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In the fast-paced restaurant industry, efficiently managing invoices is crucial for increasing profitability and improving your operations. Automating that process is one of the easiest ways to maximize your performance and output. Simply scan your invoices, and let automation handle the rest – from receiving them to paying your vendors. Traditional manual invoice processing can be time-consuming and prone to errors, diverting valuable resources from your core business activi

COGS-Well works with all kinds of food and beverage service operations, from independent restaurants and bars to multi-unit chains, hotels, catering companies, entertainment venues, and country clubs. COGS-Well makes it easy for restaurants to gain control over inventory, boost accuracy, and improve profitability.

The highest ROI in restaurants often comes from automating a few basic inventory processes. A simple shift towards automation can enable you to improve controls, save time, increase accuracy, and add new insights.

COGS-Well’s founders have decades of experience developing and servicing restaurant inventory and recipe management systems. When we designed COGS-Well, our mission was to create an easy-to-install and maintain system. We utilize intelligent technology and unique customer service to make COGS-Well much easier than other inventory management systems. Speed Up Inventory Implementation We can do your initial system setup, including the inventory item database, in just a few day

The Challenge: Inventory management systems require "receiving". Receiving is the process of recording the packaging, quantity, and cost for each inventory item received on an invoice. An average restaurant receives about 65 invoices a month. Entering invoices manually is a tedious process. If a new inventory item is received on an invoice, or if your vendor substitutes an item, then the item must be added to your database. Adding a new item is a time-consuming, error-prone

The Challenge: Setting up restaurant inventory control systems require a lot of information before they can be used. It can take between 4 and 8 weeks just to add all of the inventory items to an inventory system. The COGS-Well Way: COGS-Well completely eliminates the time and effort normally associated with the setup process. We handle the initial database build for you, and we typically have the entire process finished in just a few days—not months. Inventory Item Database:

Vendor ordering is often the most underused tool in a restaurant's tech stack. It’s the easiest way to manage vendors, reduce waste, and make sure you never run out of key ingredients.