Food Production and Planning

Happy Customers. Healthy Profits.
Maintaining profits in today’s retail environment is already a challenge. Adding perishable food preparation and sales into the mix raises the bar even higher. There is a limited timeframe for processing perishable ingredients and presenting finished items for sale. Lag behind and you miss out on sales opportunities. Over-prepare and inventory suddenly becomes waste.

RedPrairie Food Production & Planning is the answer to these challenges. The solution starts with inventory and monitors the transformation of perishable product at each stage of production or preparation. It synchronizes all the activities required to have product ready when customers want it; that means happy customers and a healthy bottom line.

Recipe Planner
Matching ingredient levels to food recipes and forecasted traffic is crucial to maximizing service while minimizing spoilage and waste

A Flexible Menu of Functionality
RedPrairie Food Production & Planning keeps you a step ahead by anticipating demand and optimizing the steps needed to satisfy it. In addition to providing complete inventory visibility, Food Production & Planning:

• Tracks the change in value of product pre- and post-preparation
• Forecasts time and labor required to meet customer demand
• Provides the tools for just-in-time preparation to ensure the freshest possible product
• Minimizes product waste
• Allows franchisees to set their own menus and pricing
• Provides the data to analyze effectiveness of production processes based on sales, waste, and markdown transactions

Whether you are managing a small café catering to the whims of retail shoppers or preparing for the lunch rush, RedPrairie Food Production & Planning is designed specifically for the unique characteristics and requirements of food sales and preparation. Contact your representative to find out what a difference a pinch of RedPrairie can make.