Technical Note: 20050331077

Inventory Recipe Interface

(Maitre'D 2005 and later versions of Maitre'D)

You can link different Inventory Items or Recipes to Sales Item for each individual Revenue Center and Mode. This way, if an item is available in three different revenue centers with four modes defined in each, this allows to set up to twelve different recipes for the same item. For example, you might want to add packaging on sales item recipe sold for takeout. Even in the Dining Room, item portions could be different depending on if it is for lunch or dinner.

You can use a one to one link to match either Sales Items to Inventory Recipes or Inventory Items built in the Inventory module.

An Inventory Recipe is a combination of different Inventory Items, sold after transformation, such as a plate of ribs with mushrooms and carrots.

An Inventory Item is an item sold as is without transformation or combination with any other Inventory Item, such as a bottle of beer.

Item Recipe:

In our first example, we will link a Sales Item to an Inventory Item.

Inventory Management / File / Inventory Items

Create the Inventory Item.

P.O.S. Control / Revenue Center / Items Setup / Configuration / Inventory

Recipe To Use:

P.O.S. Control / Revenue Center / Items Setup / Configuration / Recipe

Item:

Quantity:

Inventory Recipe:

In our second example, we will link a Sales Item to an Inventory Recipe.

Inventory Management / File / Inventory Items

Create all Inventory Item to include in the Inventory Recipe.

P.O.S. Control / Revenue Center / Items Setup / Configuration / Inventory

Note: The Ratio field is used only by the Automatic Conversion option, and shows the percentage of the buying cost applied to this item.

P.O.S. Control / Revenue Center / Items Setup / Configuration / Inventory

Recipe To Use:

P.O.S. Control / Revenue Center / Items Setup / Configuration / Recipe

Inventory Recipe:

Note: You do not enter Inventory Items and Quantities manually because the recipe includes all ingredients and quantities.