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Build the Week's Roast Plan Straight From Wholesale Orders
Wholesale coffee orders trickle in until roast day chaos. Aggregate the week's orders by origin, roast level and grind, and produce the roaster's batch plan automatically.
difficulty Intermediatesetup 30 minresult Roast day runs from a computed plan — right batches, right sequence, minimal changeover waste.—
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Collect the Orders
Add a
Webhooknode logging each wholesale order's coffees and quantities. - 2
Close at Cutoff
Add a
Schedule Triggerclosing the roast week's order window. - 3
Compute the Batches
Add a
Codenode totaling per coffee and sequencing light-to-dark. - 4
Publish the Plan
Send the roaster the batch plan with green-weight calculations.
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Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with test orders. Confirm the plan totals correctly.
Frequently asked questions
Why sequence light-to-dark?
Roaster momentum and cleaning economics — the plan encodes what good roasters juggle mentally.
Green inventory too?
Roll planned batches against green stock so you reorder beans before the plan can't be filled.
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