Wine Inventory
Simplifying the Problems of Tracking Wine
Often, potential customers ask us whether AccuBar works for wine inventory as well as it does for liquor inventory. The answer is simple: AccuBar offers a combination of features for tracking wine inventory that are unique to the industry, and any operation with a serious wine list should take note.
Here is an explanation of the features that will streamline your wine operations:
Handles bottles without barcodes
AccuBar uses a Palm-based handheld with a built-in barcode scanner for taking inventories. This greatly speeds up the inventory process, allowing users to save hundreds of hours of labor in a given year. But some wineries don't seem to be in a hurry to barcode their items, so how does AccuBar handle that?
Simple. For any item without a barcode -- whether that is a cigar, a steak, or a Bordeaux -- AccuBar will assign it one. You then have a few options for making use of that barcode:
- AccuBar makes it easy to print barcodes onto labels, which you can then attach to wine bins or other storage shelves. Then you can very quickly scan the label and enter the quantity.
- You can also print the barcodes onto cards or sheets of paper by category. So you might have a sheet of Vouvray barcodes, another for Burgundies, and so on. You would then find the item on the sheet, scan the barcode and enter the quantity.
- AccuBar gives you the option of printing barcodes onto reusable neck hangers.
- AccuBar also has a search function, which can be used to search for the wines by name or by bin number. So if you've got a bin numbering system, you can find the item on the handheld without even needing a barcode.
Neck hangers can be a big help in handling a large wine inventory, particularly if you have numerous barcode-less items or if your wine list is constantly changing. Neck hangers can benefit in the following ways:
- When a bottle is removed from the storeroom, the neck hanger can be removed and saved for later scanning. This can allow you to create daily transfers after the fact, when you have time to scan them.
- Neck hangers allow you to visually locate a bottle more quickly since the item name is printed on the tag along with the barcode.
- They also help compensate for multiple vintages that have the same manufacturer's barcode.
AccuBar can give you instant calculations on your wine pouring cost for any given inventory period. Compare your sales vs. your consumption with a few clicks, and discover slippage on particular items. The system does this by pulling in sales figures on your wine bottles from your POS system to update the perpetual inventory that AccuBar maintains.
An instant count with our Templates function
AccuBar offers the ability to save the items in a particular location, such as your wine bins, as templates. You can then open that template to take the inventory for that bin, and quickly adjust any quantities as needed. With this function, you could inventory of your wine bins in a matter of minutes.
Calculate profit on wine tasting events
If you host wine tasting events, AccuBar makes it easy to track the consumption and cost of that event. You can then compare that to sales and know quickly whether your event was in the black or the red.
Wine inventory is a small part of what AccuBar can do to help your F&B operations. To get an overall view of the ways we simplify bar inventory and kitchen inventory, click here.