# Formulation Documentation & Knowledge Base

Welcome to the Formulation Help Center. This documentation explains the architecture, business logic, and operational workflows for managing recipes, ingredients, costs, units of measure, inventory, and archives.

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## Knowledge Base Directory

### 🚀 Getting Started
- [Workspace Navigation & Global Search](./getting-started/workspace-navigation.md): Navigating workspaces, filtering catalogs, global search, and keyboard shortcuts.

### 🍳 Recipes & Formulas
- [Scaling, Batching & Yield Calculations](./recipes/scaling-and-yields.md): Interactive scaling, yield conversions, weight-based auto-yields, and portion control.
- [Baker's & Standard Percentages](./recipes/bakers-percentages.md): Flour basis calculation, dynamic target weights, and formula ratios.
- [Sub-recipes & Prep Methods](./recipes/sub-recipes-and-prep.md): Nesting recipes as ingredients, prep instructions, headers, notes, and equipment tracking.

### 🌿 Ingredients & Units of Measure
- [Units of Measure & Custom Equivalencies](./ingredients/units-and-equivalencies.md): Dimensional systems (mass, volume, count), canonical conversions, density measures, and USDA nutrition mapping.

### 💰 Costing & Purchasing
- [Purchase Items, Pack Sizes & Recipe Costing](./costing/purchase-items-and-costing.md): Invoices, pack configurations, yield factors, price history, food cost per batch, and cost per serving.

### 📦 Inventory Management
- [Inventory Steps for Success (5-Week Implementation Roadmap)](./inventory/inventory-calendar-steps-for-success.md): Full operational guide for going from initial setup to first live period-end inventory count.
- [Count Sheets & Storage Locations](./inventory/count-sheets-and-locations.md): Location-specific sheet-to-shelf counting, on-hand inputs, and live extended valuations.

### 🗄️ Archive & Trash Lifecycle
- [Archive & Lifecycle Management](./archive/lifecycle-and-restoration.md): Soft-deletion, catalog filtering, multi-item batch restore, and safe permanent deletion guards.