Programming Production Ingredients

Programming of Production Only Ingredients will allow production jobs to display generic ingredient names, in place of the product names.

For example:

Order entered at POS

Order displayed by Ingredient

2 Classic Burger

1 Big Boss Burger

2 Grilled Chicken Burg

1 Cheese Burger

1 Chicken Little

Add Bacon

1 Vegetarian Delight

4 Beef Pattie

3 Chicken

1 Bacon

1 Veg Pattie

Required Settings

For the POS to recognise and recompile production print jobs replacing PLU items with Production Ingredients, the Enable PLU ingredient printing setting needs to be activated in the Location System Settings | POS Terminal Settings | Display| Enable Quick Service Ordering Mode

Enable PLU Ingredient Printing

Production Management in Category Setup

Production Ingredients Category

Categories will need to be created to house the new Production Ingredient PLUs. It is recommended that consideration be given to the naming convention of these categories so as not to create confusion. Prefxing the category name with i- (for ingredient) works well. For example, the category containing the production ingredient PLUs for Burgers could be “i-Burgers”.

For compatibility with QSO mode programming, the Keypad category will also need to be designated as either a ’normal’, ‘add’ or ‘subtract’ category. This means that if Bacon is removed from an item during the sale, a ‘less bacon’ ingredient can also be applied to remove it from the production job.

To assign the correct designation, go to the Production Management tab and choose the relevant Production Category Type.

Create and Assign Production Ingredient PLUs

Assign Production i

The next step is to actually create the PLUs which will be the Production Ingredient PLUs. These PLUs will then be assigned as the production ingredients within the parent PLUs.

•Open the relevant PLU, and choose the PLU Ingredients button.

•On the Production Management tab, use the pick list button to display the list of PLUs.

•Choose the required PLU from the list and use the SELECT button to save your choice. The Category, PLU number and Item Name of the selected PLU will be filled.

•Enter the required Qty. For example, the production ingredient required to make the PLU Double Beef Burger could be 2 x Beef Patties.

Assign Categories to relevant Roles

For the POS to be able to successfully make the substitution of Production Ingredient for PLU item, both categories (ie. Burgers and i-Burgers) must be assigned to the target Roles.

Ensure that all relevant categories are assigned to all relevant Roles and send an update to the POS.