Retail Execution with VisitBasis

Managing merchandising activities can be quite a challenge, as managers and supervisors are overwhelmed with lots of data in retail locations. But this can be easily changed thanks to mobile technology that helps organize retail data and business processes. When merchandisers have tools that enable them to work more efficiently, office managers can easily achieve company’s goals and increase the effectiveness of retail campaigns. Here are the best practices to develop highly organized merchandising activities and speed up decision-making. Switch to paperless data collection to streamline retail data workflow. In today’s mobile-driven world you can find an app for everything, and retail data collection is not an exception. Merchandising applications for tablets and smartphones empower merchandisers to collect retail data faster and help supervisors manage tasks, ease collaboration and track goals in a more efficient manner. Choosing a SaaS merchandising solutions allows ha...

When a company implements paperless merchandising audits through a Cloud merchandising software solution , its data storage costs can be brought to zero. The up-to-date merchandising SaaS providers usually offer Cloud storage as part of their service. Except the opportunity to store big data for free, companies that implement a Cloud-based merchandising software solution can expect the following benefits: Reduce spending on software and infrastructure.  Choosing a Cloud-based merchandising software solution you can improve the efficiency of operations and increase productivity with minimum upfront spending. Adopting a SaaS merchandising software solution a company saves on IT-support and server hardware. Increase your mobile workforce productivity.  Your merchandisers and field team managers worldwide can access the cloud database 24/7. Being on the Cloud also makes it possible for merchandisers to work offline, and the system will automatically synchronize once ...

Companies of all kinds conduct retail audits to to provide documented verification that point-of-sales meet corporate compliance policy and marketing strategies are properly implemented at stores. To start retail auditing you have to provide your field managers with guidelines for what is to be done, to define store visits frequency and to determine channels for delivering store audit data back to the office. Retail audit software can help to increase the efficiency of retail operations and improve field reps productivity. VisitBasis retail audit software is a complete data collection solution to for managing, scheduling, and monitoring field team activities in real-time. VisitBasis offers the following advantages: Visits and tasks can be scheduled by the office or on the mobile app Field reps or office managers can optimize customer routes Office managers visually assign stores to field reps, using a map Field reps have access to all data offline and can execute tasks...

Cloud software can specifically benefit retail businesses with features such as order and returns management, field marketing, merchandising, and retail audits, providing ultimate customer visibility and excellent IT support. Apparently, cloud software for retail audits saves your business money by eliminating overall IT costs.  Here are the top benefits of retail audit software: Reduce capital expenses. Choosing a SaaS data collection solution allows companies to avoid the extra costs of server and IT support. BYOD implementation permits 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 a device they already get used to.    Pay-as-you-go pricing allows only paying for what you use. This ...