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Top Five Ways to Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiency of Your Retail Operations



VisitBasis is a complete field activity and visit management system that helps companies reduce operational costs and boost retail revenues. Below you’ll find some examples of how VisitBasis retail execution software can improve the effectiveness of business processes in your company.

  1. First of all VisitBasis makes it possible to implement a cohesive in-store marketing and merchandising strategy. With VisitBasis Retail Execution App you are able to create task templates defining tasks to be performed at points of sale. The VisitBasis simple but powerful task builder allows creating various types of tasks with different types of answers (number, text, electronic signature, photo, and multiple choices.
  2. Your field reps always have mobile access to all customer data including address and location on the map, contacts, assets, attachments like images, videos, Word, Excel, PDF, order history, price lists, recommended quantities; and product information, such as photos, weight, unit type, quantity per pack. It makes much easier to find the required data and allows field reps to be more effective.
  3. You can easily create a schedule of retail visits and optimize field reps' routes to get the shortest route for the day. You are able to schedule visits in bulk for any periods of time. All visits and tasks are instantly displayed in tablets and smartphones of your field reps. This saves a lot of time: you can significantly reduce time spent for scheduling and your field reps don't have to visit the office to receive tasks. Route optimization contributes to reducing fuel expenses and allows field reps to spend more time with customers.
  4. Field reps can perform all the tasks using just their tablets or smartphones. Automated and completely paperless data entry saves time and money while improving productivity and minimizing mistakes. All the data collected in stores is instantly transferred to corporate database which enables a rapid response to situations requiring attention.
  5. You can control retail execution process and get the clear picture of current retail conditions monitoring your field reps routes on the map and evaluating the progress in tasks performance in real time. All the data from points of sale that is displayed through the VisitBasis dashboards is GPS confirmed and time-stamped. There is no need to manually enter data to corporate database that releases time for analysis and decision-making.
To get your free access to VisitBasis Retail Execution Software register account at www.visitbasis.com. You’ll get one of the most powerful and comprehensive retail execution tool free of charge to see for yourself how it can help to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of your retail operations. 




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