What is min par and max par in a Net-Chef vendor order

Min and max pars are levels inventory guidelines put in place to help ensure locations have the right amount of product on hand at a given time. A min par and max par for each product can be defined on the Location Product screen. These pars will then appear in the Min and Max Par columns on the Create Vendor Order screen in Net-Chef.

Locations can also use min and max pars for requisition orders in Net-Chef, but may require additional setup.

How min and max par are used in recommended order

A product’s min/max par are static values that can be added to either side of the recommended order formula.

Min and max par are an optional static values that can be included in either the "Need" or "Have" side of the recommended order formula. If these values are not included in the recommended order formula, then they will just serve as a reference for users when they place an order.

Note: The min and max par do not limit how much product can be ordered, or on hand, at a given time.

Set the need quantity equal to min par for recommended order

Some products are infrequently inventoried, and are only reordered when the volume runs low, such as cleaning products or office supplies. In this case, the product may not have any “consumption” to reference for the order recommendation.

To make the suggestion more accurate, the Need = Min Par for Selected Category Products setting can be configured to only consider Min Par for the ‘Need’ portion of the recommended order formula for select categories.