Inventory Restaurants: Showing Alternate Product Names when Ordering

Overview

This functionality will be available from 30th October 2025

To help identify the exact alternate ingredient being ordered, it is possible to use the alternate name in the ordering screens in both core Inventory and the Ordering app, rather than the parent ingredient name.

This is enabled via a global setting called Use Alternate Name For Purchasing - please submit a support request to have this setting applied.

To learn more about applying alternate product names, please refer to this article.

Displaying of Alternate Name

When the setting is applied, the alternate name will be displayed in the core Inventory application and the Ordering app.

Inventory

• Inventory > Purchasing > Order Entry

The alternate product name will be shown between the supplier name and supplier code.  The stock item name will still be shown in the first column - see Fig.1.

Ordering App 

In all ordering screens, the alternate name will be shown, except when ordering the item from another site (via a requisition), where the stock item name will be shown.