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In the retail business, recurring store audits are a mandatory activity in order to maintain profitability and compliance . Recently, mobile technology has brought a revolution to retail audits: Besides virtually eliminating paper from the process,  the data captured by mobile devices is a lot easier to access and report on. What should a retail business, then, look for in a mobile app for store audits when implementing such systems? Here are some guidelines: 1. Cross-platform, Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Although store or brand staff can do audits with corporate-owned devices, it is a best practice to have independent auditors that can perform "surprise" inspections. A cross-platform mobile app for store audits allows independent auditors to perform such activities using their own mobile devices, with no need for extra equipment. 2. Customizable audit forms When selecting a mobile app for store audits, it is important to make sure that the software allows for cus...

For companies that provide retail merchandise distribution, set and services, their ultimate goal is to help their retailing partners increase sales by making sure that shelves are always stocked and with the most effective presentation . These services require an army of field reps that can perform activities as varied as delivery, merchandising sets and resets, product surveys, seasonal display setups, category audits, among others, as well as proper reporting in order to provide metrics (key performance indicators - KPIs) and accountability. Retail inspection software is an invaluable tool for companies in merchandising distribution, set and services. With retail inspection software, field reps can use their mobile devices to fill out forms that before had to be hand-written, saving precious time at the point-of-sale and eliminating data transcription. There are many benefits to using retail inspection software for managers as well, among them: The ability to create cus...

Neglecting food safety in retail is not an option. Every food-related business - from supermarkets and grocery stores to restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, drugstores, and everything in between - can have it's reputation ruined and scare away revenues due to a bad official inspection or customer complaints, and consequences are amplified these days with reviews on websites such as Yelp and Google. However, it is not only up to the establishment's manager to watch over food safety . Food safety measures must be taken every time any employee manipulates or stores a food item, and therefore, every employee should be able to detect food safety breaches and communicate it to management so the situation is dealt with before it reaches the public or, worse, a city or county inspector. But how to empower every retail establishment employee to perform their own inspections and then record this information so it can be analyzed and prevented in the future? A retail inspe...

Retail inspections used to be a clumsy affair, from the amount of paper that had to be carried around and then stored to the lag time between an auditor performing the inspection at a retail location and a manager actually reading it. Here are some ways in which retail inspection software revolutionized the industry: Virtual elimination of the use of paper Paper forms were the norm in retail inspections. The use of retail inspection software means that auditors fill out forms on their smartphones or tablets.  Reduction in errors Not only they paper forms had to be carried around, but they also had to be transcribed. Retail inspection software allows managers to create custom electronic forms with selection fields, photos, and signatures, and the data is synchronized automatically. This means that there is less room for misunderstanding questions from a paper form as well as less errors while transcribing the forms into a database. Faster decision-making It could take hours...