Important Information For Inventory Management UsersIf you are creating a new product for Inventory Management purposes (e.g. a Supplied or Recipe product), the process varies depending on the type of inventory product being created. Click Here to articles specific to each type of Inventory product instead of using this article. |
Introduction
Products can be created directly within Cinchio Back Office as covered in this article.
These products can then be used in may ways, including:
- Within Cinchio menus for use in Cinchio Mobile and Cinchio Kiosk.
- Within Cinchio menus for use in third-party platforms that utilise Cinchio for Menu Management.
- Within Cinchio Back Office for use throughout Inventory Management.
- Within external POS and remote order platforms^.
Alternatively, for selected POS integrations, products created within the POS system first may flow into Cinchio Back Office automatically.*
Create The Product
To create a new product:
- Head to Product Management > Products.
- Select [CREATE BACK OFFICE PRODUCT].
In the next page:
- Long Product Name: Enter the full product name.
- Short Product Name: Copy the product name into this field.
- Code: Enter a code for the product. (If one is not required, simply copy the auto-generated PLU.)
- Stock Master Group: Select the master group that the product should report to.
- Stock Group: Select the group that the product should report to.
Once entered, select either:
- [CREATE & EXIT] to create the product with no additional settings.
- [CREATE & ADD NEW PRODUCT] to create the product with no additional settings, and return to create a new product.
- [CREATE & ADD MORE DETAIL] to create the product and then access the product setup page define more settings. For more information on additional product settings, Click Here.
^Product mapping varies per platform and is based on either PLU, Product ID, or through "CP" mapping... contact Cinchio for details.
* Products automatically created through POS integration may have certain restrictions.