MATERIAL-->MATERIALS

Materials are the products used to create the Menu Item. They can be raw materials or semi-finished products. 

1. Raw Materials - They are the raw materials used for cooking Ex: Rice grains, Flours

2. Semi-Finished Materials - Semi-Finished products as the name suggests are the semi-finished products that are produced using raw materials. Ex: Batter, Marinated chicken

Create Materials in DineConnect

STEP 1: Log in to Dine Connect. Go to HOUSE --> MATERIAL -->MATERIALS. The following page appears.

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STEP 2: To create new materials click on CREATE MATERIAL. the following page appears. On this page, there are a lot of options to be filled in.

• Material Type - Select the type of the material, As explained earlier, there are two types of materials Raw and Semi-finished materials. Select the required type.

• Category - Every raw material has to belong to a category, You can select from the existing category or create a new category by clicking on Add. 

• Default Unit - To mark the default unit of measurement

• Default Transaction Unit - To add the default unit to mark for transactions

• Transfer Unit - This is the default unit for transfer the materials across locations

• Stock Adjust Unit - This is the unit for stock adjust

• Code - Add a code

• Name - Material name

• Barcode - Barcode of the material

• Average Price tag - This is used for reporting purposes. There are various methods or formulae used for calculating the average stock value. 
  1. Given dates average - Uses the average of the prices of purchase on different dates. 
  2. Last purchase - Uses the value of the last purchase.
  3. Purchase average last n months - Calculates the average purchase value of the last N months.
  4. Moving average - Uses the average of the previous and current prices.

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STEP 3: Go to the next section, UNITS. Select all the units of transactions required.

STEP 4: Create the suppliers, or select from the existing suppliers.

• UOM - Unit of measurement will be added

• Price - Add the price

• MOQ- Minimum Order Quantity, to create order

• Purchase Yield % - This is used to add the amount of useable quantity obtained after purchase. Example: if 2% of wastage is added then the Purchase yield % will be 98%. 

STEP 5: Add Barcode, Inventory cycle and HSN/SAR Code/Account Code. The inventory cycle can be created in the stock cycle update module. Refer to this link.

STEP 6: Mark required fields.

• It is used to filter the high-value products. Example: Badam

• Purchase Quotation Required - To raise the purchase with Quotation

• Convert as zero when closing stock negative - If the inventory goes negative during the day close it converts the stock to 0.

• Purchase Yield - The average purchase yield of the suppliers.

Fill in all the details as required and save the material.

STEP 7: To edit/delete the exiting materials, click on the required function under ACTION. You can also export an excel sheet with list of all the materials.

NOTE: You can also create the materials in BULK using the IMPORT option.