| Bar staff often work without direct supervision and | | | | seconds. Pre-sets are made to make allowances for |
| liquor waste and theft is hard to detect or prevent. | | | | any beer loss during cleaning. |
| Overpours, spillage and waste are ongoing problems | | | | Alternatively a computer linked fount based system |
| that can mess up any liquor inventory. Drink size | | | | can also be used for draft beer or bulk beverages. By |
| portions are not guaranteed with free pouring. Liquor | | | | combining intelligent software & a specially designed |
| inventory loss can make the difference between profit | | | | dispensing fount, up to 8 different beverages can be |
| and loss for a busy bar. | | | | dispensed to within 98% accuracy every time. This |
| Bar inventory management systems can help | | | | system can reduce pour time dispensing a 30 ml spirit |
| measure every ounce of alcohol that flows through a | | | | in 2.5 seconds with no over or under delivery. Up to 8 |
| premise, every minute, every day. Easy to install, hotel, | | | | different spirits and/or wine products and post mix |
| bar and restaurant owners can let their staff free pour | | | | dispensing can be delivered from the same fount. Up |
| but quickly manage liquor costs down. | | | | to six founts can be grouped together to operate |
| Easy, fast, accurate, invisible to customers, all systems | | | | throughout the whole venue. |
| can usually be interfaced with the incumbent POS | | | | Typical benefits of a bar control system: |
| system. Real time reports give visibility of actual | | | | - Easily track pour costs, flow vs. sales, trends & brand |
| inventory levels and stock movements. | | | | performance |
| Solutions: | | | | - Help staff keep drink sizes constant |
| There are several modern systems that can control | | | | - Better record keeping of alcohol dispensing for risk |
| the complete range of bar drinks: | | | | reduction |
| For spirits and wines compact rechargeable electronic | | | | - Track data minute by minute, by hour or by day |
| devices can be simply bottle top mounted. These | | | | - Drill down to the exact time and location of each |
| wirelesses pour tags send a signal to the POS system | | | | variance. |
| every time a drink is poured. Powerful variance | | | | - Compare every ounce of alcohol flowing through the |
| reporting via the point of sale system identifies where | | | | bar to POS records |
| and when wastage and slippage occurs. | | | | - Easy integration with CCTV to link variances to |
| Bottle mounted ETNs are an option for wall mounted | | | | actual images of customers & staff |
| spirits. These pour spirits directly into the glass by | | | | - Assess pour costs & receive precise profit and loss |
| activating an inbuilt switch and have a L.E.D display | | | | information on a daily basis |
| with counter. It's relatively easy to link these up a with | | | | - Receive accurate variance analysis and alerts a PC |
| a variance software to see pour reports in detail. | | | | or mobile |
| Bulk beer and post mix can be monitored by a flow | | | | - Set automated alerts at store, regional, and corporate |
| meter. These devices reduce draft beer loss | | | | levels. |
| significantly and are hardware devices installed on | | | | - Compare poured versus sold drinks |
| beverage lines as they come up from the cellar. They | | | | - Check and provide suppliers with reports on brand |
| can provide automatic real time calculation of pour | | | | performance. |
| costs and a list of list of all pours updated every 10 | | | | - Remove the need for manual stock takes. |