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Why Spreadsheets Are Not Restaurant Inventory SoftwareWhy Spreadsheets Are Not Restaurant Inventory Software

When scale, accuracy, control, and smarter reporting matter, those old spreadsheets fall short. Inventory software picks up where spreadsheets leave off. Brought to you by CrunchTime!

June 30, 2014

4 Min Read
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By Paul Molinari

When scale, accuracy, control, and smarter reporting matter, those old spreadsheets fall short. Inventory software picks up where spreadsheets leave off. 

If your managers have always used spreadsheets to track restaurant inventory, you know they (the spreadsheets) cover the basics pretty well:

  • The layouts can be set up by storage locations, making shelf-to-sheet counts relatively easy

  • They can do the math to calculate costs

  • They can be e-mailed (until they get too big!)

  • You can make charts and graphs, too

Many restaurant companies have managed inventory using spreadsheets for a long time.  But, for companies wanting deeper financial and operational insights, restaurant inventory software is both more accurate and reveals a lot more cost-recovery opportunities. Here's how:

Scale Matters

While extending an inventory is valuable and something spreadsheets do well, they’re not dynamic enough to help you integrate with the underlying in...

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