Getting Started

The fundamentals of what is effectively needed to manage pie production are the following;
To produce pies effectively with a seamless flow, zero reject rate, perfect quality, reduced costs and therefore, at a greater profit. And execute the supply and delivery with the same fluent flow.

There are essentially five key components to good manufacturing flow and the profitable business goal which we aspire to which demand ones focus; It’s naturally essential to have a great product that people want to eat,

It’s about having the right machines and the efficient use of them, in addition to.
Effective process Flow and Control; Being the management of continuous timed flow of product through its various stages of manufacture to its completed objective and goal achievement as a top-quality food product that has generated profit.
Effective Costing Management (Business, Raw Materials and Production)
Keeping in-line with health and safety protocols.
Effective Marketing and Brand Identity

The medium volume pie making solution makes for compact lean manufacturing and fluid production in small spaces.

684 pies per day were assembled and made in this compact space with only two people. Three people should comfortably assemble up to 800, with four staff 1500 – 2000 pies. We’ll explain how the big jump in volumes from 800 to 2000 pies occurs from three people to four further in this segment.

1. Developing your product

First, determine what flavour variety, shape and type of pie you intend supplying into the market.

Your pies should be a food you would love to eat. If you aren’t centred on quality food and only focus on the money, your business won’t last.
Know which pie flavours you intend to supply your market.
Don’t have too many recipes/flavours; It complicates your business, your production plus your health and safety protocol. It will push up your costs and potentially reduce your margins. We’ll show you how and why this is so in depth later.
Perfect your recipes and pastry
Determining and creating your pie brand

2. Understanding how it works.

Cooking at home and making a few pies is vastly different to production cooking hundreds and even thousands of pies per day.

However, with Pie Designs’ simple, reliable modular pie production system. Many traditional pie making processes have been eliminated. Shrinking your production footprint by up to 50% and more;
And, in contrast to other systems, additionally shrinking your capital outlay costs as your overall needs for staff and extra equipment diminishes.
Our innovation was to create both a fast cold forming as well as a modular production system you can build onto. This provides you with additional value and a variety of cost and management simplification benefits; In addition to the vast amounts of pies that can be produced in such a compact yet manageable space.

3. Effective process Flow and Control

Batching or the breaking down of your production daily, which is manufacturing in segments or stages;

It is faster.
Less risk
Less cost
Easier on staff
Easier to manage
Easily duplicated and upscaled
It is also key to fluid, controlled high production

4. Effective Costing Management

Effective Costing Management throughout your business is maybe obvious to say. From administration, raw materials through production to sales, marketing and distribution.

5. Keeping in-line with health and safety

Implementation and management of health and safety protocol (HACCP) are greatly simplified using our pie making processes. Additionally, our pie machines will drive down health and safety costs by minimizing and eradicating costly protocols associated with traditional pie manufacturing methods.

This particular cost reduction is substantial. In fact, not only do our systems chop those costs, it also simplifies the process and its management.

6. Effective Marketing and Brand Identity

Make your pies your own, make them, you. You are your brand. We can’t stress this enough. Over the years we’ve seen so many who are driven to copy competitors as opposed to being creatively unique. None of those businesses who have survived more than 2-5 years. Some didn’t even last the year.
Test, set goals and targets, use our machines unique versatility, as well as on-demand speed to make sample pies fast and affordable, for handouts at fairs, schools and business meetings, etc.