Managing Equipment

This article will explain how to manage your Equipment across your Locations and how to link Equipment with Brews for greater overview and insight.

• Why use the Equipment feature?
• The Equipment overview page
  
  • Adding new equipment
  • Updating existing equipment

Why use the Equipment feature?

With the Equipment feature, you can:

• Have a comprehensive overview of your key brewing devices across your locations.
• Connect Recipes and Brews to the specific equipment they were brewed on.
• Gain valuable insights into how they reflect the quality.

You can also link Tasks to each equipment, so you and your team can stay on top of all the important cleaning tasks.

Furthermore, you can review the complete history of all completed tasks. 
Learn more about linking Tasks to equipment. 

The Equipment overview page

Creating new equipment

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Navigate to Cafe on the main menu bar.
3. Select Equipment. You will be directed to the Equipment overview page.
4. Click on the +Add equipment button on the top right side of the page.
   
5. You can add an Espresso machine or select Other.
6. Select Other and enter the following information:
   * indicates mandatory fields 
   
   
   • *Equipment type: Select the type of equipment you would like to add (e.g., grinder, espresso machine, etc.)
     • Espresso machine: If you select the Espresso machine as Equipment type, you also need to add the number of Groupheads. 

1. • • Grinder
     • Water boiler
     • Batch brewer
     • Water filtration
     • Scale
     • Other
   • *Equipment brand: Choose the equipment's brand (e.g., La Marzocco, Nuova Simonelli, etc.)
   • *Equipment model: Choose the equipment model (e.g., Strada, Linea, etc.)
   • Serial number: Log the equipment's serial number.
   • Alternative name: Assign an alias for your equipment.
   • *Location: Select the location where the equipment is located.
   • Stations: Select the specific station for your equipment.
   • Comments: Add any additional information about your equipment.
2. Click on Add equipment to submit.

Updating existing equipment

1. Navigate to Cafe on the main menu bar.
2. Select Equipment. You will be directed to the Equipment overview page.
3. Click the  Edit button corresponding to the equipment you would like to edit.
   
4. You can edit the following details:
   
   • Alternative name
   • *Location
   • Stations
   • Comments
5. Click on Update equipment to save the changes.
   

Related content

• Creating Equipment Stations
• Fulfilling Tasks 
• How to link Tasks to connected equipment 
• Managing Locations
• Setting up and Managing Tasks

Congratulations! You are now ready to manage your Equipment across your Locations and link Equipment with Brews!

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