Create Inventory Items in Inventory for Appetize

Description: Follow the instructions to create inventory items in Inventory for Connect.

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Inventory Items

Point of Sale Items often need back of house inventory items to help keep track of stock. Inventory items can be created and assigned to menu items to deplete stock with each sale. This is ideal for menu items that require other items in order to be sold (Ex. a cup to hold a beverage, a basket to hold french fries, the burger patty of a hamburger, etc.). These items are also called chargeables.

Creating a new Inventory Item

1. In Connect, select Inventory in the left side menu and select Items from the dropdown.
2. The select Create in the top right corner (much like creating a POS item).
3. Enter the required information in the pop up and select Save: 
   • Name
   • Sales Unit
   • Conversion to Inventory Unit
   • Inventory Unit
   • Conversion to Purchase Unit
   • Purchase Unit
   • Warehouse
   • Distributor
   • Category 
4. To tie the item to a Menu item, find and select the Product from the dropdown. 
5. Select Save to add the item.
6. To edit the newly created item, locate it in the list and select it to open.

Note: We recommend using a naming convention to differentiate chargeable items from non-chargeable. Examples:

• Menu item: z - All Beef Hot Dog 5-1 // Inventory Item: @MEAT - 5/1 Skinless Beef Frank
• Menu item: z - Bavarian Pretzel // Inventory Item: @PRETZEL 7OZ

The Product field will only show items that have track inventory set to No.