Deposit · Returnables · Empties

Deposit, returnable & empties management
for beverage businesses.

No more spreadsheets for containers and deposits. SCIS tracks your returnable containers across the full cycle — stock in circulation, deposit liabilities, empties returns — cleanly reconciled and integrated into invoicing and accounting.

Deposits and returnables are a blind spot.

Who holds how many crates and bottles sits in scattered spreadsheets — if it's tracked at all. The deposit liability is a guess, breakage goes unrecorded, and reconciling with customers and accounting costs hours every month.

What SCIS does for deposits and returnables

Integrated container and deposit management — no separate tool, no break to order processing and accounting.

Stock in circulation

Per container, the running balance of shipped minus returned — visible any time, by customer and location.

Deposit liability

Circulation valued at your deposit rate gives the open liability — as an export for accounting.

Empties return at the counter

Take back returnable containers as empties, net off the deposit, and update circulation automatically.

Breakage & shrinkage

Record damaged or lost containers so stock and liability stay realistic.

Deposit reconciliation & export

Deposit refunds and liabilities as auditable exports — straight into your accounting run.

Integrated into invoicing & accounting

Deposit is carried per line, shown on the invoice, and handled correctly for VAT.

The payoff

  • Deposit liability at the click of a button, not a month-end guess.
  • Less tied-up capital through transparency over containers in circulation.
  • Clean deposit reconciliation with customers — traceable and auditable.
  • One system for orders, invoicing, POS and deposit — no double entry.

Frequently asked questions

What does deposit & returnable-container management do?

It tracks your returnable containers (bottles, crates, kegs) across the full cycle: shipped, in circulation at the customer, and returned. From that you get the stock in circulation, the deposit liability towards your customers, and a correct deposit reconciliation — without spreadsheets.

How is the deposit liability calculated?

For each container SCIS takes the difference between shipped and returned units (in circulation) and values it with the configured deposit rate. That gives the open deposit liability, which you can hand off as an export for your accounting.

Does SCIS support empties return at the point of sale?

Yes. At the counter, returnable containers can be taken back as empties; the deposit is deducted from the sale and the in-circulation stock is updated. Only containers flagged as returnable are offered for return.

Are breakage and shrinkage accounted for?

Yes. Damaged or lost containers can be recorded so stock in circulation and deposit liability stay realistic instead of growing without bound.

Can the deposit be shown correctly on invoices?

Yes. The deposit is carried per line and shown on the invoice — including correct VAT treatment (e.g. the one-way deposit regulation in Austria).

Deposits and returnables under control.

In a short demo we show container and deposit management on your own numbers.