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Stores and suppliers are the foundation of BOH: every movement happens in a store, and every purchase comes from a supplier. Where you work: the Establishments section of the BOH menu — Stores (/boh/admin/stores), Suppliers (/boh/admin/suppliers), and Inventory areas (/boh/admin/operations/inventory-areas, covered in Stock counts).

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Stores

A BOH store represents the inventory of a physical location. It is always linked to a Restaurant OS store, which is how sales orders find the right inventory to consume.
BOH stores list in the Fire backoffice

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Create a store

1

Open the store form

BOH → Stores → Create (/boh/admin/stores/new).
2

Pick the Restaurant OS store

Choose the store from the account catalog. The link cannot point two BOH stores to the same Restaurant OS store.
3

Review the timezone

The timezone determines when daily reports and closes cut over. It usually comes from the linked store.
4

Save

BOH store creation form with Restaurant OS store selector
From the store detail (/boh/admin/stores/{id}/view) you can also review the inventory areas defined for physical counts — see Stock counts.
Archiving a store hides it from day-to-day screens but keeps its history. You cannot record new movements in an archived store.
ERP integration — tax_id field: If you create purchase orders through the BOH API from an ERP system, you can set a tax_id on each store (RUC, CNPJ, CUIT, NIT, RFC, or any fiscal code up to 64 characters). This lets the ERP reference a store by its fiscal identifier when creating orders — no internal UUID needed. Set it via POST /identity/stores or PATCH /identity/stores/{id}. Note: the field is not unique, so if several stores share the same tax_id you will need to use store_id or external_store_id instead for order creation.

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Suppliers

A supplier is any vendor you buy supplies from. The record keeps contact information and the tax ID used in purchasing documents.
Suppliers list in the BOH module

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Create a supplier

1

Open the supplier form

BOH → Suppliers → Create (/boh/admin/suppliers/new).
2

Fill in the basics

Name, contact details, and tax ID.
3

Save

The most useful part of a supplier record is the list of items you buy from them, with the purchasing conditions for each one: You can manage links from either side:
  • From the supplier: Suppliers → (supplier) → Items (/boh/admin/suppliers/{id}/items).
  • From the item: Items → (item) → Suppliers (/boh/admin/items/{id}/suppliers).
Item-supplier link form with purchase unit, price and supplier SKU
Set up item-supplier links before using Procurement: purchase orders can suggest prices and units from the link, and the receiving flow validates against it.
Next: Catalog.