About Quantity Tracking
There is the ability for a POS operator to enter the quantity for a menu item or product.
If so, then on the POS front-end, when an item/product with a quantity amount is sold, the quantity decreases accordingly. When there is no quantity remaining, the item/product reads "Sold Out" and cannot be added to an order.
Entering a Quantity for a Menu Item
The quantity that you enter for a menu item is specific to the day and POS location, meaning the quantity is not applied to the same menu item on a different day or a different POS location.
To enter the quantity of a menu item, complete the following steps:
- In POS, from the Tools menu at the top right of the screen, select POS Manager. The POS Manager screen appears.
- Select POS Item Management. The POS Item Management screen appears.
- Select the desired date and meal service (Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner) to refresh the screen with menu items of the day/meal service.
- Locate the menu item, and in its Qty Limit field, enter the current quantity. The changes are saved automatically. If the menu item also exists in another meal service for the day, then the quantity is updated there also.
Entering a Quantity for a Product
The quantity that you enter for a product is specific to the day and POS location, meaning the quantity is not applied to the same product on a different day or a different POS location.
To enter the quantity for a product, complete the following steps:
- In POS, from the Tools menu at the top right of the screen, select POS Manager. The POS Manager screen appears.
- Select POS Item Management. The POS Item Management screen appears.
- Select the desired date and meal service (Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner) to refresh the screen with menu items of the day/meal service and also any food products assigned to the meal service.
- Locate the product. Note that if the product is not seen, it could be the product's category is not displayed on the POS grid, or it could be that the product is assigned to a menu category and that menu category is not configured to show products; therefore turn off the Show Items On POS Grid Only filter to show products that are not on the POS grid. For more information on how products can be configured to appear on the POS grid, click here.
- In the Qty Limit field, enter the current quantity. The changes are saved automatically. If the product also exists in another meal service for the day, then the quantity is updated there also.