CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – February 18, 2021 – Clear Sky Software, Inc. ® announced today that the W Washington DC Hotel has installed the company’s food & beverage inventory control system to help manage and track all food & beverage products.  Located in the heart of DC, the W has been busy taking advantage of the features of this industry-leading F&B inventory system.  Called Clear Sky FOOD & BEVERAGE, this is a comprehensive, perpetual inventory system that tracks and controls all F&B products.  Functions include purchasing/ordering, receiving, electronic requisition, outlet transfers/issues/returns and physical inventory.  Rounding out the features installed are Clear Sky’s interfaces to the Micros Simphony POS system, alcohol payment program Fintech and Marriott’s procurement system HotShop.  All of these software tools allow management at this busy hotel to report F&B costs by location, product, product category, and receive automatic food & beverage cost updates.  Other features allow staff to report product fast-movers, slow- movers, cost variances, and order/vendor discrepancies.  An expanded event management module is also part of the core system installed.  This bar code-based software, hardware, and services combination is helping The W Washington DC Hotel better manage their food & beverage inventory with greater efficiency and reduce food and beverage costs.