How to Remove a Container’s Weight with the Unit Tare App

SAN DIEGO, CA, January 8, 2021 – This article, will discuss how the Unit Tare App can help your store with removing the weight of a container.

By following these simple steps your store will be ready to automate the removal of a container’s weight. First, identify the type of container. Second, weight the container and open the Unit Tare App.

The Unite Tare App allows your store to enable the set up of containers that are unique to an item. To enable this feature, go to the “Setup Edit Specific Container” option within the app. There you will be able to enter the necessary information.

Please note, you can assign more than one item to a container. However, you cannot assign more than one container to an item.

Now, you’re all set up. Every time the container is scanned, the weight of the container will be removed. What will get recorded will be less than what is on the scale. Thus, the weight of the container is automatically removed at checkout. What’s more, there won’t be any additional clicks or selections required. The Unite Tare App will make checkout convenient.

This video shows how stores can implement the Unit Tare App. Specifically, when stores sell items by weight and containers that are item specific. 

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How to Configure Net Weight with the Unit Tare App

Updated February 17, 2022

If you are new to Clover POS and are interested in achieve Net Weight, then the Unit Tare App can be the right solution.

In this tutorial we are going to demonstrate how to utilize the Unit Tare App and configuration to achieve net weight of an items that you are selling at your store.

What is Net Weight?

Net weight is the weight of an item or product without the addition of the packaging or container weight. Net weight is also the weight of the total number of goods loaded into a container excluding the weight of the container.

Getting Started

Step 1: Open the Unit Tare app.

Step 2: Once the app is open, click the plus sign to setup the desired containers.

Step 3: Give the container a name. For this example, we are calling it Small Cup.

Step 4: Select the unit of measure. Selecting the unit of measure is important. This has to match what you have setup on your scale and Clover device. For this example we will use pounds.

It’s important to note that when you setup the unit of measure, it has to match the format of the weight. So, if you select pounds you will see 0.00, if we switch to ounces it will display 0.0, and if you switch to grams it gives you a whole number. So, the unit of measure has to match the weight of the scale. It’s important to specify the unit of measure that you are dealing with during initial setup to avoid errors.

When you select the unit of measure you can just weigh the container to get the weight you will enter.

For this example, we are weighing a cup and entering 0.01 lb.

Step 5: Click the green checkmark to save the information entered.

Now, you have successfully created a container.

Opening the Register App

Now that the container has been properly created, we can proceed to working the Register as we normally would.

Step 1: Open the Register:

Step 2: Select an item that is unit based. For example, we will click Sirloin.

Step 3: You can place the Sirloin and the container on the scale together.

Click the Green Add button. This will trigger the app to open to remove the weight of the container. For our example, we will select the small cup that we previously created.

This will remove the weight of the container.

Conclusion

This is how net weight is achieved.

This video further dives in on how to configure the Unit Tare App to achieve net weight.

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How to Configure the Unit Tare App to Allow Customers to Shop with Their Own Containers in Clover POS

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SAN DIEGO, CA, January 8, 2021 – If you are considering offering your customers the opportunity to shop with their own containers, there are perks to this option when using the Unit Tare App. Some of the benefits and savings would be in:

• Packaging.
• Advertising.
• Branding that goes on the shelf.
• Product can be less expensive to produce without the added packaging.

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How to get started with the Unit Tare App

Step 1: Before a customer can begin shopping with their personal container, they will have to follow a few simple steps. Your customer will first need to request to have their container weigh by a store clerk. Then, this information will be entered into the Unit Tare App.

Finally, a barcode tag will be generated and printed that will be given to the customer to use.

Now, the customer will be able to shop with their own container.

Step 2: When the customer returns to pay, they will let the clerk know that they have a tag for their container. The store clerk will go into the register and select an item per weight. Then, place the item on the scale and scan the tag.

After scanning, the weight of the container is removed. Then the tag can be disregarded and the customer can finalize their transaction.

Conclusion

Offering your customers the option to shop with their own containers is easy with the Unit Tare App. Both you and your customer will benefit from this option.

Is it Possible to Remove Multiple Containers in the Unit Tare App?

January 23, 2022

This article will be discussing how to utilize the Unit Tare App and how to run a scenario where a customer places multiple containers of the same item on a scale.

Let’s imagine a customer comes in with several containers of the same item and you need to deduct those containers.

Step 1: To do this, you will operate the Register app as you normally would.

Step 2: You will select the item in your register.

Step 3: In the Set Unit Quantity screen, click the Green Add button.

Step4: This will trigger the Unit Tare app to open up. You click the button that says “multiple mode“.

This will turn the button green and allow you to remove the containers.

For this example, add 3 small cups.

Step 5: Click the green Confirm button. This will do remove multiple containers at once.

Conclusion

Utilizing the Unit Tare App can allow your store to run effectively.

This video will show you how to use the Unit Tare App.

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How to Exclude Weight Based Items from Triggering Unit Tare App

SAN DIEGO, CA, January 14, 2021 – A while ago we launched Unit Tare App, which was formerly known as Container Tare App. The beauty of the Unit Tare App is that you can basically set it up any possible way that you can think of.

This article is going to focus on how to exclude an item from triggering Unit Tare. This function will come in handy when there is no container or the weight of the container is included in the price. For whatever reason you want to exclude that particular item from being trigger.

For example, let’s say you have a sirloin and that item should get triggered since it’s a unit of measure per pound. We are set up per pound and everything looks good so we are triggering on sirloin. Let’s say it’s a small cup.

We are set up per pound and everything looks good so we are triggering on sirloin. Let’s say it’s a small cup.

If this isn’t what you want, there is an additional functionality where you can take a qualified item, for all intents and purposes, the sirloin and you can exclude that item from being triggered.

How to Exclude and Item

Now, if you want to exclude this sirloin from being triggered, this is what you have to do.

Click the Unit Tare icon on your device.

Go to settings

Select exceptions

We need to find that item and for this examples;

Click meats, sirloin

Click save

Exit.

Now, when we go and add the sirloin item again, as you can see it’s not being triggered anymore. The reason why it’s no longer triggering is because we have added that particular item to the exclusion list. So, pretty cool function. With the Unit Tare. You can basically set it up any possible way that you can think of, that’s the beauty of the Unit Tare App.

Can You Print Your Own Bar Codes with the Unit Tare App? – Draft

Type: Support Call

Call Reported On: 2021-12-16

Products Discussed: Unit Tare app

Q&A

Merchant:

A merchant reached out wanting to know more about the Unit Tare app.

They wanted to know if they could print their own bar codes with Unit Tare app.

CSI Works Support:

Our response:

Yes, In fact you can let customers bring their own containers.

You weigh the container and print a tag, then customer goes shopping using that container.

Once they come back you can scan the tag to remove the weight of container.

How to Automatically Remove the Weight a Container Without Additional Clicking on Clover POS

Type: Support Call

Call Reported On: 02-23-2022

Products Discussed: Unit Tare

Q&A

Merchant:

Will The Unit Tare App Still Work Without a Scale?

SAN DIEGO, CA, January 20, 2021

This article will discuss how to test the Unit Tare App without a scale. In this example we are using the Station while Clover is not connected to the scale. There is a way to test the Unit Tare App without the scale.

To test the Unit Tare App all you have to do is select an item that is per unit.

If you don’t have the scale connected to Clover you will see an interface like this:

It will ask you what is the total weight, what is the gross weight of the item that you are selling. Let’s say you know what it weights and it’s 4.77. You can manually enter the weight.

Then, you hit save and the Unit Tare will still pop up and will ask if the item has a box in it that weighs 0.07 pounds. You will click yes. This will go ahead and remove that from the weight of the package.

You can see you can test the Unit Tare App without the scale.