November 23, 2010

Some nicely implemented software - CostGuard

I had mentioned that after trying the demo for a month or so I finally sprung for the full version of CostGuard. This is a well thought out and deep application. You first set up your Vendors (Costco, FSA, UNFI, etc...) Then Super Groups (Food, Beverages, Paper, Chemicals...) Then the Groups (Meat, Coffee, Chocolate, Milk, Napkins, Cleansers...) And finally the individual items. Say for example a 3 Pound bag of Christopher Ranch peeled Garlic cloves. For this item, you can assign the vendor, the weight, your cost, where it is stored, what your par, reorder and purchase quantities are and finally, you can enter the (in this case Costco) vendors SKU number. The thing that caught my eye is that there is a receipt mode -- you are out shopping and sit down with the receipt and start typing in SKUs. The program will take your input and add these items to the inventory, you can print out a sheet showing where everything lives and just after you input the SKU, you have the option to adjust the price if there is a change. The work flow is very smooth but versatile. Looking forward to a couple weeks of part-time data entry and to then start using this puppy. It rocks! Posted by DaveH at November 23, 2010 8:05 PM