Par Sheet Template

A par sheet that admits the truth about pars: they differ by delivery day, they belong to a vendor and a delivery schedule, and they go stale. This template has one par column per delivery day and a last-reviewed date in the header, because a par nobody has reviewed since March is a guess wearing a number.

Columns in this template

• Header: location, owner, and last-reviewed date — pars need one owner and a review cadence
• Item and count unit — pars in vendor packs where possible, so counting and ordering are one motion
• Vendor and delivery days — the par only means something relative to when the next truck comes
• Par per delivery day — the Friday par covers the weekend; it is not the Monday par
• Notes — seasonality flags, 86’d items, substitutions in effect

How to use it

1. Compute pars from actual usage — the calculator does the statistical version — rather than copying last year's sheet.
2. Write pars per delivery day, not one number per item.
3. Assign one owner, and review monthly against sales — update the header date each time.
4. When a par changes, change the order guide the same day; forked documents drift.

Related

• PAR Level Calculator (compute the numbers)
• PAR Level — the concept
• Par Levels That Track Weekly Sales
• Order Guide Builder