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The Benefits of Cloud-Based Retail Audit Software

By Anonymous

Today retailers try to find new ways to reduce costs and increase productivity. Many benefits can be achieved by going paperless and integrating mobile technology into business processes. For example, if a company implements paperless retail audits its data storage costs can be significantly reduced or even brought to zero. Store data collected using retail audit software requires much less space than paper sheets and therefore costs less money. Moreover today you can even store your retail data completely free if you opt for Cloud-based data collection software. The up-to-date data collection SaaS providers usually offer Cloud storage as part of their service.

The additional advantage of storing data in the Cloud is that all the data can be accessed anytime, anywhere and on any device. Your field reps can easily perform retail audits using their own tablets and smartphones and your field team managers are able to analyze all the retail data as soon as it is collected with activity dashboards and reports. If you adopt a Cloud solution for retail audits you can count on the best service availability even if your company is multinational and runs in different countries and time zones. Here are some more benefits of Cloud-based retail audit software to improve the efficiency of operations and increase productivity:

Reduce spending on software and infrastructure. Cloud solutions for store audit performance allow companies to maintain easy access to corporate information with minimum upfront spending. Adopting a SaaS retail audit software solutions a company saves on IT-support and server hardware.

Globalize you retail operations at ease.
Field reps and field team managers worldwide can access the cloud database 24/7. Being on the Cloud also makes it possible for field reps to work offline, and the system will automatically synchronize once an Internet connection is established.

Monitor operations more effectively.
Cloud-based retail audit software allows field operations managers to oversee all the stages of the retail audit from assigning territories and scheduling visits to immediately retrieving results through web-based dashboard and reports. All the information is time-stamped and GPS-confirmed.

VisitBasis retail audit software is a complete retail management system to manage your business with ease. VisitBasis runs in the Cloud, which means your retail data is accessible to you at any time, from anywhere. It works on common Android and iOS tablets and smartphones allowing BYOD implementation to reduce hardware costs to your company. Easy access to corporate data provides better business decisions to run your business more strategically and effectively.


VisitBasis retail audit software is extremely easy to deploy – and you can start it completely free. Just register at www.visitbasis.com, download free VisitBasis retail Execution App on Google Play or App Store and start performing retail audits in the most efficient manner free of charge.


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