Materials allow users to build a Bill of Material for products that are sold.
To set up materials, please follow the steps below –
Setup Stock Units -
In your back office, go to settings > stock units
- Select the “+” button
- Fill out all required fields (Conversion is the conversion rate for the selected unit)
- Select Save
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After creating a stock unit, the page will look like this:
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Add new materials -
Proceed to Catalog > Materials > “+” to add a new material
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Select or create a new category for tracking materials
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Use default or create a material code
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Use default or create a new material SKU
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Select one of the stock units you created in the first step
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Cost of the material you have purchased
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Quantity of product on hand
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Prefilled based on buying stock unit selected
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Material bin value for storage
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Minimum quantity on hand before alerted to reorder
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Amount to build to when ordering
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How you want the materials to be listed
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Display names of products/items ordered
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Enables usage of the material
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Once you have added a material, you can add it to a product
Add material(s) to a product
Proceed to Catalog > Product
- Select a product
- Select the recipe tab
- Add materials 1 by 1 by selecting them from the drop-down list and entering –
- Quantity
- Display order
- Select Add
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**** “Reduce ingredient stock upon sale” will take materials out of inventory each time a product is sold
Materials can now be tracked via the Material use report
The Low stock report will also display materials that need to be reordered