Key Benefits of Adopting Merchandising Software

Looking for an easier way to merchandise?

Start with adopting retail merchandising software to increase the effectiveness of your field sales team and reduce operating costs.

A properly implemented merchandising software helps companies to boost sales and speed up sales cycles, complete more efficient transactions at the point-of-sale, improve inventory control and tracking and centralize customer management.

Key benefits of adopting merchandising software.

Centralized customer management. CRM capabilities help to improve customer service through faster interactions and contact management features. Using retail merchandising software you will be able to improve your merchandising team bottom-line by reducing their time traveling to appointments, planning routes, accessing information and providing customer data.

Improved inventory control. With mobile merchandising solution it’s easy to maintain proper inventory levels and never to run out of popular items getting precise information from the field using task builders, checklists, mobile forms and surveys.

Real-time field reps tracking. Through GPS-technology, track your merchandisers positioning and activities live on the map. See merchandising audit and survey results more quickly with activity dashboards and reports.

Speed up sales cycles. One of the most important purposes of merchandising software is to improve the product distribution for both retailers and customers. Using mobile tools merchandisers can access from anywhere product catalogs and price data, merchandising and promotional information, place orders and returns, and communicate in real-time with the office.

Reduce operation costs. Merchandising software reduces the time to data entry, so retailers can spend more time analyzing business performance. Merchandising mobile solutions display live field information and allow to generate different types of real-time reports with info on user, customer, visit, task, order, timing and location information to quickly identify areas for business improvement.

Ready to try the best way to plan and manage merchandising activities?

Start using VisitBasis merchandising software to increase your merchandisers team's efficiency! VisitBasis is a mobile app for merchandisers that works seamlessly across iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones and tablets.

There is no limit on the number of devices each user can carry, so your merchandisers can bring their own devices and be more effective. They will save time on training by using the devices that they already know and you save on hardware costs. From assigning territories to scheduling visits and GPS-tracking your mobile staff, VisitBasis is a complete, real-time merchandising mobile solution.

Your merchandisers can bring their own devices as VisitBasis Merchandising App can run on any smartphone or tablet and looks and feels exactly the same. There is no limit on the number of devices each merchandiser can use at any given time. With the Pay-As-You-Go system, you only pay for what you use - never paying for holidays, weekends, and avoiding account issues due to user turnover.

To start using the VisitBasis merchandising software free, register account at www.visibasis.com and download free the VisitBasis App on Google Play and App Store.

Implementing Sustainable Merchandising

In the factory-to-customer cycle, merchandising is one of the most wasteful processes. From the fuel consumed by field reps to the amount of paper used in traditional audits and surveys, on top of promotional and seasonal displays, it is easy to see why merchandising is considered “eco-unfriendly”. A field merchandising app can make a world of difference when it comes to sustainability. By adopting a field merchandising app, CPG and FMCG businesses can expect the following: Virtually eliminate the use of paper in in-store activities such as planogram checks, audits, surveys, and orders, among others. A state-of-the-art field merchandising app will also allow for instant access to the data collected, slashing the time and cost spent on data entry. Considerable savings in rep travel time and fuel thanks to the route optimization functions of field merchandising apps that automatically calculate the shortest store rounds. A cross-platform field merchandising app will all

Cloud for Retail Execution: Make Away with Data Storage Costs

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Solving Information Loss in Merchandising Once and For All

Information loss used to be an inevitable consequence of retail merchandising. With many field reps performing a number of tasks on each one of the stores in their individual territories, it is easy to see how the amount of data collected on the field grows exponentially and is, therefore, increasingly difficult to handle and more subject to information loss. Mobile merchandising software is the ideal solution to information loss in retail merchandising. When businesses implement a mobile merchandising software solution, they prevent information loss in the following stages of data processing: Data collection It is easy to see how information can get lost in traditional pen-and-paper merchandising. With mobile merchandising software, field reps perform tasks such as filling out forms and taking pictures in their mobile devices, leading to less misunderstanding and mix-ups. Data transcription With mobile merchandising software, there is no data transcription. The information goe

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