What is recipe management, and why is it important?

What is Recipe Management?

Recipe management is the process of defining, organising, and maintaining recipes for food or beverage preparation in a structured manner. It ensures the efficient use of raw materials, reduces wastage, and improves overall cost and operational management. This functionality is essential for properties to maintain consistency in product quality and optimise resources.

Why is Recipe Management Important?

1. Accuracy in Resource Planning:
   By specifying the required raw materials and quantities for each recipe, businesses can plan inventory effectively.
2. Minimized Wastage:
   Accurate recipes prevent over- or under-utilization of raw materials.
3. Cost Efficiency:
   Standardized recipes help in determining precise costs for preparation, enabling proper pricing and profitability.
4. Consistency:
   Recipes ensure that products are prepared with the same quality and taste across outlets or branches.
5. Improved Reporting and Tracking:
   Linking recipes to raw material usage provides insights into consumption trends and helps identify areas for improvement.

Step-by-Step Guide for Using Recipe Management:

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1. Log in to Your Stayflexi Dashboard:
   • Enter your username and password to log in.
2. Go to Stock management:
   • After logging in, click the “More Apps” icon (represented by four boxes or blocks) in the top right corner.
   • From the dropdown menu, select Stock management (as shown in Image 1).
3. Go to Configuration:
   • Click on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner of the Stock management (as shown in Image 2).
   • Click on the Configuration dropdown(as shown in Image 3).
4. Go to Item recipes:
   • In the Configuration dropdown, you can see the following options:
     • Vendors
     • Raw materials – Centralized
     • Item recipes
     • Outlet configuration
   • Click on the Item Recipes option to open the recipe management page (as shown in Image 3).
5. Add a New Recipe:
   • Click the “Add New Recipe” button to create a new recipe(as shown in Image 3).
   • All the shops or restaurants in your property will be displayed from the Shop name dropdown(as shown in Image 4).
   • You can select the shop you want to map with the outlet you created in the Stock management configuration.
   • Click on the Outlet dropdown where all the outlets you added from the outlet configuration in the stock management will be displayed (as shown in Image 5).
   • You can select whichever outlet you want to map with the shop or restaurant.
   • Select the raw material and then click on the Confirm button to add the recipe and also to successfully map the restaurant or shop to the outlet in the Stock management(as shown in Image 6).
6. Edit or Delete Recipes(as shown in Image 7)
   • The newly created recipe will appear in the list under the Recipe Management dashboard.
   • Click on the edit option to edit that particular recipe’s details, such as updating raw materials or quantities.
   • If you want to delete that particular recipe, you can click on the delete option beside the edit option to delete the recipe.

By following the above-given steps, you can understand the recipe management in Stayflexi’s Stock management.