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# Small-batch production and inventory planning

Calculate recipe material costs, check stock lots, and draft daily workshop production schedules.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleDaily order cutoff
- ThenAggregate order demand and lot stock
- ResultSubmit batch run sheets for approval

Translate incoming customer orders into organized production batches for small-scale manufacturing. The bot rolls up recipe bill-of-materials costs, matches ingredient requirements against inventory lots, flags low stock or allergen constraints, and prepares clear batch run sheets for workshop review.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

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Inspect new orders to calculate total ingredient and component requirements using recorded recipe versions. Cross-reference demand with available stock lots in the database to detect shortages and track freshness. Generate a daily production batch plan and outline required supplier restocks. Always wait for human approval before creating purchase orders, sending emails, or marking batches as completed.
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## Tools it uses

DatabaseSpreadsheetEmail

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- manufacturing
- inventory
- baking
- operations
- scheduling

## Source

[Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847690)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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