Order the right quantity at the price you agreed to
Purchasing is where cost is actually set. Margin puts par levels, on-hand and real vendor pricing in front of whoever builds the order — and tells you the moment a price moves.
- Par-suggested quantities from live on-hand
- Vendor comparison before the order is sent
- Price-change alerts linked to affected recipes
Vendor management that keeps up with your contracts
Vendor catalogs
- Vendor items, pack sizes and prices
- Contract vs street pricing
- Per-location availability
- Bulk catalog import
Order guides & POs
- Order guides by location and area
- Par-driven suggested quantities
- Budget checks before send
- Supplier confirmation by link
Vendor comparison
- Same item across vendors
- Landed cost per usable unit
- Switch cost impact preview
- Spend by vendor and category
Price alerts
- Threshold alerts on price moves
- Recipe and menu impact shown
- Alert routing by role
- Historical price trend per item
A three-minute order instead of a thirty-minute one
- 01
Open the guide
The order guide loads with on-hand, par and last-order quantities already in place for that location.
- 02
Confirm or adjust
Suggested quantities are editable, with price movement and cheaper alternatives flagged inline.
- 03
Send and track
Vendors confirm by link. The PO stays open against receiving, so shorts and substitutions are visible.
Guardrails above the store, speed inside it
Managers order fast; above-store roles keep control of what can be ordered, from whom, and at what price.
- Approved vendor and item lists per location
- Order cut-off times and delivery day rules
- Spend visibility by vendor, category and period
- Standing order templates for predictable weeks
- Permission-controlled price visibility
- Approval thresholds on order value
- Substitution and short tracking against the PO
- Full audit history on every order
See your true food cost in a 30-minute walkthrough
We'll use your locations, your vendors and your menu — not a canned demo dataset.
Tailored to your group's structure
Configured with you, not handed over
SmartOPS Margin is part of the SmartOPS OS suite.