7 Ways A Beverage Management System Can Help Control Bar Costs.

July 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Beverage management systems typically are used to reduce free giveaways, identify bartenders incorrectly pouring drinks and faulty equipment.

Solutions range from flow meters installed on draft beer lines to POS linked wireless bottle top devices for spirits. Easy, fast, accurate, invisible to customers, all systems can usually be interfaced with the incumbent POS system. Real time reports give visibility of actual inventory levels and stock movements.Usually easy to install, hotel, bar and restaurant owners can still let their staff free pour but quickly manage liquor costs down.

Here are seven ways these systems can help control bar costs:

1. Compare poured versus sold drinks. Assess pour costs & receive precise profit and loss information on a daily basis
2. Help staff keep drink sizes constant and better record keeping of alcohol dispensing for risk reduction
3. Spot incidents and variances quickly. Track pour data minute by minute, by hour or by day, drill down to the exact time and location of each variance.
4. See who sold what, to whom and when. Easy integration with CCTV security cameras links variances to actual images of customers & staff
5. Get automatic alerts of incidents at venue or head office level. Receive accurate variance analysis and alerts to a PC or mobile. Set automated alerts at store, regional, and corporate levels.
6. Monitor brand performance in real-time. Check and provide suppliers with regular reports on brand performance.
7. Better manage inventory levels to prevent out-of-stocks and reduce carrying costs.  Remove the need for time consuming and error prone manual stock takes. Get automated alerts when product inventory is running low.  

Spirit and wine beverage management systems:

-Bottle top mounted electronic pourers.  These wirelesses pour tags send a signal to the POS system every time a drink is poured.

- Bottle mounted ETNs  pour spirits directly into the glass by activating an inbuilt switch and have a L.E.D display with counter. They can be POS linked for various reporting.

Bulk beer and post mix  systems:

- Flow meter hardware devices installed on beverage lines as they come up from the cellar. Pre-sets are made to make allowances for any beer loss during cleaning.

- Computer linked fount based system. By combining intelligent software & a specially designed dispensing fount, up to 8 different beverages can be dispensed to within 98% accuracy every time.

Vectron can provide the hospitality industry with advanced beverage dispensing systems that quickly pay for themselves. Markets include: fast food franchises, bars, casino's, pubs, clubs, hotels, nightclubs, restaurants and stadiums. For more information call them on 1300 789 366 or see their website http://www.vectron.com.au

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Vectron provides point of sale systems for the hospitality and grocery industry. Working with clients for over 17 years, they are supplier of choice to some of the best known pubs, hotels, restaurants, clubs and grocers. Over 1500 sites use Vectron systems.