Inventory
Use Inventory to track different amounts of Ingredients you have in stock.
Overview
An Inventory Count records the amount of an Ingredient you have in stock at a specific date and time.
You can track different Ingredient amounts in different Inventory locations.
Inventory Locations are locations where your Ingredients are stored. You can track amounts of Ingredients in different Inventory Locations using the Inventory feature. Learn more about Locations
Ingredient’s Inventory Counts
Ingredient Inventory is the total amount of an Ingredient counted in all locations. This includes Counts using Unspecified Location.
Ingredient Inventory has 2 parts: Current and History.
About Inventory Locations
You can specify an Inventory location where the Ingredient is stored, or you can use an Unspecified Location.
When you Set Location, you can select an existing Inventory location or create a new Inventory location.
When you Use no specific location, the New Count is saved under “Unspecified Location”.
Create a new Inventory Count
iOS and iPadOS Android Web
- In the All Inventory list, tap to select an Ingredient. Or you can tap the button and enter a name to create a new Ingredient.
- In the selected Ingredient, tap New Count.
- Enter an amount.
- Change unit to use a different measurement unit. You can use an existing mass unit, volume unit or Abstract unit, or create a new Abstract unit.
- Set location to specify an Inventory location, or Use no specific location.
- Tap Save.
iOS and iPadOS
- In the All Inventory list, tap to select an Ingredient. Or you can tap the button and enter a name to create a new Ingredient.
- In the selected Ingredient, tap New Count.
- Enter an amount.
- Change unit to use a different measurement unit. You can use an existing mass unit, volume unit or Abstract unit, or create a new Abstract unit.
- Set location to specify an Inventory location, or Use no specific location.
- Tap Save.
Android
- In Vendors, tap the New Vendor button.
- Enter a name for the new Vendor.
Web
- In Vendors, tap the New Vendor button.
- Enter a name for the new Purveyor.
- Tap Done to save.
Current Counts
Current shows the most recent amounts of the Ingredient in each location.
These are the latest Counts for the Ingredient.
This list shows the amount, location, date and time for each of the latest Counts.
Example
Ingredient: Flour
| Current | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date and time | Location | Amount |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 1:30 pm | Kitchen | 50 kg |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 8:00 am | Warehouse | 200 kg |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 9:00pm | Unspecified Location | 50 kg |
History
History shows past Counts for the Ingredient.
When you create a new Count, the previous Count becomes a past Count and moves to History.
This list shows the amount, location, date and time for every past Count.
Example
Ingredient: Flour
| Current | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2020 at 3:30 pm | Kitchen | 70 kg |
| Jan 25, 2020 at 10:00pm | Warehouse | 90 kg |
| Jan 22, 2020 at 6:00 am | Unspecified Location | 50 kg |
| History | ||
| Jan 12, 2020 at 1:30 pm | Kitchen | 50 kg |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 9:00pm | Warehouse | 200 kg |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 8:00 am | Unspecified Location | 10 kg |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 7:00 am | Kitchen | 10 kg |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 9:00 am | Unspecified Location | 50 kg |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 11:00pm | Warehouse | 50 kg |
| Jan 5, 2020 at 11:00pm | Kitchen | 80 kg |