Overview

1 Read today's numbers at a glance

1. Look at the six KPI cards in the top row: Today's Revenue, Cake Orders Today, Pre-Orders Today, Production Today, Expiry Alert, and Balance Pending.
2. Click any card to jump straight to the page it summarises — Reports, Cake Orders, Pre-Orders, Production Schedule, or Expiry Monitor.
3. A red Expiry Alert value or a non-zero Balance Pending value means something needs attention today.

2 Act on the alert banners

1. A pink banner appears when one or more cake orders are ready for collection today — click View to open Cake Orders.
2. A green banner appears when one or more pre-orders are ready for pickup today — click View to open Pre-Orders.
3. An amber banner appears when one or more production batches are expiring within 3 days — click View to open Production Schedule.
4. A blue banner appears when one or more standing orders are due today — click View to open Standing Orders.
5. A violet banner appears when one or more festival events fall within the next 7 days — click View to open Festival Orders.

3 Use Quick Actions to jump into a task

1. Click New Cake Order to open Cake Orders and start a new custom order.
2. Click Schedule Production to open Production Schedule and add a new run.
3. Click New Pre-Order to open the Pre-Orders page.
4. Click Log Wastage to open Wastage Log and record a write-off.
5. Click Seasonal Pricing to open the seasonal pricing rules page.
6. Click New Standing Order to open Standing Orders and set up a recurring customer order.

4 Follow Today's Bake List

This panel combines demand from today's Cake Orders and any Standing Orders due today into one production shopping list, so you know exactly what and how much to bake before checking each order individually.

1. Each line shows a product name, the total quantity needed across every contributing order, and up to three small source tags (e.g. a customer name and delivery slot for a cake order, or "Standing × N" for a standing order).
2. Click View all in the panel header to open the full Production Schedule page.

5 Check delivery slot capacity

1. Three cards — Morning (9am–12pm), Afternoon (12pm–4pm) and Evening (4pm–8pm) — each show how many pre-orders are booked against that slot's capacity.
2. A thin progress bar fills green, then amber past 70%, and a red FULL badge appears once bookings reach capacity.
3. Click View all to open the Delivery Slots page and adjust capacities or bookings.

6 Review Cake Orders, Pre-Orders and Production side-by-side

1. Three columns list up to 6 items each: today's Cake Orders (with customer, cake type/size, delivery slot, amount and any balance due), today's Pre-Orders (order number, status badge, customer, flavour/size, amount and balance), and today's Production runs (recipe name, status badge, quantity, scheduled time, assigned staff and expiry date if set).
2. Each column shows its own empty state when there is nothing for today, and a "+N more" link once there are more than 6 items, which opens the full page for that list.

7 Watch Upcoming Festivals and Expiring Batches

1. The Upcoming Festivals panel (next 7 days) shows each festival's date, order-by cutoff date if set, and a "Today! / Tomorrow / In N days" countdown.
2. The Expiring Batches panel (within 3 days) shows each batch's recipe name and quantity, styled in red once only 0–1 day remains and amber otherwise.

8 Check Standing Orders Due Today

1. Each row lists the customer, their delivery frequency, the exact items and quantities on their standing order, and the total amount.
2. Click View all to open the Standing Orders page and process or adjust today's deliveries.