Restaurant supply ordering across locations
Atta can restock supplies for each restaurant location from a chat message. It counts stock per location, opens a restock request when an item drops under its reorder point, and orders from stores you allow once the right person approves. It buys supplies sold through a store.
Restocking one location
Each location is a stock location with its own shelf counts. A manager asks from the kitchen.
Dee (manager, Downtown): we're down to one case of takeout boxes and the dish soap is low
Atta: Downtown has 200 takeout boxes (one case) and 2 L of dish soap. Reorder points are 400 boxes and 10 L. Takeout boxes, 4 cases at $46 = $184. Dish soap, 4 x 5 L at $28 = $112. Total $296, delivery Friday. Under your $400 limit, so confirm and I'll order.
Dee: confirm
Atta: Ordered. $296 committed against the Downtown budget.
The agent reads stock. Only people with the inventory capability write counts, receipts and moves, so a count writes the difference as a counted row.
Several locations, one list
Put the supplies each location buys on a recurring list. On the schedule it resets received lines to wanted and opens a request for the list's creator. It opens a request and never places an order. The request goes through the same approval rules as anything else.
A kitchen that buys the same 12 items from the same supplier each week is what a recurring list is for.
Moving stock between locations
When Uptown runs low and Downtown has a surplus, a transfer moves the stock through the transit location, so it stays on hand while it's in the van. A reorder point opens a transfer when a feeding location can spare stock, and a restock request when none can. Neither places an order.
Budgets per location
Put each location on its own team and give the team a budget. Checkout reserves the amount against it and counts it as spent when payment settles. A manager's role has a limit on what they approve alone, and anything over goes to the approvers your rules name.
What the product covers
- Supplies that a store sells and Atta can buy at: paper goods, cleaning supplies, smallwares.
- Stock counts per location and transfers between them.
- Cards, if you turn them on: each order gets its own single-use card capped at the approved total.
Where it buys
Atta buys at stores it's connected to. Where a supplier sells through one of those, the agent orders from it. On the open web the agent only reads: it finds a product and gives you the link to buy.
Where it fits
A restaurant group with a handful of sites buying the same non-food supplies. A manager can ask from WhatsApp in a sentence.
Atta is in invite-only beta and free during the beta.
Questions
Can Atta order food from my distributor?
Only if the distributor sells through a store Atta is connected to. Atta buys supplies from stores; on the open web it gives you a link instead.
Does it track stock per restaurant?
Yes. Each location has its own counts, and transfers between locations go through a transit location so stock on the road still counts.
Will it reorder automatically when we run low?
No. A reorder point opens a transfer or a restock request. A person approves any order.
Can each location have its own budget?
Yes. Put each location on its own team with its own budget, and an order reserves against the budget it belongs to.
Related
- Multi-site inventory: warehouses, sites and delivery runsTrack stock in every warehouse, store room and van. Low stock opens a transfer or restock request, and a delivery run puts the day's stops in driving order.
- AI inventory management that ends in a purchase requestAtta keeps stock as a ledger, forecasts when each item runs out from measured usage and quoted lead times, and opens a restock request instead of ordering.
- Office supplies ordering from your phoneMessage Atta from WhatsApp or Slack, or snap a photo in the browser app, and it finds the item, shows the price and orders after your yes. Regular items go on a list.
- Purchase requests on WhatsAppMessage Atta on WhatsApp to request a purchase, and approve or decline with reply buttons. Your number links once to your account and follows the same rules.