Products, storage categories, and suppliers — the foundation of every count, receipt, recipe, prep list, and report.
Every product decision affects counts, current stock, receiving, recipes, prep, orders, alerts, and reports. This article frames the choices you make and where they show up.
Categories are the storage locations you walk during a count — Walk-in, Freezer, Dry Storage, Bar. Get these right and counting flows naturally.
Suppliers are who you order from. Delivery days and lead time tell the order list when product will land, so it can flag stockouts before they happen.
Quantity-tracked, status-tracked, recipe output, and non-inventoried — what each one does, what it locks you into, and how to pick the right one the first time.
Walk through every option on a quantity-tracked product — default unit, case size, case cost, supplier, minimum stock, and unit conversions.
Upload a spreadsheet to bulk-create products, categories, and suppliers. Field auto-detection, alias normalization, and the limits to know up front.
The hard caps each tier enforces and what happens when you hit them.