CostGuard Software for Restaurant & Food Service Management

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Bundles (see right) are the most popular module combinations. One of them will fit your needs! You can then add on any other interfaces or other products as needed.

Here is a listing of all our modules, interfaces, and other products. Click any of them to learn more.




MODULES
INTERFACES
OTHER

 



CGXL Requires: Inventory

Are you currently using Excel to count your inventory? You don't have to re-enter those items: CGXL will import the items for you, and will make the move from Excel to CostGuard seamless and speedy. Tutorial...
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Liquor Control Requires: Inventory

CostGuard does a terrific job of controlling liquor costs. You don't need another solution! But are you using a specialized bar and liquor control inventory system? The Liquor Control Interface imports counts from those systems into CostGuard. Use specialized bar systems to handle those counts, then import the counts directly into CostGuard. It's the best of both worlds!

Count Import also has standard interfaces for text and Excel import, so you can shape data from other systems to fit our layout.

Current interfaces include Accardis and Accubar. Please contact us if there are other systems you'd like us to develop and interface with.

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Point-of-Sale Interface Requires: Sales

The interface reads the sales mix directly into Sales Analysis for reporting. Perpetual depletion (menu explosion) additionally requires Inventory and Recipe. Please contact your point-of-sale dealer for their capabilities, or have them call us for interface details. Tutorial...

We interface with the following manufacturers, and others who may not be listed:

Aloha
Action Systems (ASI)
Aldelo (including modifiers)
Casio
CostGuard Standard (generic interface)
Comptrex

CRS
Datasym
Digital Dining
Focus POS
Future POS
HSI
IBS (Club Systems)
Maitre'D
MICROS (all systems, including the e7)
NCR
NEC CRS 4000
Omron
Panasonic
PC/Poll

Point-of-Success
Posera
PosiTouch
QuickTouch
RMS
Sable
SellWise
Sharp
SoftTouch

Squirrel
StarFleet

TEC
Touch'n'Serve
TouchMenu
VersaTouch




Accounting Interface Requires: Inventory

Exports receipts from Inventory into Accounts Payable. There's no need to re-key invoice information into your accounting software! We can even distribute the same invoice over multiple cost-of-goods categories (such as food and supplies). In addition to QuickBooks, there are a number of other programs we interface with. Please get in touch for additional details.

The newest QuickBooks interface requires QuickBook 2004 Pro or higher. The new technology allows us to export directly to QuickBooks even if it's not running, or even if you've got another company open! You simply select the invoices you want to export, and they are written directly into QuickBooks; there's no import required on the QuickBooks side. Tutorial...

Other accounting systems we interface with include: Managing Your Own Business (MYOB), Peachtree, DMS, MAS90 (Mcabe), Passport, and a documented Custom version for other systems.

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Catering/Event
Management Interface
Requires: Recipe


CostGuard has terrific features for that manage catering events, from costing through production. You don't need a catering system, but if you have one, then this interface transfers recipe costing information for accurate bidding and proposals.

Current interfaces include CaterEase, CaterMate, and CaterWare. Please call us if your catering system isn't listed. Tutorial...

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HandGuard™ Requires: Inventory

HandGuard is hand-held inventory control. It allows you to count and enter orders using popular Palm OS handhelds. The data is then sent to CostGuard.
This is software only; Palm device is not included. Works with all Palm OS devices.
Tutorial...

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VendorTransport Requires: Inventory

This capability alone will save you countless hours. If your supplier can provide and accept data electronically, then VendorTransport is for you. The link is accomplished with industry-standard text (or ASCII) files. Tutorial...

VendorTransport links your data with your supplier. There are four key features:

1. Import your order guide
2. Update inventory prices
3. Exports purchase orders
4. Import invoices

Note: not all vendors support all these features. They all support #1, importing your order guide.

These features provide tremendous time savings, and practically eliminate duplicate data entry.

If we don't currently interface with your supplier, tell them to call us immediately. If we develop a VendorTransport with that supplier, you'll receive it for free!

Current suppliers include:

Ben E. Keith
Cheney Brothers

Food Services of America
Gordon Food Services
Gordon Food Services Canada
Performance Food Group (P
FG/Carroll) RFS/Tracs Direct
R
enzi Brothers
Shamrock Foodservice
Sysco, including Sysco Market, eSysco, Sysco/Canada, S.A.M., Customer Companion
US Foodservice

We also interface with a number of software providers, including Retalix/IDS and IDS/Powersell.

Since we've been developing quality software for so long, we have terrific relationships with a broad range of suppliers. We exchange key interface information with each other, and consequently provide stable and productive interfaces for you.

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MultiUnit Controller

This dynamic module lets you manage multiple units (cost center) from the same computer. Multiple units can be in the same physical location (e.g., hotels, hospitals, clubs, multi-concept restaurants, cruise ships, etc.), or separate facilities (multi-unit ownership, chains, franchises, management groups, etc.) Tutorial...

The Transfer addition allows you to transfer inventory between units. Click here to learn more.

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Have more questions? E-mail us! Or

Call us at: 914-337-9030 or 1-888-FC-LOWER (325-6937)

Write to us at: At-Your-Service Software, Inc.
450 Bronxville Rd. Bronxville, NY 10708

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