What is the Ingredients Movements report?
Ingredients movements report shows the lifecycle of your products, ingredients, preparations, or dishes kept in stock. How and when did they appear in stock? How and when were they withdrawn? What was their cost during the reporting period?
To view the ingredients movements report:
Go to Inventory → Ingredients movements in the management console.
Set the reporting period or day at the top right.
Select a Storage location included in the report.
Or select Location to include multiple storage locations linked to a specific location.
Select the product type and category being displayed.
Show Ingredients filter enables you to show or hide products/ingredients with no movement (activity) during the selected period.
☝️ Movement is any activity involving products or ingredients in the stock. This includes supplying ingredients to the stock, transferring ingredients between storage locations, and manually or automatically withdrawing ingredients.
Click ⿲ Columns to add or hide some extra columns if necessary.
Click a column name to sort data in ascending or descending order.
💡 Click ▼ in the Supply or Expense columns to see a detailed breakdown.
Report legend
Name - product or ingredient name
Type - entity type, ingredient, preparation, product, or dish.
Initial balance - the amount of ingredients at the start of the reporting period
Initial avg. cost - ingredient cost per kg, l, or pcs at the start of the reporting period
Initial cost - total cost of the ingredients at the start of the reporting period.
Supplies - the amount of ingredients added to the stock during the reporting period.
Expense - the amount of ingredients withdrawn from the stock during the reporting period.
Final balance - the amount of ingredients at the end of the reporting period.
Final avg. cost - ingredient cost per kg, l, or pcs at the end of the reporting period
Tot. cost - total cost of the ingredients at the end of the reporting period.
Remember that the report presents information based on calendar days, rather than cash shifts.
💡 Enable All, Inc. without movement in Show ingredients to see the total cost of all ingredients down the page. Enabling this option includes the costs of ingredients that didn't experience any movement to the report.
☝️ Food cost is calculated by the weighted average method. It includes the total quantity of the ingredient in stock and its total cost.
💡 Click Export to download an Excel copy of the report or click Print to print it.
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