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Build it from the green you hold. It then guides the weighing, roasting and weigh-out that follow.",{"primary":23,"secondary":24,"intent":29},"roast schedule software",[25,26,27,28],"plan a roast day","batch scheduling coffee roastery","multi batch roast planning","roast production planning app","informational","2026-10-19",8,{"figure":33,"kicker":34},"6 batches","Using Factory",[36,42,51],{"key":37,"slug":37,"category":15,"title":38,"excerpt":39,"readingMinutes":16,"updated":30,"cover":40},"weigh-in-green-coffee-in-factory","Weigh in: confirm the charge weight and start a batch","At weigh-in, Factory records the actual green weight for each batch, warns when it differs from the schedule, and uses that weight, rather than the planned weight, to calculate roast loss later.",{"figure":41,"kicker":34},"12.02 kg",{"key":43,"slug":43,"category":44,"title":45,"excerpt":46,"readingMinutes":16,"updated":47,"cover":48},"batch-scheduling-for-roasters","running","Batch scheduling: the order you roast in matters","The first batch of the day, the gap between batches and the order of coffees all change how a roast turns out. A practical approach to sequencing a roast day for consistency and throughput.","2026-10-09",{"figure":49,"kicker":50},"Batch 1","Scheduling",{"key":52,"slug":52,"category":44,"title":53,"excerpt":54,"readingMinutes":55,"updated":47,"cover":56},"roastery-production-planning","Production planning: from orders to a roast list","A roast plan answers four questions: what is ordered, what is already roasted, how much green that needs after roast loss, and how many batches fit the week. The method, step by step.",7,{"figure":57,"kicker":58},"Plan","Production",[60,62,64,75,80,82,84,86,91,93,95,97,99,101,103],{"p":61},"The Schedule needs four things in place: a green bean, stock of it on hand, a machine and an operator. If a picker in the Add roast dialog is empty, return to the earlier tutorials in this series. Once these are in place, planning a day takes one short dialog per coffee. Factory handles the batch numbers, start times and stock commitment.",{"h2":63},"Schedule a roast",{"ol":65,"steps":74},[66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73],"Open **Schedule** in the left rail and press **Add roast**. The **Schedule a roast** dialog opens.","Under **Select inventory** pick the lot to roast. The picker lists on-hand green with the kilograms available, and a lot with nothing left is not offered. Enter the charge weight in the field beside it; Factory refuses more than the lot holds.","Press **Add another lot** if the batch blends two lots, for example the last 4 kg of one bag and 8 kg of the next. The **Total** line shows the combined charge.","Pick the **Machine** and the **Operator**. If the total is above the machine's optimal batch, or below its minimum, a warning appears under the total: reduce the charge, pick a bigger drum, or accept it for a test roast.","Pick a **Coffee Profile (optional)**. The **Target curve** field defaults to the profile's own curve; you can instead choose a past roast to follow.","Set the **Date** and, if the day is tight, a **Time**. Dates in the past are refused. Leave the time blank and the planner spaces batches for you.","Under **How many roasts?** enter the number of batches of this coffee, or press **Use the whole lot** to fill it with as many charges as the lot allows. The summary line reads out the total green, what is left in the lot, and that start times are spaced automatically around the machine's roast duration and cooldown. If the batches run past the end of your roasting day, Factory says so and offers to spread them.","Press **Schedule**. One row per batch appears with a batch number, and the green weight is committed against the lot immediately so nobody plans the same bag twice.",true,{"image":76},{"src":77,"alt":78,"caption":79},"\u002Fimages\u002Fguides\u002Ffactory\u002Fschedule-add-roast.jpg","The Schedule a roast dialog in Factory with a Brazil lot and 12 kg selected, Roaster 1 as the machine, an operator, the Blend Base profile, today's date and two roasts requested","Two 12 kg batches of one lot, start times spaced automatically.",{"h2":81},"Reading the worklist",{"p":83},"Each row shows **Date**, **Time**, **Status**, **Batch**, **Coffee**, **Weight**, **Profile**, **Machine** and **Operator**. The status pill tracks five states: **Planning** (scheduled, green not yet weighed), **Weighed** (the bucket is on the bench with the actual weight confirmed), **Roasting** (assigned to a live session), **Roasted** (dropped, roasted weight not yet entered) and **Complete** (weighed out). Cancelled batches have their own pill. Completed and cancelled rows are hidden by default so the list shows work still to do. Tick **Show completed** to see the history.",{"p":85},"Rows are tinted so you can scan the day at a glance: overdue batches, today's work and prepared batches already weighed each look different. The search box finds a batch number or coffee instantly, useful when a customer asks what was in bag 261019-04. The date scope (Any date, Today, Tomorrow, This week), operator, machine and profile filters narrow the list further. The date scope and Show completed choices are remembered between sessions.",{"image":87},{"src":88,"alt":89,"caption":90},"\u002Fimages\u002Fguides\u002Ffactory\u002Fschedule.jpg","The Factory Schedule screen listing six batches for today and tomorrow with Weighed and Planning status pills, batch numbers, coffees, weights, profiles, machine and operator","The day's worklist: a Weighed batch ready to start, five still to weigh.",{"h2":92},"Change a batch after it is scheduled",{"p":94},"Click a row to open it. A **Planning** row offers **Edit** (date, time and roast notes), **Print Job Card** and **Mark Weighed**. A **Weighed** row adds **Start** and **Cancel & release green**, which returns the committed weight to the lot and cancels the batch when plans change. A row stuck on **Roasting** with no roast running, for example if the app was closed mid-batch, offers **Reset to queue**. This returns it to Weighed so it can be roasted again. **Roasted** rows show **Save & finish** to enter the roasted weight later, and **Complete** rows show **View**, **Save as Profile** and **Add Cupping**. Green weight cannot be changed in the quick edit: cancel and reschedule to change the weight and keep the lot ledger accurate.",{"h2":96},"Planner settings",{"p":98},"Batch spacing comes from **Preferences**, **Roasting**, under **Roast Planner**: **Day start** and **Day end**, a default **Roast duration** and **Cooldown**, the number of **Roasters** working in parallel, whether to **Allow overlapping roasts**, and **Working breaks** (press **Add break** for lunch). These settings let you plan a run of six batches around the working day. Rest days, best-before days, planning horizon and safety stock feed demand planning on the web. These settings sync with Roastnet, so the web planner and Factory agree.",{"h2":100},"From plan to roast",{"p":102},"The next two tutorials also start in the Schedule. Weighing in moves a row from Planning to Weighed and assigns the bucket its job card. **Start** on a weighed row, or **Start now** on the Live Roast screen, links the batch to the cockpit. When the roast is dropped and weighed out, the row completes and the batch moves to the Roasts archive with its curve.",{"checklist":104,"title":110},[105,106,107,108,109],"One row per batch, scheduled from the lot it will actually come from","Charge within the machine's optimal batch, or a deliberate test roast","Profile attached so the cockpit shows a target","Planner day start, end and breaks set in Preferences","Completed rows hidden, Show completed when you need the log","A day worth following",[112,115,118,121,124],{"q":113,"a":114},"Why can I not pick a coffee in the Schedule?","The picker lists lots on hand, not catalogue beans. Add the coffee in Green Beans, then receive bags of it in Inventory, and it appears.",{"q":116,"a":117},"What does Use the whole lot do?","It sets the batch count to as many charges of the entered weight as the lot can supply, and spaces their start times automatically. The summary line shows what remains in the lot afterwards.",{"q":119,"a":120},"Does a schedule made in Factory show on the Roastnet web app?","Yes, when connected. Batches created on either side appear on both within seconds. Batches created offline are sent when you reconnect.",{"q":122,"a":123},"Can I change the green weight of a scheduled batch?","Not in the quick edit, because the lot has already been debited. Cancel the batch with Cancel & release green to return the committed weight to the lot, then schedule it again at the new weight.",{"q":125,"a":126},"Why is a batch still showing Roasting?","A live session claimed it but never finished, usually because the app was closed. Open the row and use Reset to queue. It returns to Weighed and can be started again.",[128,132],{"target":129,"label":130,"note":131},"page:roasting","Roast production planning","Schedules from orders and stock on the web, executed in Factory.",{"target":133,"label":134,"note":135},"page:factory","Roastnet Factory","The day's schedule on the screen next to the 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