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Adding Items in LithosPOS

Items are products or services you sell that make up your Item library. You can manually create items to sell from your business. And you can also import items in bulk using a CSV file template.

Before you can sell items from the POS, you need to add them in the back office first. LithosPOS offers robust item management capabilities, allowing you to handle three distinct types of items:

1. Standard Item

A typical item with no variants.

2. Variant Item

Items that come in different variants, such as size, color, or type, giving you the flexibility to manage multiple versions of a single product.

3. Composite Item

A combination of various items sold together as a single unit at a different price. Composite items do not have their own inventory count. Instead, when a composite item is sold, the inventory of the individual items included in the combo is automatically adjusted.
You can add items individually or upload them in bulk using a template file. Manage items across different categories and units of measurement (UoMs). You can also add images to make them easily recognizable on the POS screen and in online stores.

Explore the item settings in LithosPOS to optimize your inventory management and streamline your sales process

Standard Item

Adding Standard Item

Standard items are normal items with no variants. This can be either added manually or uploaded in bulk using a CSV file template.

Let’s Take a Look at adding a Standard item

• Login to the back office and click on the ‘Item’ in the side menu.

• Click the ‘Add Items’ button in the top right corner. The standard item-adding page will open.

• Name

  Enter an item name in the item column.

• Category

  Then, select a category from our current list of categories Or add a new one if necessary.
  These categories will make it easier to identify and organize items in the POS and item library.

Note:

To add a new category, click on the ‘Select category’, then click the ‘+Add Category’, then enter a category name, upload a picture if it's required, and click Save.

• Unit

  Select a Unit Of measurement for the product in the ‘Unit’ column. You can add a new UOM If required by clicking on ‘+Add Unit’ in the drop-down list, In LithosPOS, you can sell items in various units of measurement (UOMs) such as kilograms, numbers, liters, gallons, pieces, and more.

• Item second Language

  In this column you can add item name in second language to display multiple name in the POS.

• SKU

  LithosPOS automatically generates an SKU Code, but you can edit this and enter your own SKU if needed.

• Tax

  Select appropriate sales taxes/purchase taxes for the product or add new Tax. You can add a new tax if required. You can add multiple taxes for an item in LithosPOS.

Note:

To add a new tax click on sales/purchase tax then click ‘+Add Tax’, a side window will open, enter a tax name, then enter the rate. Then click submit. If there are additional taxes or SESS in your country, you can manage them as well.

• Brand

  Select the brand for the product to get brand-based inventory and sales reports. You can add a new brand by clicking on “+Add Brand” then enter a brand name and submit.

• Modifiers

  If you want to assign modifiers to this item select the already added modifiers from the list.

Note:

To select modifiers from the dropdown list, you must first add a modifier in the back office. To learn how to add modifiers, click this link.

Modifiers Option in LithosPOS

The Modifiers option in LithosPOS allows businesses to customize dishes or items according to customer preferences, providing greater flexibility and enhancing the customer experience. With this feature, you can offer additional choices like extra cheese, toppings, or specific dietary preferences such as vegan or gluten free items. It offers the following.

1. Custom Modifications

Extra Ingredients: Offer options like extra cheese, additional toppings, or sauces that can be added to dishes, either with or without an extra cost.
Dietary Preferences: Easily accommodate requests for vegan, vegetarian, or non-veg modifications to items.

2. Flexible Pricing

With Extra Cost: You can set additional charges for certain modifications, like adding premium toppings or extra portions.
Without Extra Cost: Provide some modifications at no extra charge, allowing customers to personalize their orders without affecting the price.

3. Enhanced Customer Experience

More Options for Customers: By offering a wide range of modifiers, you give your clients the ability to tailor their orders exactly to their liking, leading to higher customer satisfaction.

• Adding Image

  Next, add an image to your product so employees and online customers have a visual reference for the item. The image size must be within the specified limit. [256x256, 64 KB]

Note:

You can't add images to items while importing them in bulk; item images can only be added one by one.

• Price

  The item price details and various inventory details for each store are listed below.

• Retail price & markup

  Enter the cost of the item, then enter either the markup or the retail price the subsequent column will be auto-calculated. Here the automatic markup calculation can be disabled in settings, to do that go to settings>general setting>navigate to features then toggle off the “Markup Automation” button, and click save.

• Minimum Retail Price

  Input a minimum retail price to prevent underselling. The system will block any attempt to sell an item below this price.

• Reorder point

  Then, set a reorder point to receive low stock alerts and generate purchase orders for low inventory. If the item reaches this threshold it will notify you via email and generate an alert on the dashboard.

• Activate

  The toggle buttons against each store can be used to activate or deactivate an item in that particular store.

Note:

To apply the entered details from one store to all the stores listed below, just click on the downward arrow next to each column. The data will be copied to all the stores below.

• Customization

  Next, customize your item using these toggle buttons.

• Stockable

  Turn ON the first button to mark the item as stockable.

• Salable

  The 'Salable' button determines if the item can be sold. You can add non-salable items, such as ingredients used in combo dishes, to your inventory.

Note:

Non salable items are used as ingredients and are not directly sold.

• Weighing scale

  If this item requires a weighing scale toggle on the weighing scale button.

• Serial number tracking

  For items requiring serial number tracking toggle on the Serial Number Tracking button.

• Weight Item

  If it is a weight item, turn on the Weight Item button. Doing this will open a pop-up keyboard in the POS to enter the weight when adding this item to the sales cart.

• Favorites

  Designate items as 'favorites' for quick access on the POS screen. Adding frequently sold items as favorites allows for faster and easier access during transactions.

• Veg

  If it is a vegetable item toggle on the ‘Is Veg’ button.

• Online sale

  Enable 'Online sale' to allow the item to sell online

Note:

You have to install QK-order from integrations to show this ’Online Sale’ button.

• Service

  Activate the 'Service' button to mark the item as a service.

• EBT

  Then, turn on the EBT option if the item can be sold under EBT, which is only applicable in the US.

• Save

  finally save the item.