Ordering too much wastes money. Running short wastes time.
Select recipes, set quantities, and see every ingredient you need with total COGS — before you start cooking.
You find out what the run cost after it's done
You eyeball what you need for the week. Over-order to be safe, or under-order and scramble mid-production. Either way, money you shouldn't have spent.
- No precise bill of materials for production runs
- Over-ordering waste you can't see
- No idea what a run costs until it's done
Production planning gives you exact quantities, exact costs, and exact COGS — before you order.
You know what you need to produce this week. Recipe Cost Calculator turns that into a precise plan: select your recipes, set your quantities, and instantly see the total bill of materials — every ingredient, every amount, every cost.
No more over-ordering because you eyeballed it. No more emergency supplier runs because you forgot something. The production plan tells you exactly what you need on hand, and the shopping list shows the shortfall if your inventory doesn't cover it.
We hear from users all the time that production planning saves them 15+ hours a week — time that used to go into manually building prep lists, counting what's in stock, and figuring out what to order. The plan just does all of that for you.
What you get
Precise bills of materials
Select recipes and quantities. See every ingredient needed, consolidated and exact.
Know COGS upfront
See total cost of goods sold before you start — broken down by recipe and ingredient.
Scale within the plan
Adjust recipe quantities and watch costs update in real time.
How it works
Create a production plan
Select recipes and set quantities for the run.
Review the bill of materials
Every ingredient consolidated across all recipes with quantities and costs.
Order and produce
Generate purchase orders from the plan. Receive materials. Execute the run.
Planned production vs. winging it
| The old way | With RCC |
|---|---|
| Estimate ingredient needs for the week | Exact bill of materials from your recipes and quantities |
| Find out what the run cost after it's done | See total COGS before you order anything |
| Emergency ingredient runs mid-production | Know exactly what you need before you start |
Each production plan shows you the total cost of goods sold for the entire run, broken down by recipe and by ingredient. Scale individual recipes up or down within the plan and watch the numbers update in real time.
The generated shopping list accounts for your current inventory levels, so you only order what you actually need. Export it to Excel, hand it to your purchaser, or use it to create purchase orders directly in Recipe Cost Calculator.
Why this matters
Hours back in your week.
Production planning takes the manual work out of purchasing and prep. You see the total cost of a production run before it happens, order only what you need, and cut the waste that comes from over-ordering or last-minute substitutions. Most users tell us it saves them 15+ hours a week — and their purchasing accuracy goes way up.
Frequently asked questions
Know your production costs before you start
Precise quantities and costs for every run. Try it free for 30 days.