Discover Crunchtime's New Mobile App for Inventory Management

Our new mobile app makes inventory management more efficient than ever.

In the day-to-day rush of running a restaurant, your team leads shouldn't be confined to a computer screen in the back office—it's imperative to stay agile, whether you're in the front or back of house. That's why mobile solutions like Crunchtime's new Inventory App are imperative for restaurant operators on the path to growth.

Previously, Crunchtime offered a suite of separate inventory mobile apps that enabled teams to perform important tasks such as inventory counts, ordering and monitoring data from their mobile device or tablets. Now, these features have been integrated into a single, comprehensive app—Crunchtime Inventory. 

Introducing the Crunchtime Inventory App 

The new Inventory app, will replace Crunchtime's older apps (Counter, Reconciler, and Impact) and offer users an easier and more intuitive experience. Users will also benefit from time savings and increased efficiency as they can now handle all of their essential inventory tasks within a single app.

Here's what users can expect with the new Inventory mobile app

1. Go paperless with easy, accurate inventory counts  
The Inventory app provides an intuitive inventory counting process on your phone or tablet. By recording and managing your stock levels digitally, you'll find that your teams spend less time on counts each month and make fewer errors. Digitizing your counts is the best way to help minimize discrepancies and reduce variances, resulting in perpetual inventory data you can trust. 

Our customers love these features when counting on the Inventory app:
•  Offline mode saves and syncs data
•  Multiple users can count at the same time
•  Immediate variance visibility can be triggered to notify specific users
•  Pre-load sequenced count sheets i.e. shelf-to-sheet
•  Multiple count units available built-in barcode scanner and calculator

2. Easily place orders and reconcile invoices
Don’t let ordering slow your team down. The Inventory app makes it easy to place orders with your preferred vendors, even when you’re on the go. The app even suggests an order quantity, so there's no need to guess how much product you need to order.

Once your delivery arrives, reconciling the invoice through the Inventory app is seamless. If a vendor delivers a paper invoice, the new mobile app can now digitize the invoice–simply take a photo of the paper invoice, and the app's Invoice Scanner will convert information like invoice numbers, vendor product codes, product quantities, and prices into an electronic format. The invoice is now electronic and ready for the manager to process.

Our customers love these features when ordering and reconciling on the Inventory app:
•  Suggested order quantities are auto-calculated for guidance
• The  Invoice Scanner digitizes paper invoices
•  Automatically receive electronic order guide updates, e-invoices, and order confirmations
•  Electronically reconcile invoices directly from device

3. Monitor key data points and task lists in real-time 
Throughout the shift, the app keeps you up-to-date with your current sales, labor costs, guest counts, and more. That means it's easy to keep a pulse on your operation’s profitability in real-time and make adjustments to stay agile. You can also easily oversee how well your teams are executing tasks with a list of upcoming and overdue tasks.

Our customers love these features when monitoring data on the Inventory app:
•  Real-time data, including restaurant sales, food and labor costs, guest counts, labor costs, and more
•  Consolidated dashboard of high-achieving stores and under-performers
•  View each store location’s upcoming and overdue tasks

Mobile apps are a must-have for efficient inventory management 
Managing your restaurant’s inventory often requires hands-on activities and real-time insights that extend beyond the confines of a computer screen–whether it's conducting physical counts, managing deliveries, or handling an unexpected inventory issue.

You need your managers to be present and engaged on the store floor, not confined in the back office behind a computer. While a new desktop-based inventory management system can certainly transform how your restaurant operates, mobile apps offer an entirely new level of efficiency and flexibility.

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