Inventory risk radar
Catch the stockout — and the supplier price spike — before service.
MarginKitchen blends on-hand counts, forecasted usage, supplier lead times and live invoice prices into a risk-ranked list of what to order, sub or re-price today.
Inventory
0
stock-outs / wk
The leak
By the time inventory tells you, the dish is already 86'd.
Counting tools tell you what you have. They don't tell you what you'll need by 13:00 on a Tuesday with rain forecast and a 220-cover brunch coming.
- Avocado out by 13:00 — no one knew at 06:00.
- Supplier price up 6.2% on chicken thigh, no alert.
- Lead time missed; weekend prep short on a key SKU.
- Same SKU 86'd three Tuesdays in a row, no root-cause flagged.
How operators use it
A radar that ranks every SKU by today's risk.
MarginKitchen projects usage against on-hand and lead time, ranks SKUs by stockout risk, surfaces supplier price spikes that re-cost the menu, and recommends subs the chef can approve in one tap.
- Stockout risk ranked by cost-of-86 in covers, not units
- Supplier price spikes flagged the day they hit the invoice
- Suggested subs preserve the menu and the margin
- Lead-time alerts on slow-moving but critical SKUs
- Cross-location supplier price comparison for groups
Service timeline
How a chef clears the morning risk list.
- Step 01
06:00
Risk radar ranks 4 SKUs at high stockout risk for today.
- Step 02
06:15
Avocado flagged out by 13:00 — chef approves smashed-pea sub.
- Step 03
06:20
Chicken thigh price up 6%; menu margin board nudges a $1 re-price.
- Step 04
06:30
Order suggestions auto-built for tomorrow's deliveries.
- Step 05
Post-shift
Actual usage reconciles against forecast and updates lead-time signals.
Connected workflows
Inventory risk drives prep, menu and the daily brief.
See tomorrow's 86 list — today.
Connect your inventory counts and recent supplier invoices — the radar lights up after one count.
FAQ
Questions operators actually ask.
No. MarginKitchen sits on top of the POS, schedule and vendor invoices you already use. We turn that data into the daily decisions a POS won't tell you — what to prep, who to staff, what to re-price, what to 86.