Unit of Measure

Unit of Measure

Unit of Measure – Base Types Units of Measure are used throughout Restaurant365 for Inventory, Purchased/Vendor Items, Recipe Costing, Commissary Items, and Catering Item tracking.  Units of Measure (U of M) are completely customizable and you can have as many, or as few as you need.  There are three Base U of M that all other U of Ms must be equated to either directly, or indirectly through other U of Ms.  These three Base Units of Measure are: Volume Base for this type = OZ-fl Examples: OZ-fl, Cup, Gallon, Quart Weight Base for this type = OZ-wt Examples: OZ-wt, LB, KG, … Continued
Catering Menus

Catering Menus

Catering Menus can be created to quickly and easily add Catering Items to Catering Events, as well as to produce a formatted Catering Menu report Jump to Section: Create Catering Menu Catering Menu Record Subheadings in Catering Menu Use a Catering Menu Catering Menu Report Create Catering Menu To create a Catering Menu, hover over the Catering option in the top ribbon and select New Menu Catering Menus are made up of Catering Items.  Click here for training on how to create Catering Items. Once you have your Catering Items created (or if you plan on creating the Catering Items … Continued
Unit of Measure Equivalence

Unit of Measure Equivalence

In Restaurant365 there are three base types of Units of Measure (U of M): Weight (Ounces) Volume (Fluid Ounces) Each For each Purchased Item in the system, you will need to identify two units of measure: Purchased (Default Purchase U of M) Inventoried (Inventory U of M) Click here to learn more about Units of Measure, and Item Setup If the Purchased U of M and Inventoried U of M disagree in their base type (Weight, Volume or Each), then an equivalence must be built so that Restaurant365 can properly identify item costs for recipes, stock counts, etc.   Determine if U of M Equivalence … Continued
Commissary Items

Commissary Items

Commissary Item Setup Only Purchased Items marked as Commissary Items will be available in the Commissary Module.  Click here for information on how to create Purchased Items.  For more information on the Commissary Feature, please refer to the Commissary Overview.  To mark an item as a Commissary Item perform the following: 1. Open the Purchased Item Record (Operations – Inventory – Items in left hand navigation) and click the Commissary Item check box on the General tab.  Doing so will set the Sales tab to visible where additional information will be required 2. In addition to the required fields on the … Continued
Sell Only Items (Merchandise) sold through the POS with Recipe Costing

Sell Only Items (Merchandise) sold through the POS with Recipe Costing

For Sell Only items, items used exclusively/made available for AR Invoices, some added steps need to be taken to be able to sell those items through the POS and capture the costs using Inventory Counts and Recipe Costing. Preparing the Items First the Sell Only Item needs to be converted to a Purchased Item.  For Sell Only Items that have already been created in Restaurant365, this is a process that requires assistance from the Restaurant365 Support team.  If the items have not yet been created or imported in to Restaurant365, then in place of creating Sell Only Items, Purchased Items can … Continued
Stock Counts with Multiple Count U of Ms

Stock Counts with Multiple Count U of Ms

Items Available for Inventory (Purchased Items and Recipes) have the option of utilizing multiple Count U of Ms for the purpose of Stock Counts.  For example, the Purchased Item ‘Romaine Hearts’ could be counted three different ways: ‘Case – 12/3 CT’, ‘Bag – 3 CT’ and ‘Bag (Chopped) – 2 LB’.  These Units of Measure are set on the ‘Inventory Cost’ tab of the Purchased Item Record, and when assigned, will appear as additional ‘Qty’ boxes on Stock Counts.  In order to utilize Multiple Count U of Ms, follow the steps outlined below.  Click here for more information on Stock Counts … Continued
R365 API Connector

R365 API Connector

Restaurant365 offers an API (Application Programming Interface) service.  Through the R365 API, third party services can connect to R365 to retrieve data, as well as create and push data in to Customer databases.    In order to access the R365 API Connector, the following steps must be followed:   R365 Customer Instructions: 1) Request R365 API Access for your Vendor Contact R365 Support (support@restaurant365.net) to request API Access for your Vendor Include your Vendor Technical Support on the email request  R365 Support will confirm your request, and your Permission for Vendor Access, then provide the API login credentials to your … Continued