> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.garde.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Inventory on your phone

> Invoices, orders, counts, waste, and stock lookups from the floor.

The floor work of food cost happens on your phone: photograph the invoice at the door, count the walk-in, log the waste bin at close, order from the vendor. Do these on time and the [dashboard numbers](/dashboard/inventory) take care of themselves.

The Inventory tab has six cards: **Invoice Upload**, **Orders**, **Count Sheets**, **Adjustments**, **Waste Log**, and **Items**. Everything below starts from one of them.

## Upload an invoice

Do this the moment the delivery hits the door. Don't let paper pile up.

1. Open **Inventory** and tap **Invoice Upload**.
2. Take photos of the invoice, or pick a PDF from your phone.
3. Multi-page invoice? Photograph every page before you submit.
4. Submit it. Parsing takes a few minutes.

The system reads the vendor, line items, quantities, and prices for you.

## Review and approve an invoice

1. Open the invoice from the **Invoice Upload** list.
2. Check the vendor match. Fix it if the system guessed wrong.
3. Go line by line. Confirm items, quantities, and prices. Add or edit lines the parser missed.
4. Check taxes, credits, and extra charges.
5. **Approve** it if it's right. **Deny** it if it's not.

Something arrived damaged or short? Create an inventory adjustment right from the invoice so stock stays honest.

## Place a purchase order

1. Tap **Orders**, then start a new order.
2. Pick the vendor. Use search if the list is long.
3. Add items and quantities to the cart.
4. Review the order, then send it.

Orders that need a manager's sign-off show up in the order list. Open the order and tap **Approve**. You can also update the vendor's contact info from the order detail page if it's out of date.

## Run a count sheet

1. Tap **Count Sheets** and pick the sheet for your location.
2. Start the count for today's date.
3. Walk the shelves and enter counts item by item.
4. Finish and complete the count when you're done.

### Counting in the walk-in

No signal in the cooler or basement? Keep counting. The app works offline once the sheet is loaded and syncs when you're back online.

If a coworker edited or completed the same count while you were offline, the app shows you the conflict and lets you resolve it. Don't guess. Check the shelf again if the numbers disagree.

## Log waste from a preset list

**Waste Log** is the fastest way to make waste logging a ritual instead of a chore: a manager builds a **template** of the items you throw away most, and the closer steps through it once a shift.

1. Tap **Waste Log** and pick the template (or **Create template** to build one).
2. Step through the list — tap **+** on what got tossed, adjust quantities and units as needed.
3. Submit the sweep. It's filed as a waste adjustment for the date.

Filed once already today? The sheet shows what was filed — changing it and submitting again replaces the posted adjustment, so a second pass corrects the first instead of double-counting it.

## Waste, refunds & transfers — Adjustments

For one-off entries that don't fit a template, tap **Adjustments**:

1. Create an adjustment and pick the type — **waste**, **refund**, or **transfer**.
2. Set the **Direction** — **Stock Out (-)** for waste and refunds; transfers ask for a **Transfer to** destination instead.
3. Add items, quantities, and units; date it; add an optional description (*"End of day waste from prep line"*).

Transfers create an approval request for the receiving location, same as on the dashboard — see [Logging waste & transfers](/operating-guide/daily-waste-transfers).

## Look up an item

**Items** is your stock reference on the floor: browse and search every inventory item at your location. Answer "how much did we pay for this?" and "how much should be left?" from the shelf, without walking to the office.

## Rules of thumb

* Invoice in hand? Photograph it before it leaves your hand.
* Count what's actually on the shelf, not what should be there.
* Log waste the shift it happens — a rough daily log beats a perfect weekly one.