Inventory basics: items and units

The model in 30 seconds

• Every inventory item has one base unit — the unit its balance is counted in: g, kg, mg, ml, l, piece, dozen, portion, box, packet, bottle, can, bag, carton, tray.
• It can also allow conversion units (e.g. base kg, also orderable in g) with a factor to the base.
• A low-stock threshold ("Reorder at") triggers an alert — and can auto-86 the menu items that use it.
• A cost per base unit drives the stock value stat and wastage costing.

Example: tomatoes with base unit kg. You buy in kg, recipes consume g, and the balance is always exact in the base unit — no rounding games.

Availability

Inventory is a plan feature. If the Inventory screen says it isn't in your plan, that is the subscription, not your role — see Module not in plan. Nothing you already entered is ever deleted.

Who manages inventory

Owners and managers have inventory-manage rights; cashiers can view stock. There is no separate "inventory staff" login — give the person who counts stock a manager account, or trim a manager's permissions to inventory only (Fine-tune permissions).