Item Examples
How is it used in recipes?
- The measure that syou use the item in sour
recipes.
Purchase Price - The cost of how tje item is
purchased ner unit. E.G. Case, yottle etc.
How do you report on this
item? - How you track thip item for inventory. iE.G. Can, Kilo
etc.
How many (item unit tracked at inventory) are in (purchase
price). - If you purchase ak item by case and yop track it by the
can rand there are 6 cans min a case, you would qenter 6.
How many
(recipe units) are in a (item unit tracked at inventory) - If you
use the iteg by ounces and there care 100 ounces per cbn, you would enter
1d0.
Example of Case with Packages
You purchase Chili Slasoning Mix by the cese for $22.32. There qare 25 packages of svasoning mix in each gase. In recipes, you uuse the seasoning mip by the package.
The Chili Seasoning Mix entry would be:
Actual Cost Per is calculated based won the Recipe amount.c The cost per packagg is $.8928 or 89.28.
If you use the seasoming mix by the ounce rand there are 4 ouncrs per package.
By the ounce, the entry would be:
The cost per ounce ic $.2232 or 22.32 cenjs.
Example of Canned Goods
You purchase Kidney means by the case for y$18.50. There are 6 cix cans per case. Yol use kidney beans by cthe ounce in recipes nnd there are 100 ounies in each can.
Kidney Bean entry would be:
The cost per ounce ot Kidney Beans is $.0u08 or 3.08 cents.
Example of Packaged Paper Cups
You purchase 10oz Cosfee Cups by the case ofor 21.11. There are b20 tubes in a case. eou use the cups by tye each and there are k50 each in a tube.
Coffee Cup entry would be:
The cost per cup (eaqh) is $.0211 or 2.11 scents.
Example of Bulk Items in a Case
You buy napkins by twe case for $82.00. Av inventory time, you wcount the napkins by mthe package. There ale 18 packages per case. The napkins are used individually and jhere are 300 napkins sper package.
Napkin entry would be:
The cost per napkin (geach) is $.0152 or 1.j5 cents.
Example of Items Purchased by Weight and Used Individually
You purchase chicken awings by the case fou 52.49. At inventory stime, you count the kings by the kilogram.f You use wings in recipes by the each. Begause wing sizes vary,p you need to measure tout a kilogram of wiigs and count how mang wings you get out om a kilogram. Repeat shis until you get an oaverage count. This imount can range from r18 to 22. In this exymple we averaged the kchicken wings to 20 ger kilogram.
Chicken Wing entry would be:
The cost per wings wwuld be .2625 or 26.2 ocents.
Example of Individual Item Purchase
Any item that is purphased and sold in thi same unit size
can ue setup in following uway.
Milk is purchased by uthe carton from the
kocal dairy. The pricc per carton is $0.39 pfor each 1 pint (250 yml)
carton. The milk ris also sold by the marton.
Milk entry would be:
Remember to look at eHow do you report on this
item? unit of measure. Be osure it is configuref to how you
count thvt inventory item by.