Inventory & Back-Bar

Know exactly where your product goes.

Most salons lose 8–15% of product to guesswork. ClientPulse deducts back-bar product automatically the moment a service is completed — no clipboard, no spreadsheet, no honor system.

Just Added

Alerts & Costs: low-stock, expiration, vendor and cost-per-service

Salon Hub → Inventory now has an Alerts & Costs tab: what's running out, what's about to expire, what each vendor is really costing you, and the true product cost behind every service on your menu.

How it works

1

Build a recipe once

Color Retouch = 2 tubes color + 1 developer + 1 toner. Takes about a minute per service, and you only do it once.

2

Stylist works the chair

Nothing extra to remember, no clipboard, no spreadsheet. The recipe is attached to the service, not the person.

3

Visit marked complete

The moment the Glide-In board says complete, every product on that recipe comes out of stock — once, never twice.

4

You see the truth

Usage log by product, service, and stylist. Low-stock flags. A reorder purchase order suggested before you run dry mid-appointment.

What's included

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Back-Bar Recipes

  • Per-service product list with exact quantities
  • Auto-deduct when a visit is completed
  • Manual 'Deduct now' for one-off or corrective use
  • Pause a recipe without deleting it
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Retail Stock

  • Brand, SKU, barcode, cost, price, stock, reorder threshold
  • Deducted automatically on every invoice line
  • Per-product commission overrides for your team
  • Skipped cleanly when Lightspeed owns your stock
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Purchase Orders

  • Auto-suggested PO from everything at or below threshold
  • Supplier records with lead times and order history
  • Receive partial shipments and reconcile counts
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Audit Trail

  • Every movement logged: sale, professional use, adjustment, receipt
  • Who, what, when, and why — down to the visit
  • Nothing changes stock silently
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True Cost Per Service

  • Product cost attached to the treatment that consumed it
  • See which services actually make money after product
  • Spot the stylist burning 3× the color on the same service
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Photos & Formulas

  • Before/after photos, side-by-side compare, annotations
  • Color formulas stored on the client record
  • A Photos tab on every client record links all their images
  • Repeat the exact result — and the exact product amount
Alerts & Costs

The four numbers that protect your margin

One tab in Salon Hub → Inventory. No spreadsheet, no month-end count, no surprises.

Included on Gold & Platinum · free during your 14-day trial

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Low-stock alerts

Every product carries its own reorder threshold. Anything at or below it lands on the alert list with the shortfall and the supplier to call — before a client is in the chair.

Expiration tracking

Store an expiry date, lot number and a warn-window per product. Developer, lash adhesive and treatment ampoules surface while there's still time to use or return them.

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Vendor tracking

Roll up spend, stock value and open exposure by supplier so you know who you really buy from — and who to negotiate with at renewal.

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Cost-per-service tracking

Back-bar recipes plus 90 days of real usage give a true product cost for every treatment, so you can price with margin instead of hope.

Works with the POS you already use

ClientPulse Pay, Lightspeed, or your own outside register — invoices and stock stay accurate either way. When Lightspeed manages stock, ClientPulse steps aside for retail and still tracks back-bar use.

📖 Manual