to buy X get Y
2
reordering triggers, automatic or manual, for ingredients that run low
4
steps in the life of a till session, from opening control to closed and posted

Inside the app

What is inside

The apps a bakery runs on, and what each does for the day.

  • Counter sales

    Bread, pastries and cakes are sold by category at each shop counter with its own till.

  • Cake orders

    Made-to-order cakes are taken with a collection date and delivered from stock on that day.

  • Deposits

    Part of a cake is paid now and the balance stays on the customer account until collection.

  • Ingredient stock

    Flour, sugar, butter, milk, eggs and cake boxes are counted in stock and received from suppliers.

  • Reordering

    Minimum and maximum levels show which ingredients to reorder and how much.

  • Supplier orders

    Purchase orders to the millers, dairy and egg farm are received line by line.

  • Bakery club

    Regular customers collect points and swap them for a free croissant or money off.

  • Early shifts

    Bakers start before dawn and counter staff later, planned by role for each day.

Step by step

From early bake to reorder

How a bakery day runs in BridgeERP, and which app does each step.

  1. Step 1

    Plan

    Bakers, decorators and counter staff are put on their shifts for the day.

    Shift Planning
  2. Step 2

    Sell

    The counter sells bread, pastries and cakes, paid by mobile money, cash or card.

    Point of Sale
  3. Step 3

    Take cake orders

    A custom cake is ordered with a deposit and a collection date.

    Point of Sale
  4. Step 4

    Close

    Each shop counts its cash at closing and the day posts to accounting.

    Accounting
  5. Step 5

    Reorder

    Ingredients below their minimum are ordered from the suppliers and received.

    Purchase

Ingredients to reorder

The replenishment list compares stock with the minimum of each ingredient.

BridgeERP replenishment list of bakery ingredients
Inventory

What to order before tomorrow

Flour, sugar, butter, milk and cake boxes are below their minimum, and each line shows the quantity to order to reach the maximum.

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Flour received from the millers

The supplier order shows what was ordered, received and billed.

BridgeERP purchase order for bakery ingredients
Purchase

A flour and yeast delivery

Twenty bags of baking flour and twelve packs of yeast ordered from the millers were received in full.

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Shifts from four in the morning

The planning shows bakers, the cake decorator and counter staff by day.

BridgeERP planning of bakery shifts
Shift Planning

The bakery team this week

Joyce Wambui and Samuel Kariuki bake from 04:00 and 04:30, Linet Chepkoech decorates cakes from 08:00, and the counter is covered from 06:30.

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Who uses it

Who uses it, and what they see

One system for the owner, the bakers and the counter.

  • Owner

    Compares the two shops, follows sales by category and approves supplier orders.

  • Head baker

    Checks ingredient stock and the replenishment list before the next bake.

  • Cake decorator

    Sees the cake orders with their collection dates and the messages to write.

  • Counter assistant

    Sells at the till, takes deposits for cake orders and adds loyalty points.

Works with

Runs with the rest of BridgeERP

Apps a bakery draws on.

In your country

Built for bakeries in any country

What changes from country to country, shown on the demo's Kenyan bakery.

  • Your currency

    Prices, supplier costs and daily sales are in the company currency, KES on the demo.

  • Bread without VAT

    On the demo, loaves carry the 0% sales tax while cakes and pastries carry 16%.

  • Mobile money deposits

    Mobile money, M-Pesa on the demo, sits next to cash, card and customer account on each shop till.

Getting started

Getting started

How a bakery moves onto BridgeERP.

  1. Load the menu

    Create bread, pastries, cakes and cake orders by category with prices and taxes.

  2. Set up each shop

    Create a till per shop with cash, mobile money, card and customer account.

  3. Count your ingredients

    Enter opening stock of flour, sugar, butter and eggs with minimum levels.

  4. Add suppliers

    Record each ingredient with its supplier and price so reorders are one click.

Questions

Questions about Bakery

Not covered here? Contact us.

Can a customer pay a deposit on a cake?

Yes. Part is paid by mobile money, cash or card and the balance is put on the customer account until collection.

Can we record when a cake will be collected?

Yes. With ship later on, the order gets a date and the cake is delivered from stock on that day.

Does bread have to carry VAT?

No. Each product has its own tax, so loaves can carry 0% while cakes and pastries carry 16%.

How do we know what to order?

The replenishment list shows ingredients below their minimum and the quantity that brings them back to the maximum.

Do both shops share the same menu?

Yes. Both tills use the same products and categories, and each keeps its own sessions and cash.

Is there an e-invoicing connector for our tax authority?

E-invoicing modules exist for countries such as Kenya, India, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. On the demo, Kenya's eTIMS connector is installed and needs the company registration before sales are reported.

Tax compliance

Invoices your tax authority accepts

In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia, each invoice, receipt and stock movement goes to the tax authority's own system when you post it. Ghana and Pakistan come next, and we connect 73 more countries on request.

  • KenyaReady

    eTIMS KRA

    Invoices, credit notes, POS receipts and stock movements

  • UgandaReady

    EFRIS URA

    Invoices, POS receipts and stock

  • RwandaReady

    EBM RRA

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports

  • BurundiReady

    EBMS OBR

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and manufacturing

  • ZambiaReady

    Smart Invoice ZRA

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports

NextGhana GRA E-VATPakistan FBR Digital InvoicingAll 80 countries

Bakery, app by app

One connected flow instead of separate systems — the work moves from one team to the next without re-typing anything.

Every stop is a real app in your plan, and the hand-offs between them are the product.

  • Customers & sales
  • Operations
  • Finance
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Point of Sale

Touch till, offline mode, sessions, cash control and receipts.

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Till at a bakery in BridgeERP Point of Sale, ringing up a sale

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