A recipe is a list of inventory ingredients that make up both prep items and sales items. It contains a detailed list of ingredients, required quantity, and cost incurred to create the recipe. You can also specify the sequence in which to use the ingredients to prepare the recipe. Additionally, you have the option to set the recipe availability for a certain period of time. For instance, to make a special dish available for a specific period, set the end date on which the recipe is no longer available for usage.

Name — Unique name of the recipe for identification. For example, Tea, Chicken salad.

ID — Unique identification number that the system auto-generates.

Status — Current status of the recipe. The ‘Active’ status indicates the recipe is available to use and ‘Inactive’ status indicates the recipe is currently deactivated and not available for preparation; eventually, the recipe will not be available for selection as a Sales Item and Menu Item.

Recipe makes — Expected number of quantities from the recipe. For example, if the recipe is ‘Tea’ and the ‘Recipe makes’ value is ‘2’, then two cups of tea is expected to be prepared using the selected ingredients.

Unit — Units of measurement of the recipe. For example, ‘Each’ indicates each cup of tea.

Ingredients — List of inventory items used to prepare the recipe. For example, the ingredients required to prepare ‘Tea’ includes milk, sugar, and water.

Ownership — Site that owns and manages the recipe.

To create a new recipe:

• Select Inventory > Menu > Recipes. The Recipes screen appears.
• Click Create recipe. The New recipe screen appears. By default, the General information tab is selected. A unique recipe ID auto-populates for the recipe.
  
• Enter a unique name for the recipe. It must contain a maximum of 50 characters. For example, Tea.
• Enter a description for the recipe, such as ‘Milk tea with added sugar.’
• Enter the expected output quantity in ‘Recipe makes/. For example, 1 indicates one cup of tea.
• Select the unit of measure as ‘Each.’ It indicates that for this recipe one cup of tea is prepared.
• Select the start date and end date to indicate the period for which the recipe is available. After the end date, the recipe is deactivated.
• Click Save to confirm the recipe details. The ‘New recipe saved’ success message appears. Next step is to add the ingredients.
• Click the Ingredients tab.
• Click Add ingredients. A sliding panel to enter the ingredient details appear. Additionally, a unique order ID is auto-populated to indicate the sequence number of the ingredient.
  
• Select the raw item. The raw items available in the ASM system are auto-populated in this option.
• Enter the quantity of raw items and unit of measure required for the recipe. For example, type ‘1’ in amount and select ‘Liter’ from the Unit of measure drop-down list to indicates one liter of milk. Additionally, the unit price of the ingredient and total ingredient cost appears in the Ingredient unit price and Ingredient cost options, respectively.
• Click Save to confirm the added ingredient. The ‘New ingredient saved’ success message appears.
• Repeat the above step 10 through step 13 to add more ingredients to the recipe.
  

After adding the ingredients, the following details appear on the General information tab:

Recipe Cost ($) — Total cost to prepare the recipe.

Recipe Cost (%) — This is for future use.

Goal Price ($) — Target price, in amount, expected price for the recipe. This value is calculated based on the Goal Price (%).

Goal Price (%) — Target price, in percentage, expected for the recipe.

POS Price — This is for future use.

To edit an existing recipe:

• Select Inventory > Menu > Recipes. The Recipes screen appears.

• Select the existing recipe to modify. By default, the General information tab is selected.

• Click Edit recipe.

• Update the recipe details as required in the General information tab.

  

• Click Save to confirm the changes. The ‘Recipe was successfully updated’ message appears.

• Click the Ingredients tab.

• Select the ingredient that must be modified.

• Click Edit on the sliding panel.

  

• Update the ingredient details as needed.

  Note: You can only change the order sequence and amount of ingredients used. You cannot update the raw items or unit of measure. If you want to delete an ingredient, click Delete to remove the ingredient from the recipe.

• Click Save to confirm the changes. The ‘Ingredient was successfully updated’ message appears.

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