The best inventory and stores software for lodges.
Lodge stores carry everything: food, drinks, fuel, gas, amenities and workshop spares, and they must last until the next delivery. Here is what to look for, and how Tivuzo does it as part of one back office.
The best inventory and stores software for lodges covers main, kitchen, bar and housekeeping stores, issues and transfers, reorder levels, counts and stock value in the books, and handles what is specific to lodges: stores for food, bar, fuel and workshop; minimums that cover the supply run; fuel issued by the litre to generator and vehicles; counts before each order. It should share one database with the rest of the back office so nothing is typed twice. Tivuzo includes it with the PMS, POS, procurement, stores and accounting for $13 per user per month.
What lodges need
Lodge stores carry everything: food, drinks, fuel, gas, amenities and workshop spares, and they must last until the next delivery.
- Stores for food, bar, fuel and workshop
- Minimums that cover the supply run
- Fuel issued by the litre to generator and vehicles
- Counts before each order
The full checklist
Beyond the specifics above, any inventory and stores software for a lodge should have:
| Must have | In Tivuzo |
|---|---|
| A store per department: main, kitchen, cold room, bar, housekeeping, maintenance | ✓ |
| Buy in one unit, issue in another | ✓ |
| Requisitions and issues between stores | ✓ |
| Reorder levels per item and store | ✓ |
| Waste and breakage with a reason | ✓ |
| Counts with variance before posting | ✓ |
| Stock value and food and beverage cost in the accounts | ✓ |
| Shares data with the rest of the back office | ✓ One database: PMS, POS, procurement, stores, accounting |
Why it should be part of one system
When stores are joined to procurement, the POS and the accounts, receipts, issues and sales move stock and its value automatically, and the monthly count shows a variance you can trust. Read one system vs separate systems.
What it costs a lodge
At a typical lodge the people who log in are the manager, front office, storekeeper, bar and accounts: 6 users, $78 a month or $748.80 a year, with every module included. See pricing.
Read more
The module in detail: hotel inventory and stores software. For lodges: lodge and safari camp software, and pms, procurement, accounting, restaurant and bar pos. Inventory and stores for hotels, safari and tented camps, guest houses and B&Bs, serviced apartments, boutique hotels. By country: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia. Guides: Hotel stores control, Bar stock control, Food cost percentage.
Inventory and stores for lodges: questions
Can I track generator diesel in lodge stores?
Yes. Fuel is a store: receive deliveries, issue litres to the generator and vehicles, and count it.
Is inventory included in Tivuzo's price?
Yes. Every module is included for $13 per user per month; there are no add-ons and no fees per room.
Does Tivuzo work for small lodges?
Yes. A lodge pays only for the people who log in; switch on modules as you need them.
Does Tivuzo work with weak internet?
The restaurant and bar tills sell offline and sync later; the rest needs a connection, and light use works on mobile data.
What does Tivuzo not do yet?
No live channel manager, booking engine, door-lock integration, payroll or country e-invoicing links.
Last updated by the Tivuzo team.