Inventory System

Liquor Store POS Must Haves

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Not every POS system is built for the liquor store business. Generic retail software handles basics, but beer, wine, and spirits retail has unique requirements — case pricing, age verification, compliance, and tight margin management. Here are the 10 features you should require before signing any contract. 1. Age Verification at the Register Every alcohol … Read more

Why Choose mPower Liquor POS System?

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There are hundreds of point of sale systems on the market today. Most are designed for general retail — they work in a restaurant, boutique, or hardware store just as well as a liquor store. That’s a problem. Liquor retail has specific operational needs, compliance requirements, and product structures that generic systems simply weren’t built … Read more

Dig Deeper Into Liquor Store Inventory

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Dig Deeper into Your Inventory with Liquor POS Software mPower Beverage is a document-based system. This means, that any time an item is touched, it is recorded. Not only are our reporting features a great look into your inventory, the item screen has very useful information as well. Below is how the item screen can … Read more

How Barcodes Help Inventory Tracking

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Inventory Tracking with Barcodes

In the retail industry, using a barcode can help you manage your inventory more accurately. By tracking your inventory by the barcode, you can easy manage orders, receive shipments, and see what is selling within your point of sale system.

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Barcodes are especially helpful when there are multiple products that may have the same UPC code. For example, within the liquor retail industry, for your beer you have your standard brews and your holiday brews. Both products may share the UPC code. If you use a SKU number and a barcode, you can easily manage the items as standalones and the inventory of those items.

Some may not have implemented barcodes within their stores yet because they feel it is difficult and not cost effective. That is false. Implementing barcodes is very easy and cost effective. If you have the right point of sale system, they will have a ticket designer in the back office where you can easily print tickets when you have item price changes, promotion changes, or simply adding in new items. The ticket designer should be able to work with a ticket printer of your choosing. Ticket printers are typically a zebra printer or a regular printer with Avery labels.

If you’re still not convinced to implement barcodes yet, here is the number one reason (besides inventory) to implement: A seamless checkout process for the customer.

Making Package Store Inventory Easy

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Make Inventory Control Easier In Your Store

Managing your package store inventory can be a daunting task when you are selling product in multiple different ways. mPower Beverage makes managing this inventory easier. In mPower under the item, you can manage your inventory in multiple ways by using the SKU number. This allows you to manage your cases, packs, and singles not only under 1 item, but keep those with the same UPC code, separate.

What is the difference between UPC code and SKU number? Why is it important?

The UPC code on an item is typically 12 digits. These codes are used for tracking inventory that is sold within stores. The UPC code identifies the manufacturer and specified product so that it may be sold easily. Unfortunately, the UPC code does not allow liquor store owners to manage their inventory under a single UPC. Seasonal beers and vintage wines may share the UPC code with other items which can cause chaos while trying to track inventory. Chaos can be avoided by using the SKU number alongside the UPC.

The SKU number is a unique identifier for an item and is used to manage product. The items in mPower are tracked by the UPC code and the SKU number. The SKU is specifically assigned to a product for internal operations. Clients can assign their own SKU or allow the system to automatically assign a number.

Within mPower Beverage your product will be managed by both UPC and SKU. The UPC is used to scan product for a seamless checkout process and easy inventory count. The SKU will help you manage your seasonal and vintages separately from other product. The SKU will also help you manage your cases, packs, and singles seamlessly under 1 item.

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When making inventory changes (think inventory counts) you will upload the SKU and quantity. When checking out customers, the cashiers will scan the barcode and if there is more than 1 item sharing the UPC code, it will ask the cashier to select the correct item. For example, if they purchase Sam Adams Seasonal 6-pack, it will ask the cashier to select “Sam Adams” or “Sam Adams Seasonal.”

By utilizing both the UPC code and SKU number you can manage your inventory more accurately and provide customers a seamless checkout process.

Recommended Transfer Report for Liquor Stores

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Recommended Transfer Report for Liquor Stores. mPower Beverage Software has created a solution for multi-location liquor stores, and for those with warehouses. We have created a recommended transfer report for you to know which items should be transferred to get you through the next 7 days. This report will save you time and frustration.   To … Read more

What are the Key Components of Liquor Store Inventory Control?

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Key Components of Liquor Store Inventory Control A single liquor store could have thousands of inventory items at a given time. These items can be on shelves, in a storage room, or even a warehouse. Controlling the inventory is crucial to the stores profits. Therefore, it is important to properly manage your inventory. By having … Read more

Liquor Store Inventory System: More than Just Inventory Tracking.

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Liquor Store Inventory System: More than Just Inventory Tracking.

liquor store inventory system, liquor store point of sale systemsWhile a quality inventory system is important to any business, it can do much more than simply track inventory. These systems not only make it easier to track inventory, allowing many users to access it, but can also provide a historical record of the inventory. This offers management and store personnel insight into inventory activity in a given time frame. As a data management tool, inventory systems can accumulate sales, gather customer data, and track products and costs in real-time. Specifically, a liquor store inventory system can help reduce costs, save time, and improve customer service.

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Inventory Control for Retail Liquor

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liquor store inventory control, liquor store softwareLiquor Store Inventory Control: Basic vs. Advanced Technology

In a liquor store, potential customers and employees have access to thousands of dollars in beverages. Inventory shrinkage can result due to lack of management, theft, and disorganization. Fortunately, liquor store software for retail liquor stores provides basic and advanced technology to cover your inventory needs. 

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