A Portland bakery was drowning in clipboards, expired ingredients, and spreadsheet chaos — until a four-month digital transformation changed everything. Discover how they cut waste by 20%, sped up transactions by 30%, and got their weekends back.

What You'll Learn

• Why manual systems that work for small operations become costly liabilities as you scale
• How one bakery reduced ingredient waste by 20% — saving roughly $8,000 a year — using automated expiration tracking
• The phased implementation strategy that achieved 100% staff adoption without disrupting daily operations
• How standardizing recipes with digital bills of materials dropped oven downtime by 90%
• Why automating scheduling and timesheets can deliver 15% labor savings without cutting a single employee

Podcast Agenda

00:00 - The Bakery That Was Buried in Clipboards

00:34 - When Growth Becomes Operational Chaos

01:23 - The Breaking Point: Stockouts, Missed Deadlines & Real Losses

01:43 - Enter Odoo 18: A Four-Month Transformation

02:44 - Faster Transactions & a 40% Jump in Online Orders

03:26 - Cutting Food Waste — $8,000 Saved Per Year

02:26 - A Predictable Kitchen: Recipes, Maintenance & Consistency

03:09 - 15% Labor Savings Without Losing a Single Staff Member

03:10 - The Financial Wins: 90% Fewer Accounting Errors

03:27 - Why Phased Implementation Made All the Difference

03:49 - The Lesson Every Food Business Owner Needs to Hear