Use the Plate details screen to complete product and ingredient attributes according to plate specifications. Menu analysis calculates unit cost based on portion, weight, quantity, or volume.
To enter product and ingredient attributes:
From the Plate details screen, click the
arrow 
next to
the product or ingredient
to display details (QTY, QTY Unit of Measure, or Yields).
Complete the fields.
Review to ensure that the portion, weight, and volume values assigned to Sysco products meet your plate specifications.
To calculate unit cost for custom ingredients, enter one of the following fields: portion, weight, or volume. You must enter these values manually.
Click the 
button.
Note: If the item exists in multiple plates, you are prompted to select if you want to save changes to the product/ingredient locally or globally.
Select Locally to change the attributes for this product/ingredient ONLY within the active plate.
Select Globally to change the attributes for this product/ingredient in ALL plates/menus containing the product within Menu Analysis.
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