A product is the item you sell to your customers at the POS. The products are organized by groups and categories used to have an agile structure in both the Back Office and the App. Each of them has a wide variety of details and related objects that can be defined to create a customized solution that works better for your business.

You can create products very easily. Once inside the category, you will find in the bottom right corner the button New -> Product.

Then the following screen is displayed with different tabs:

- Description:

  1. Enable: If you check this option, this product will be visible in the App. With the box unchecked, it will not be visible.

Note: Very useful option to create new products in the Back Office that are not going to be sold at the POS, or for seasonal products only sold during a certain period.

  1. Name: Add a name to the product. This name will be used in the App and will be printed on the invoice.

  2. Description in Kitchen: This option is used to distinguish the name to be printed on the tickets of the command. This is a way to avoid long names in the tickets sent to the kitchen or the bar.

  3. General Group: With the – option that comes by default, the system will apply the setup configured in your category or group.

  4. Description: This text field can be used for different reasons, from the description of the ingredients to any note you want to show up. This description is visible, along with the product image and other options when clicking with two fingers on the product.

  5. Barcode: Add a barcode to the product. This can be used for several reasons, including using a barcode reader to enter the inventory when you receive the goods.

  6. Allergens: Easily mark all the allergens in this product. They will show up on the same screen as the description when clicking with two fingers on the product in the App.

- Prices:

  1. Price per weight: Check this option if you use a scale and this product is sold by weight.

  2. Price: Add the sale price of the product. Taxes are included by default.

  3. Cost Price: Add the cost price (without taxes included) so that Revo can calculate the sales margin.

  4. Tax: Select a tax for this product.

Note: Please note that if the tax is already selected in the category or in the group, you don’t have to set it up in the product. Anyway, if selected in the product it will work just as well.

  1. Rates: From here you can add different rates with amount for this product. Previously, you have to create the rates.

- Inventory:

  1. Inventory Control: Enable this option if you want to manage the inventory of this product.

Once enabled, the following options are displayed.

  1. Unit: Select the management unit for this product.

Note: It is very important that the units of each product are the same both in the product, in the warehouse, and in the purchasing module when used.

  1. Average cost price: Enable this option if you want Revo to calculate the average cost price of this product when using the purchasing module.

  2. x Products use it for cost evaluation: This option tells you if this product is part of the cost evaluaton for other products.

  3. Show stock in the app: With this option checked, if you add stock, the app will show an icon indicating the remaining units. You will see, quickly and intuitively, how the stock decreases as you sell products.

  4. Inventory: Add the stock units in your inventory for this product.

  1. Cost evaluation: Add all the ingredients that are part of this product.

Learn how to properly manage your inventory in this link: Inventory

- Settings:

  1. Open item: With this option enabled, you can edit the name and price of this product in the app.

Note: It is advisable not to enable this option for all the products, or you might alter the statistics in the reports. A good way to avoid this would be to create a single product with the option enabled. For example: Various.

  1. Processing time: Add the time of elaboration of this product to have a greater control in the KDS

  2. Modifier category: Assign here a modifier to this product. When you click on the product, the modifier will show up. Learn more about Modifiers.

  3. Modifiers’ groups: Assign here a modifiers’ group (more than one modifier) to this product. When you click on the product, the modifiers’ group will show up. Learn more about Modifiers’ Groups

  4. Dish order: Assign a dish order by default. In this way, when you click on the product in the App, the dish order will be assigned automatically, thus gaining speed and agility at the time of command. Recommended for drinks and desserts.

  5. Printer: Set up here the printer where the command tickets for this product will be printed. You must set up the printers in your business beforehand. Learn more about Printers

  6. Printers’ Group: If you want to print the command tickets on several printers at the same time, you must set up a printers’ group. Learn more about Printers’ groups

  7. Show in Set Menu List: Check this option if you want this product to show up in the list of products for Set Menus.

- Print:

In this tab you can print labels on a DYMO for this product.

Note: Don’t forget to SAVE to apply all changes made.

How to understand better the product screen

When you enter into a category, a screen displays all the products that compose it. It shows the following information we are now going to analyze and understand better.

  1. You can change the order of the products very easily by clicking on the icon ☰ and dragging up or down.

Note: Don’t forget that it is essential to SAVE ORDER (1B) after changing it.

  1. Add an image to the product in just three steps. Click on the + icon and select an image from your device.

  2. Disable a product with just a click on √. An X will be displayed indicating that this product is disabled and hidden in the App.

  3. Click on the name of the product to enter and edit its setup.

  4. You don’t have to enter the product setup to see if it has an assigned modifier. When it shows up in bold letters, it means that the modifier is assigned to the product, and if it is in gray, it is assigned to the category.

  5. You don’t have to enter the product setup to see if it has an assigned modifiers’ group. When it shows up in bold letters, it means that the modifiers’ group is assigned to the product, and if it is in gray, it is assigned to the category.

  6. You don’t have to enter the product setup to see if it has an assigned printer. When it shows up in bold letters, it means that the printer is assigned to the product, and if it is in gray, it is assigned to the category or group. (^category/^^group).

  7. You don’t have to enter the product setup to see if it has an assigned printers’ group. When it shows up in bold letters, it means that the printers’ group is assigned to the product, and if it is in gray, it is assigned to the category or group. (^category/^^group).

  8. You don’t have to enter the product setup to see if it has an assigned tax. When it shows up in bold letters, it means that the tax is assigned to the product, and if it is in gray, it is assigned to the category or group. (^category/^^group).

  9. Edit quickly and efficiently the name and price of all products. Don’t forget to Save in order to apply the changes. Learn more about Edit multiple products.

  10. Add optional modifiers for this category. Learn more about Optional Modifiers.

  11. Search for any product in your account.

  12. Duplicate or move products to other categories very quickly and easily.

  13. Edit the product.

  14. Remove the product if you are not going to use it again.

Note: If you want to use the product again, simply disable it.

  1. New Set Menu to add new products, containers, products with selling formats, etc.

  2. Add a new product quickly. Simply enter name, price and add.