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As strategists can tell us, knowledge is the most important thing if one wants to beat the competition . For consumer product goods (CPG) and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCC), the battle for the customer's wallet happens at the point-of-sale level, and this is why store audits are so important. A store audit app will not only help field reps to more efficiently collect competitor information, but also allows brand and category managers to get faster access to this information and act swiftly to take advantage of opportunities and/or to prevent losing market share. Among other benefits, a store audit app will provide the following competition monitoring tools: The ability to schedule and plan regular visits in order to get the right competitor information at the right time. Full customization of task forms and surveys , so the field rep will collect the exact information needed. The power to capture photos , so not only pricing, and shelf count and position can be anal...

Collecting audit information on several retail locations is a monumental task mainly due to the amount of data it generates. Store audit software help retail businesses streamline the store audit process all the way from scheduling and planning visits to compiling data and generating reports. More than merely reporting on past situations, though, state-of-the-art store audit software allows retail operations managers to view and act on audit findings in real time. For instance, it is possible to set up the store audit software so a manager will automatically receive a notification if one of the auditors finds an out-of-stock or a safety violation. VisitBasis web-based checklist templates allow field reps to easily perform customized in-store tasks, spending less time on data collection and minimizing mistakes. All the data collected in the field, including photos, is GPS-confirmed and time-stamped to prevent fraudulent check-ins...

Tired of paper-based checklists and hours of data entry? Use VisitBasis mobile checklists templates to create and assign checklists for everything that needs to be checked, to respond to emerging issues, to and track field team performance. Empower your field reps to be more productive with VisitBasis mobile checklist software platform so they are able to complete tasks and perform checks on their tablets and smartphones – even offline.  Retail data can be collected using offline devices and be automatically synced when the Internet connection is established so your field reps don’t have to worry about the connection. The VisitBasis tools for paperless checks include: Visit calendar Product catalog Customer information Route optimization Customizable task templates with different types of answers Built-in photo-reports Barcode scanner Electronic signature Automatic synchronization VisitBasis web-based checklists templates allow field reps to easily ...

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 ...

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 ...