Restaurant Inventory Management Software

Leave the time-consuming hassle of manual inventory management behind. Simphony Point of Sale from Oracle helps restaurant owners automate tasks to optimize stock levels, reduce food waste, and manage cash flow. Learn how Inventory Management from Simphony can improve your bottom line today.

A Complete Restaurant Inventory System

  • Connect Sales with Inventory Levels

    Automatically reduce inventory stock levels in real time as soon as in-house and online orders are received.

  • Optimize Inventory with Suggested Ordering

    Review suggested order quantities based on sales forecasts, historical usage, and PAR levels.

  • Place Orders and Deliveries with a Click

    Electronically exchange pricing, orders, and receipt details with preferred local vendors and suppliers.

  • Spot Check Actual vs. Expected Stock Levels

    Detect waste, loss, theft, and delivery errors with spot checks using the Oracle Tablet POS.

Outback Steakhouse Manages Inventory With Simphony

A Full-Service Restaurant Optimized for Online Ordering, Curbside Pickup, and Delivery with Inventory Management from Simphony Point of Sale.

With a target of 15 minutes to get orders ready, this system ensures our delivery deadlines are met. We deliver accurately, on time, still piping hot, and our customer satisfaction has never been better.”

Mike Palmer Operating Partner, Outback Steakhouse Australia.
  • HMSHost International Optimizes Restaurant Inventory Management

    Watch how the international operator effectively manages inventory and controls costs across locations.

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  • Gaira Café Reduces Time Spent Managing Inventory

    See how the Colombian restaurant leverages the cloud for quicker and more efficient restaurant inventory management.

    Watch the Gaira Café video (3:04)

Restaurant Inventory Software Features

Oracle Simphony is an easy-to-use, cloud-based platform that connects every guest interaction with back of house. Automate day-to-day inventory counting, margin performance, and customer service with ease. Our integrated suite of tools gives users a full picture into how they can save money, reduce waste, and much more.

A Cloud-Based Restaurant Inventory Application

Manage your restaurant inventory from anywhere in the world. Our cloud-based inventory management tools are easily accessible from your internet browser.

  • Understand real-time product usage—by individual store or companywide—for full control over purchasing
  • Drive vendor negotiations with a global view of purchasing to ensure you're always getting the best deal
  • Streamline operations and return on IT investment with a single, centralized cloud solution

Real-Time Inventory Tracking

Keep inventory stocks levels for raw ingredients and nonfood items like packaging and napkins updated in real time with automatic restaurant inventory tracking

  • Reduce the amount of time spent on manual inventory tracking
  • Scan bar codes with the Oracle Tablet to quickly spot check actual vs. expected stock levels
  • Minimize the time involved in creating stock orders by setting periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) levels for every item on the menu

Inventory Order Management

A wide range of data points help restaurateurs build reporting dashboards to ensure order accuracy, detect variations, and negotiate better prices with vendors.

  • Use Simphony's Suggested Ordering to optimize stock levels and order costs based on real-time sales forecasts
  • Receive display warnings if an entered order quantity is noticeably higher or lower than the normal amount ordered
  • Easily reorder when items dip below your periodic automatic replenishment (PAR) level
  • Ensure all orders are accurate by managing variances between ordered and received items

Inventory Task Management

Reduce time spent on administrative tasks with predefined workflows in Simphony's Task Manager. Simplify complex workflows by assigning daily tasks and alerts to members of your team.

  • Create reminders, assign due dates to complete tasks, and ensure nothing gets lost in the shuffles
  • Customize your task menu to only include the information your team finds most relevant
  • Check the status of any task and make suggestions online from anywhere

Food Waste Prevention

Tracking food waste is crucial for accurate ordering and forecasting. It provides managers with insights as to where more training might be required.

  • Optimize stock levels based on real-time forecasts with Simphony's Suggested Ordering feature
  • Identify which recipes tend to produce the most waste and inventory variance across all restaurant locations

Inventory Cost Reports

Lower your operating costs and manage profit margins with our Inventory Cost of Sales. Review beginning stock on hand, receipts, transfers, production, and closing stock on hand. Compare actual versus theoretical costs to optimize your menu and cost of goods sold (COGS).

  • Monitor product usage to gain insights into sitting inventory, stock levels, and variances in projected costs
  • Easily determine which restaurant locations may require additional training to improve efficiencies
  • Track all of your data around sales, restocks, re-counts, and variances to help identify the best ways to reduce operating costs

Recipe Management

Streamline and centralize your recipe management. Determine your cost per plate, track food inventory needs in real time, and forecast how changes to your menu will impact your bottom line.

  • Designate recipe specifications for preparing each item on your menu (temperature, processing time, etc.) to ensure quality standards across all locations
  • Gain visibility into your cost of goods and effectively manage stock levels to support overall predicted demand
  • Standardize recipes for menu items, calculate plate costs, and monitor how changes in operating costs will impact future revenue

Nutrition and Allergen Information Management

Simphony makes it easy to keep track of your menu's nutritional and allergen information. Provide a complete view of the nutritional value of your menu in a single, easy-to-use platform.

  • Maintain nutritional and allergen information at the menu item level
  • Easily transfer your nutritional and allergen data to websites or digital menu boards

Restaurant Inventory Management Powered by Simphony

Inventory Management is part of Simphony Point of Sale from Oracle, an all-in-one restaurant management and point-of-sale system. Manage all of your day-to-day business operations with our fully integrated suite of cloud-based tools. With Simphony, restaurants elevate their speed and quality of service in-house and online. Analyze sales trends, forecast inventory, update menus, manage employees, and integrate with a wide variety of popular third-party apps.

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