> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fire.rest/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Overview and concepts
> How Fire BOH structures back-of-house inventory: catalog, recipes, procurement, stock movements, counts and reports.
**BOH (Back of House)** is the Fire module for inventory management: supplies, units of measure, recipes, purchasing, stock movements, physical counts, and inventory reports. This section explains how to administer it **from the Fire backoffice**, without going into code. It is meant for operations, store administrators, and product support.
**Where you work:** the **BOH** menu, under `/boh/admin`.
## Before you begin
| Requirement | Detail |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Access to the BOH module | A role with BOH permissions on the account. |
| A BOH store | Created from **BOH → Stores**, linked to a Restaurant OS store. |
| A catalog of items | Units and items must exist before recording receipts, waste, or counts. |
## How the pieces fit together
```text theme={null}
Account
├── Stores → each BOH store is linked to a Restaurant OS store
├── Suppliers → who you buy from (with item-supplier links: price, unit, SKU)
├── Catalog
│ ├── Units → g, kg, ml, L, unit… grouped by mass / volume / count
│ ├── Items → the physical supplies you track (flour, cheese, boxes…)
│ ├── Item tags → interchangeable items (e.g. any brand of tomato)
│ └── Classifications → your own categories to organize items
├── Recipes → how a sale or a production run consumes items
├── Procurement → purchase orders, receiving schedules, par levels
├── Movements → receipts, returns, waste, transfers, production, counts
└── Reports → usage, waste, production yield, balance at a date
```
Mental rule: **documents move stock, catalog describes it**. Nothing enters or leaves inventory without an operational document (a receipt, a waste event, a transfer, a count…). Purchase orders are the one exception: they express intent and only move stock when they are received.
## The stock flow
Every unit of stock in BOH follows the same cycle:
1. **Purchase order** (optional) — you plan a purchase with a supplier. This does **not** move stock.
2. **Goods receipt** — merchandise arrives and stock **enters** inventory, creating lots.
3. **Stock goes out** — through sales (via recipes), production batches, waste, internal consumption, supplier returns, or transfers to another store.
4. **Stock counts** — you physically count and the system adjusts the theoretical balance.
5. **Reports** — usage, waste, yield, and historical balances summarize everything above.
Most movement documents are processed **asynchronously**: after you confirm them, the system posts the stock movements within a few seconds. Each document shows its processing status, and lists have a tracking view if you need to follow it.
## Map of the BOH menu
| Menu section | What you manage there | Manual page |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Home** | BOH dashboard with the stock flow and quick links | This page |
| **Establishments** | BOH stores, suppliers, and inventory areas | [Stores and suppliers](/en/manuals/boh/stores-suppliers), [Stock counts](/en/manuals/boh/stock-counts) |
| **Catalog** | Unit groups, units, items, item tags, classifications, waste reasons | [Catalog](/en/manuals/boh/catalog), [Waste and internal consumption](/en/manuals/boh/waste-consumption) |
| **Recipes** | All recipes, subrecipes, sale simulation | [Recipes](/en/manuals/boh/recipes) |
| **Procurement** | Par levels, suggested order, schedules, purchase orders | [Procurement](/en/manuals/boh/procurement) |
| **Movements** | Operations hub, receipts, transfers, production, internal consumption, waste, supplier returns, stock counts, manual adjustments | [Receipts and returns](/en/manuals/boh/goods-receipts-returns), [Waste and internal consumption](/en/manuals/boh/waste-consumption), [Transfers and production](/en/manuals/boh/transfers-production), [Stock counts](/en/manuals/boh/stock-counts) |
| **Reports** | Summary, usage, waste, yield, balance at a date | [Reports](/en/manuals/boh/reports) |
| **System** | Async queue, transaction inspector (technical tools) | — |
| **Account & access** | Account settings (currency), API keys, webhooks | [Catalog — Account currency](/en/manuals/boh/catalog#account-currency) |
## The Operations hub
The **Movements** section opens with an **Operations hub** (`/boh/admin/operations`): a panel of cards with one entry per document type — receipts, supplier returns, waste, internal consumption, transfers, counts, production, manual adjustments — plus shortcuts to waste reasons and the async queue. Each card shows a health indicator based on recent processing, and the queue card displays how many documents are being processed at that moment. It is a convenient starting point for day-to-day operational work.
## Support and technical tools
The BOH menu also includes tools intended for technical support and integrations. In normal day-to-day operation you do not need them:
* **Account & access** — account settings (including the account currency), **API keys**, and **webhooks** for external systems that integrate with BOH.
* **Manual adjustments** (under Movements) — direct stock corrections outside the normal documents; use only under guidance from support.
* **System** — the **async queue**, the **transaction inspector**, and **snapshot ops** (under Reports): monitoring and diagnostic tools for the inventory engine.
Avoid manual adjustments as a routine practice. If your theoretical stock drifts from reality, prefer a **stock count**: it leaves a clear audit trail of what was counted and what was adjusted.
Next: [Stores and suppliers](/en/manuals/boh/stores-suppliers).