Spreadsheets weren't built for production scheduling — but Craftybase was. Plan your production runs, track materials through manufacturing, and know exactly what to make next. Built for small manufacturers who need real production planning without the enterprise price tag.
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Production scheduling built for makers
No bloated enterprise features. No warehouse-focused tools you'll never touch. Just the production planning you actually need to run a small manufacturing business — and nothing more.
Your candle isn't just wax — it's wax, fragrance, dye, and a wick. Build recipes with as many layers as you need, and Craftybase figures out the rest.
Connect your sales channels and watch orders appear. Craftybase tells you what to make, deducts materials when you do, and keeps everything in sync.
Track lot numbers from supplier to customer. If something goes wrong, pull a recall report in seconds — not hours digging through records.
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Got 50 orders to fill and a craft fair this weekend? Craftybase helps you figure out what to make first, what materials you'll need, and whether you have enough on hand. Plan your production schedule, assign manufacture orders, and track progress — without the spreadsheet gymnastics.
No more digging through bins or guessing if you have enough wax for tomorrow's pour. Craftybase shows you exactly what's in stock — materials and finished goods — updated automatically as you manufacture and sell. When something's running low, you'll know before it becomes a problem.
Need to know which batch of fragrance oil went into which candles? Or trace a soap batch back to its supplier? Craftybase tracks lot numbers, expiry dates, and supplier info from purchase to sale. If you ever need to pull a product, you'll have the answers in seconds — not hours.
That bestselling product? It might not be as profitable as you think once you factor in materials, labor, and overhead. Craftybase calculates your true costs and margins automatically — so you can spot the winners, fix the losers, and price with confidence.
Built to Scale With You
Whether you're scheduling 10 production runs a week or 1,000, Craftybase handles it. Start with the basics and add more as you need it — no pressure to upgrade before you're ready.
No long-term contracts. No features you'll never use. Just the production scheduling tools you need to run your manufacturing business — at a price that makes sense.
The automatic deduction of materials during manufacturing is a HUGE time saver and a guarantee of accurate inventory that I deeply appreciate.
Tracking expenses, materials, recipes, and orders all in one place is the reason my business was able to grow from a 'hobby' to a full-fledged enterprise.
Craftybase makes it easy to create my formulas and automatically calculates what I need to use, when to re-order, how much it costs me to make my products, and so much more. I literally could not function without it!
I'm impressed with the ability to track minute quantities of essential oils and other materials used in multiple products. I love the conversion from purchase to tracking units, and love the ability to make components and recipes.
Being able to manage our inventory and accurately assess our cost of goods has allowed us to scale our business with confidence.
Craftybase frees up my time to focus more on customer engagement and driving sells. It's basically 50 spreadsheets and two employees all wrapped up into one easy to use platform.
Craftybase has given me the tools amp; resources to accurately track my materials, recipes, and inventory. I love that I can build out my recipes and make adjustments to see my cost in real time.
Craftybase allows us to be lean with our materials inventory so we won't have any overage of inventory. It provides a great easy-to-use analysis of COGS to help us better manage our margins.
We do not know what we would do without this application. Spreadsheets and confusing documents is a thing of the past now!
My favourite feature is the software's ability to calculate the cost of our products in real-time, taking into account the increase in the costs of raw materials.
Tried several systems and Craftybase is the only one, that covers all our needs, including the analysis of the sales and planning for the future.
Craftybase helps me keep my sales automatically entered into my system so that I can get on with doing the fun part: the creative products I make!
Ready to stop guessing and start planning? Try Craftybase free for 14 days.
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Common Questions
Read more: A Guide to Production Planning & Scheduling for Small Manufacturers →
Sell Everywhere, Manage in One Place
If you're selling on Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, and your own website — you already know the pain of keeping stock straight across all of them. Craftybase pulls in orders from all your channels, tells you what to make, and keeps your stock levels in sync. No more spreadsheet chaos.
And if you're tired of copying numbers into QuickBooks at month-end? We sync your COGS and inventory valuations directly — so you can skip the manual journal entries and get back to making.
See how Craftybase can help you spend less time on spreadsheets and more time making.
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