📦 Products & Items in ORO POS

In ORO POS, “Product” and “Item” mean the same thing — anything you sell or stock. But not all items are the same. They’re classified in three different ways depending on how they behave.

💡 Quick Summary

You can think of any item in 3 ways:

📁 How it’s stored — Misc, Open, or Inventory
📊 How it’s accounted — Raw Material, Finished Good, or Both
🛍️ Special Retail types — Variants, Combos, Pizza

📋 In This Page

→ 3 Storage Types
→ 1. Misc Items
→ 2. Open Items
→ 3. Inventory Items
→ Accounting Types
→ Retail Special Types
→ Editable Price
→ Floreant POS Differences

📁 3 Storage Types (Based on How They’re Stored)

Type	Where Created	Stock Tracked?
🟡 Misc Item	On the fly, while taking an order	❌ No
🔵 Open Item	Stored in Menu	❌ No
🟢 Inventory Item	Stored in Menu	✅ Yes

Fig: Product types in ORO POS

1️⃣ Misc Item (Created On-the-Fly)

📝 What it is:

A one-off item the cashier types in during checkout. It is not saved in your menu.

📌 Real Examples:

🎁 Customer wants a custom gift basket — cashier types “Custom Basket – $35”
🔧 Charging for a one-time repair fee — “Service Fee – $25”
🍕 Special off-menu item a regular customer asks for
💵 Adjustment line — “Manual price adjustment”

💡 When to Use

Use Misc when you need flexibility for items you’ll only sell once or rarely. Don’t use it for menu items.

2️⃣ Open Item (Standard Menu Item)

🍔 What it is:

Regular menu item that’s prepared and sold — but the system doesn’t track stock for it.

📌 Real Examples:

🍔 Cheeseburger — assembled from ingredients on demand
🍕 Margherita Pizza — made-to-order
🌮 Tacos — kitchen prepares as ordered
☕ Latte — barista makes it fresh
🥗 Caesar Salad — assembled on demand

💡 Best For

Most restaurant/food service items are Open Items because the kitchen prepares them when needed — not pulled from stock.

3️⃣ Inventory Item (Stock-Tracked)

📦 What it is:

An item that maintains its own stock count. The POS reduces stock when you sell it.

📌 Real Examples:

🥤 Coke (12 oz can) — purchased in cases, stored, sold one-by-one
🍗 Pre-fried Chicken Wings — fried in batches, sold from the warmer
🍫 Candy Bars — bought wholesale, displayed at counter
🍷 Bottle of Wine — limited stock per label
👕 T-shirt (size M) — retail product with quantity on hand

⚠️ Stock Goes to Zero?

When stock hits zero, you can configure ORO POS to hide the item from the order screen, or show a “Sold Out” message.

📊 Accounting Types (How They’re Counted)

Beyond storage type, items are also classified by their role in your accounting:

Accounting Type	Description	Example
🌾 Raw Material	Ingredient used to make finished food. Not sold directly.	Flour, ground beef, lettuce, cheese slice
🍔 Finished Good	Shown on menu, sold to customers.	Burger, pizza, salad, taco
🔄 Both	Can be sold directly OR used as ingredient.	Bottle of Coke (sold solo + used in combo)

🔗 Why This Matters

If you use the Recipe / Bill of Materials feature, raw materials get deducted from inventory automatically when finished goods are sold. Example: Selling 1 burger reduces 1 bun, 1 patty, 1 cheese slice.

🛍️ Retail Special Types

👕 Variants

What it is: When many products share a name and description but differ by Size, Color, Flavor, etc. — each with its own price.

📌 Real Example: T-Shirt

Size	Color	Price	Stock
Small	Black	$19.99	15
Medium	Black	$19.99	22
Large	White	$21.99	8
XL	Red	$22.99	5

One product (“T-Shirt”) with 4 variants — each tracked separately.

🍔 Combo Items

What it is: A bundle of multiple items sold together at one combo price.

📌 Real Example: “#1 Combo Meal — $9.99”

🍔 Cheeseburger
🍟 Fries (medium)
🥤 Drink (any size)

Sold individually = $4.99 + $3.99 + $2.49 = $11.47. As combo = $9.99 (saves $1.48).

⚠️ Heads Up

Once an item is marked as a Combo, it cannot be reverted to a regular item. Plan carefully!

🍕 Pizza Items

What it is: Sectional items with their own variants like Crust type, Size, Toppings, Half-and-Half.

📌 Real Example: Build Your Own Pizza

📏 Size: Small / Medium / Large / XL
🍞 Crust: Thin / Hand-tossed / Stuffed
🧀 Half 1: Pepperoni + Mushroom
🌶️ Half 2: Sausage + Pepper + Olive

Pizza pricing combines the size + crust + sectional toppings — handled automatically by ORO POS.

💵 Editable Price

✏️ Override Prices On-the-Fly

Any item can be marked as “Editable Price” — letting the cashier override the listed price during checkout.

📌 When You’d Use This:

🎁 Gift baskets at custom prices
🛒 Bulk discount on a special deal
🎟️ Event tickets with variable pricing
💸 Manager-approved markdowns

🔒 Security Tip

Restrict who can edit prices using User Permissions. Don’t give regular cashiers price-edit rights — reserve it for managers/owners.

🆚 Differences in Floreant POS

Floreant POS uses a simpler database schema. Here’s how it differs:

Feature	ORO POS	Floreant POS
Raw Materials	✅ Built into item table	⚙️ Separate table (only if Inventory plugin installed)
Combo Items	✅ Supported	❌ Not available
Variants	✅ Size/Color/Flavor handled	❌ Not handled

🎯 Quick Decision Helper

If your item is…	Use this type
A one-off charge or custom item	🟡 Misc Item
Cooked/prepared on demand (most food)	🔵 Open Item
Has a stock count (drinks, retail goods)	🟢 Inventory Item
Used as ingredient in recipes	🌾 Raw Material
T-shirts (different sizes/colors)	👕 Variant
Burger + Fries + Drink at one price	🍔 Combo
Build-your-own pizza	🍕 Pizza Item

📚 Related Guides

🔗 Continue Learning

→ Menu Page Designer
→ Recipe / Bill of Materials
→ Combo Items
→ Variants in ORO POS

📞 Need More Help?

Visit our knowledge base at guide.orocube.com or contact support at helpdesk@orocube.net