By now, you’ve probably heard numerous accounts of how retailers are transforming their businesses with new supply chain technologies. And you might be wondering if now’s the time to update your solutions, too. In this article we’ll look at thirteen tell-tale signs that a business is ready to rethink its supply chain strategies. When you’re…
Shoppers hate stockouts. Period. First, they drive to the nearest store. They park, walk inside and proceed to search for where that item should be. If they can’t find it, they might ask an associate for help – or they might leave and repeat the pattern at the next store. But when they do find…
Your suppliers can be strategic partners giving you that edge over your competitors, or they can hold your business hostage. Fortunately, you have a significant control over how your supplier relationships develop. 1. Vet your suppliers the way you vet your employees You don’t hire just anyone off the street. Any given supplier has far…
Your IT department already has its hands full supporting day-to-day operations. Adding a mobility deployment to their to-do list may be overwhelming. Given the complexities of a big business-critical project like a retail mobility solution, retailers can go it alone, solving each problem as it surfaces, or draw on retail industry experts like DecisionPoint Solutions…
More retailers are reaping the benefits of mobility to streamline operations and improve the customer experience.
We’ve been building, deploying, and supporting mobile information and computing systems for over 25 years, but we still get excited when a truly new and groundbreaking innovation comes along.
There are some pretty strange ideas about what personalization means out there in internet-land. Just scroll through your “spam” email folder to see what I mean. Yet personalization – the delivery of individualized targeted offers – is “the next big thing” in retail according to many experts. CEB’s B2C Marcomm Personalization report indicated that marketers…
If you’re printing a barcode label, there are thousands of label types to choose from. But you can quickly narrow down your choices and find the right label by understanding the following key factors.
Healthcare labels are one of the most important forms of communication in the hospital and other healthcare facilities.
To improve the in-store customer experience, retailers are equipping their associates with powerful mobility solutions to assist shoppers in their quest for fast fulfillment.
