Stations

The Stations screen allows you to define the places where prep items and menu items are prepared. Stations are used to group similar items by things like equipment, area, or product type. By working with similar items together, you can make preparation more efficient. For example, you might do all of your meat carving together to consolidate cleanup of utensils and work area. Typical stations might be along the lines of broiler station, sides station, dessert station, and so on.

The list of Stations you create here is global and will be available for use by all entities in the enterprise. Any edits made will be applied to all entities.

The screen appears similar to the following:

After you have defined your stations, you can go on and define prep item positions and menu item positions within the stations for greater precision.

Station Uses

The stations that you setup will be available for use in the drop down menus on the following screens:

• The Stations tab of the Prep Items and Menu Items screens where you will designate what stations prepare the item.
• Unapproved Prep Items and Menu Items screens>Stations tab where you will designate what stations prepare the item.
• The Prep-to-Shelf Worksheets where you can print out prep worksheets by station to distribute to the appropriate team members for production. For prep items to appear by station on the prep-to-shelf worksheet they must have a primary station assigned.
• The Produce Prep Items screen where you can enter your production into the system by Station. For prep items to appear in the Produce Prep Items screen they must have a primary station assigned.
• The Recipe Book where you can pull up and print recipes by Station. For Prep and Menu Items to appear in the recipe book, they must have a station assigned.