Today you can completely
eliminate paper forms by implementing a retail
data collection software solution. Automated data collection allows
companies to reduce the cost of its operations by cutting the amount of paper
used in the field and large number of staff and office space required to handle
that paper.
Of course, if a company
decides to develop its own software solution for retail data collection, and to
specifically provide its field reps portable mobile devices so they can go
paperless, it can quickly get very expensive. The cost of a software
development varies greatly depending on the needs and opportunities of a
company. Usually it works for large companies that are able to invest in new
technologies to obtain competitive advantages and to be up-to-date.
Therefore most of the
companies opt for SaaS solutions for retail data
collection to avoid the extra costs of server hardware and IT support. Even
so there are some things to be considered when deciding to go paperless.
Although up-to-data data collection software
provides the ability to capture data offline, your field reps still need
Internet connection to synchronize and share the information. Corporate
business plans for 10 lines start at $90/month
for 20GB shared data. Adding unlimited talks and text we get $240 – $440 per month, and $2280 – $5280 per year. Assuming that
field reps also need the devices to store mobile forms and collect data we may
think that the idea of going paperless is not cost-effective at all.
Fortunately the advanced software solutions for data collection
offer BYOD implementation to reduce
communication costs and to completely eliminate the cost of hardware. Instead
of the company purchasing tablets and smartphones, the employee uses their own
devices to perform data collection. Besides saving on hardware, you save time
and money on staff training and your field reps can be more effective using devices
they already get used to.
Data collection software
implementation allows companies to improve the accuracy of data collection
process, to reduce data-entry errors, and to improve productivity of field reps
that immediately increases the overall efficiency of an organization. VisitBasis
retail data collection software is extremely easy to deploy and deal with. And
you can do it completely free. To automate you retail data collection
activities with VisitBasis just register free account at www.visitbasis.com, then download free
VisitBasis Retail Execution App on Google
Play or App
Store and start working.
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