Find purchasing Savings

Overview

• Savings looks for active alternative purchase options whose comparable effective unit cost is lower than the option currently selected by the Costing engine.
• It shows current supplier, alternative supplier, current unit cost, alternative unit cost, percentage saving, and saving per Ingredient base unit.
• Savings uses usable quantity, compatible units, price, GST handling, and Ingredient yield when comparing costs.
• A suggestion does not automatically switch Preferred supplier or rewrite Recipe costs.
• Hide suggestion dismisses that Ingredient/alternative pair from the current Store's Savings view.

When to use this

• Use Savings when negotiating suppliers or reviewing whether the declared Preferred purchasing choice is still economically sensible.

Step-by-step

1. Open Costing → Savings for the Store.
2. Review the alternative and percentage/unit saving.
3. Check pack size, availability, supplier reliability, delivery terms, and product suitability outside the raw unit-cost calculation.
4. If you genuinely intend to switch normal purchasing, change the Ingredient's Preferred purchase option deliberately.
5. If the suggestion is not useful, Hide suggestion.

Common mistakes

• Do not assume the cheapest calculated option is operationally the best supplier.
• Do not assume Savings has already changed Product cost.
• Do not compare incompatible units or unusable pack quantities outside MiniTill and conclude the suggestion is wrong without checking conversion.

Troubleshooting

• If no Savings appear, there may be no cheaper active comparable option for that Store.
• If an expected alternative is absent, check its active status, currency, price, usable quantity/unit, and whether it was previously hidden.