With the improvement of people's living standards in recent years, there are a series of problems in the traditional retail industry, which has seriously hindered the development of the overall industry. In order to improve efficiency and service level, retail chains have sought new ways to intelligently manage retail stores and warehouses to improve service quality, enhance brand image and attract more consumers.
Challenges
• There are a wide variety of goods in retail storefronts. It is labor-intensive and error-prone for stock-taking manually, which requires a lot of manpower and time.
• The inventory information cannot be known in time. The location of the goods cannot be quickly queried. So it is difficult to search for the product.
• The statistics of the goods are more cumbersome. Sales status of the counters cannot be timely updated, then it is not always possible to ensure sufficient supply of goods.
• It is difficult for the data collection between the chain stores. The headquarters cannot obtain the sales status of each chain store in a convenient and timely manner, which is not conducive to the timely adjustment of inventory configuration and related strategies according to the market.
Solutions
Combined with wireless network communication technology, Chainway has tailored a complete set of intelligence for retail enterprises. It is simple to operate, easy to deploy, and functional. Workers can use Chainway PDA devices to read the label of products, then they can get intelligent information for all storefront products. Meanwhile, all the data can be transmitted to the back-end database system in real time via WIFI.
Warehouse management
During the put-away, stock-taking and sorting process, use handheld PDA to scan the barcodes of goods, then get product information automatically. At the same time, the real-time records are uploaded to the management system for check and analysis. It significantly improves efficiency and makes easy access to inventory data.
By scanning barcodes on the containers, workers can quickly take stock which greatly improves efficiency and accuracy of stock-taking. Workers can make goods replenishment in time, which effectively avoids the shortage of goods.
Data management
With handheld readers, workers can scan goods quickly to get all the information for comparison. There is no misrecording, which ensures that the accounts are always consistent. And through the wireless network, the data can be conveniently transferred to the headquarters database, so that the headquarters can know the sales situation of each store in time.
Benefit analysis
• Significantly increase efficiency and accuracy of stock-taking. It improves warehouse management.
• Realized intelligent receiving and delivery, which is free from manual operation. It makes the sorting process more automated and intelligent. The accuracy of goods sorting is greatly improved, which promotes the high-speed operation of goods distribution and ensures timely replenishment of goods.
• Managers can dynamically understand the front-end sales status and order data of chain stores in real time, making it easy to make sales decisions and adjust sales strategies in a timely manner.
• Help headquarters to strengthen the unified management of each store and improve the overall service level and brand image.
