To add a detailed product go to the menu point and select Configuration - Products, press "+" button.
Follow the steps below:
1. Select the category in which you want the product to appear in the POS (eg Refreshments, Pizza).
2. Add the product name (this name will also appear on the fiscal receipt).
3. Fill the product SKU (it will automatically generate when the product name is filled however can be modified).
SKU is a unique product code:
- may be the barcode
- can be an internal code
- via SKU you can synchronize the products with different aggregators through their related applications (eg: own site, hipMenu)
4. Select the type:
I sell it as I buy it - this type contains only a stock that does not apply any changes (eg. Coca Cola bottle)
Contains recipe - this type of product contains one or more raw materials (ingredients) and enters a cooking process (eg. Chicken Soup containing chicken, spices, etc)
Service - this type of product does not need a receipt (eg. haircut)
5. Availability - select the locations were you want to sell the product (if you have multiple sales locations and you want to sell a specific product in one of the locations, you will select that location, so the product does not appear in POS in the other locations)
6 & 7. MU represents the measuring unit. If you will sell one piece and this is a Finite Product it will be PC.
If you sell a bulk product, you will choose the measuring unit for KG or L.
You will also need to change the setting from "Finite product" to "Bulk" by simply clicking on the field.
8. Add the product tag (example bar, kitchen, pizza, etc.)
this tag is useful for issuing the order to the kitchen, bar
this tag is useful for issuing sales reports on specific sections
9. Product recipe
- Search and add the good purchased for resale if you already have it configured (if the product you are setting is the type - you sell it as you buy it) or the raw material if you already have it configured (if the type of product you are setting up contains a recipe).
- If you have not configured the good purchased for resale or the raw material, click Add / Configure the good purchased for resale or the raw material by completing the name, unit, MU, VAT.
Optional the tag if you want to group stocks (example bar, kitchen).
- If you want to set up a recipe in the recipe, after filling in the name, quantity, UM and VAT, click the "Add raw material to recipe" button and add the ingredients you use in the recipe and the related quantities.
WARNING: if you want to configure the recipe for multiple portions, you can only add the unit after you have added at least 1 raw material in the recipe.
If the product type is "I sell it as I buy it" you will select the good from where you will decrease your stock.
If the product type is "Contains recipe" you will see all the raw materials that will result the finite or the bulk product along with the specific quantity for it.
You will see that each ingredient will show an amount - this amount represents the average cost for the recipe quantity.
This average cost is based on invoices placed on that stock.
10. Add the price at which you want to sell the product, select the VAT at which the product will be sold.
11. Add preferential prices if the sales price is different from one location to another (optional) or if you want the price to change automatically from a certain date.
Don't forget to save the created product!
13. "Short description" and "Description" fields
If you use a label printer (see here how to install a label printer), what you enter in the Short Description field will be printed on the label.
In the case of menu synchronization with delivery platforms, texts from both fields will be sent in the following order: Description, followed by short description.
It is not mandatory to fill in both fields.