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Advantive
139 RatingsThe number one unified B2B sales platform for medium-sized to enterprise CPG/FMCG manufacturers & distributors. This omnichannel commerce platform will manage all aspects of your B2B sales - and includes a robust trade promotions module. With it's B2C-like experience, Pepperi consists of a B2B eCommerce storefront, mobile order-taking app (iOS/Android), Sales Force Automation, Trade Promotions, Retail Execution, Route Accounting / DSD & Inside Sales - in ONE integrated cloud-based platform that runs online & offline on all devices to maximize online B2B and in-person sales. The Pepperi IPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service), will keep your data syncing seamlessly to your existing software such as ERPs, Accounting software, Payment & Shipping gateways. Pepperi is trusted by over 1000 companies in 65 countries. and has offices in the US, Europe, Middle East and Australia. -
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SMS Storetraffic
$19.95 USD 86 RatingsSmart, efficient, anonymous People Counters & Analytics to the real world. Our solution allows for easy deployment, capture, analysis, and reporting of the number people who enter a physical place. Optionally, we can also capture and report occupancy in real time. We assist Retailers, Universities, Casinos, Places of Worship, Office Buildings, and other industries in analyzing and taking action on their people traffic trends. We offer a special package for retailers to measure performance on traffic, including conversion rate and service levels. Our direct integrations make it easy to combine POS data with staff data. The Retail Equation simulator lets users run simulations to improve sales. It can also be used as a learning tool to understand how traffic, staffing, conversion rates, and quality service relate. -
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Cloud solution to manage retail spaces, product categories and planograms. Smart automatic generation of planograms based on sales is possible. This allows for the maintenance of planograms in a current state even in large sales networks with many stores. Quant is a complete solution for Space Planning and Category Management, planograms and ranging, shelf labels and POS printing, communication and in-store marketing. Quant Cloud offers all the benefits of cloud computing. You can work remotely on the same projects with your colleagues around the globe and access the same database from different computers. There is no need to create complex infrastructures or overload your IT department. Our consultants are always available to assist you. We train your users, and assist with data integration so Quant can go live in less than 12 week.
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For more than 15 years, we've followed our passion for Bring Innovations Closer to Retailers. We help to earn more, make fewer mistakes and work more efficiently by using advanced software to streamline routine supply chain processes. We've helped more than 160 retail chains in 17 countries achieve efficiency. We feel the power to spread our technologies worldwide and lead retailers to a significantly new level of financial performance and transparency. LEAFIO is designed to autonomously forecast, plan demand, automate order generation, replenish on time and keep every level of the supply chain balanced in an environment of low predictability and constant change. LEAFIO provides financial performance-driven solutions. Self-regulating AI-based technologies guarantee highly accurate orders, sales growth, improvement in inventory turnover, and waste reduction. The system will automate everything for you. LEAFIO shelf space and planogram optimization module is a full-cycle macro and micro space management solution for retail companies that enables automated planogram generation and optimization, execution control, and shelf space performance improvement. 100+ retail chains experience an inside-the-solution engine.
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Vemcount Retail Analytics
Vemco Group
14€ 1 RatingVemco Group, is a world-leading people counting and data analytics software company with over 18 years of international retail expertise. The company offers its groundbreaking software globally. Catering to retail, malls, entertainment, airports, and public institutions, we provide profound customer insights. Since 2005, our software platform has harnessed the most precise and dependable devices, fostering savings, efficiency, and heightened conversions. With a clientele exceeding 1000 globally and over 25 million daily counts, we stand as a premier retail and data analytics entity. Our expansion spans offices in South America (2013), Dubai (2019), North America, Sweden, Australia (2021), and Riyadh (2023), with headquarters in Denmark. -
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InfiViz is a trusted retail visual intelligence partner for global CPG brands. By combining Image Recognition and AI, our platforms empower retail sales leaders and marketing teams with rich, detailed and accurate in-store execution insights to optimize retail execution, at scale and boost per-store sales by upto 4%. We have scaled 400,000 stores across 16+ countries. Top CPG brands like P&G, Nestle, ABinBev and ITC-India today use InfiViz to get precise SKU detection in both General and Modern trade stores, Empower field-force/salesmen/store owners with real-time insights and action plan to fix execution errors on the spot Get >95% accurate, actionable and real-time execution metrics to improve on-shelf SKU visibility, prevent Out-of-Stocks and monitor store compliances across 400K + stores.
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For large organizations, the Rallyware Performance Enablement Platform delivers the right learning or business activity to the right individual at the right time so that every member of the organization always knows what to do next and how to do it in the best possible way. Implementation of the Rallyware Performance Enablement Platform results in the average 24X ROI for our clients. Rallyware has been adopted in 57 countries supporting over 20 languages for millions of users. A data-driven onboarding experience that delivers clear ROI: By analyzing each individual's live performance data and identifying their knowledge and skill gaps, Rallyware offers personalized paths to success through just-in-time training and business activities, driving their performance growth.
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Repsly's retail execution platform enables CPG field teams improve field sales performance, promotion compliance, and merchandising execution by connecting them to the data and tools that they need to work smarter in their accounts. Repsly's configurable platform provides field teams with solutions for ordering, scheduling, data collection, time tracking, mileage tracking, sales performance reporting, as well as data collection. Our unique approach to data is what makes us stand out. The Repsly platform aggregates data on shelf-level execution and team activity to help field teams make better decisions that maximize their impact. Repsly's over a decade-long experience in helping CPG teams execute in the field has resulted in more than 5,000,000 in-store activities each month in 80 countries.
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Built for Multi-store Retail & Restaurant Brands - Taqtics provides a comprehensive management platform to help brands ensure compliant and consistent store operations. Key Benefits • Digitize and automate to improve productivity and communication. • Consistent Experiences for Customers: Maintain a consistent look and feel, as well as service. • Effective Operations Management - Manage the day-to-day operation of multiple stores. All-in-One software solution - • Task & Checklist Manager • Digital Audits & Reports • Issue Ticketing • Visual Merchandising Execution • Training & Assessments Asset Management Attendance Tracking Live Chat • Notice Board Taqtics helps retail and restaurant brands gain visibility and control over their daily operations. This allows them to make better business decisions, streamline processes, increase productivity, as well as ensure consistency in store operations.
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SimplyDepo, a web-based and mobile solution, aims to digitalize the wholesale industry. It is designed for brands, distributors and wholesalers. The platform's solid feature set allows wholesalers and retail to save time by eliminating the need for time-consuming order form, catalogs, emails, phone calls, and faxes. It is a web-based solution that allows brands, wholesalers and distributors to manage orders, products and promotions, customers and reps, routes, and receive advanced analytics. Its powerful mobile applications make it easy to write orders, access catalogs, inventory and order history while on the move. Delivery managers can also use this platform to organize delivery and fulfillment. SimplyDepo's vision is to become the leading platform for wholesale necessities.
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Sterison Image Recognition
Sterison Technology
$0.005/Per image Buy quickly pointing out the redundancies, image recognition technology can save FMCG/ CPG manufacturers a tremendous amount of time . It allows the field reps to spend more time on sales and less time with tedious paperwork and analysis. It helps them create visual consistency between stores. Manufacturers become more agile in tracking performance and brand distribution. This allows them to meet customer demand in a time bound manner. It can also effectively monitor the freshness of products. It gives insights into how brands can improve product placement and make visual display more appealing and effective. In a nutshell, image recognition allows you to gather valuable data to optimize the merchandising layout on the shelves. In the larger context, it all comes down to perfect retail execution. Sterison’s intelligent retail execution solution, retailVision, not only gives you powerful image recognition technology to help you execute your planogram, but it also streamlines sales, merchandising, and marketing organizations. It’s engineered to maximize sales and efficiency by using intelligent, fine-tuned automation in every process of your business. -
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Zenput
Crunchtime
Zenput is used by multi-unit operators to enforce compliance with operating procedures, food safety protocols, or other key initiatives. Automating gives field and store employees back hours each day, and execs can see exactly what's going on at the ground, from anywhere. Restaurant chains face challenges in providing safe and consistent customer service across multiple locations. As new processes and initiatives are implemented, it is difficult for restaurant chains to consistently provide safe customer experiences across multiple locations. Both the field and store teams need to be able adapt and do their jobs well. Zenput is used by the world's top restaurant chains to ensure food safety, public health, maintain high brand standards and verify marketing and promotional compliance, as well as documenting human resource issues. You can ensure that your customers and employees are safe by automating safety protocols such as general sanitation, employee wellness checks and food safety. -
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SimpliField
SimpliField
$30.00/month/ user SimpliField is a fully integrated mobile platform that combines retail operations, communications and advanced performance analytics. SimpliField opens the door to real-time, end–to-end analysis and optimization of business processes in a way that has never been possible before. SimpliField is trusted by over 130 international retailers and brands, with 400K stores across 65 countries. SimpliField helps them keep their promise to provide an exceptional experience for their customers and employees, every day. Visit simplifield.com to learn more. -
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FORM MarketX
FORM.com
$25 per user per monthThere are many ways to manage projects. We have flexible task lists and workflows that provide great data about how things are going and where you can improve. Take a look at how task distribution and completion can be fast, painless, efficient, and powerful for teams of any size. With real-time operational reports, you can quickly see the best action to take next. Drag-and-drop task engines make it easy to create and assign dynamic task lists. Mobile task completion guided with context and prioritization. We have worked with some of the most successful brands in Consumer Goods, Beverage, Retail, Restaurant, Facilities Management for more than a decade. We know what they do to win. You don't just get software when you partner with our team. You get the inside scoop on how we help the most successful brands around the globe achieve their goals. -
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Pazo
Pazo
Execution is impeded when your team has to use WhatsApp, Email, and other apps to manage checklists, tickets and approvals, documents, and so on. Pazo makes it easy for frontline staff to not have to use multiple apps or be reminded of what they need to do. Field managers complete the process checklist at the time and place specified. No more paperwork! Allow field teams to communicate with HQ teams via their app. Area managers can keep track of field managers and stores while on the go! Command center dashboards that can be customized for the HQ leadership team and periodic review meetings. Get rid of WhatsApp! Built-in chat facility. You can talk to one person or a group of people. Coaching is never-ending. Coach your field teams in ops knowledge and evaluation. Field operations should be automated. When something is not in compliance, everyone will be notified and given timely triggers. -
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ShelfWatch
ParallelDots
FreeFor the perfect store, real-time shelf monitoring insights ShelfWatch accurately understands the environment where SKUs are marketed. It provides actionable insights, and creates a positive feedback loop that assists CPG companies in their flawless store execution. Image Recognition technology improves sales force productivity, provides insights into shelf conditions, and drives incremental sales. ShelfWatch provides a complete picture of the execution of your store by calculating different KPIs, which can be customized to suit your needs. ShelfWatch's mobile app captures images to provide analysis on product placement and visibility. Smart features include blur detection, angle alignment and eye-level alignment. Images can be clicked in any area without internet access and uploaded as soon as an internet connection is available. ShelfWatch integrates easily with multiple DMS and SFA apps. -
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ThirdChannel
ThirdChannel
FreeThirdChannel's team is made up of passionate brand experts who are equipped with cloud technology. We provide retailers and brands with actionable information, a measurable trust in their employees, and a competitive advantage. Manage and maintain insights on a single, organized system. Our intuitive retail solutions allow you to see your stores in real-time, anywhere in the globe, at any time. ThirdChannel's field force solutions are designed to give you real-time, up-to-date visibility of all your stores in the world, at any time, from anywhere. Discover our data-driven tools, designed to help you thrive. See how we have helped leading brands and retailers create tailored retail execution solutions. You can manage, optimize and direct your team from anywhere. Our intuitive solutions provide you with real time visibility wherever work takes place. -
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Natural Insight
Natural Insight
You can have perfect retail execution with easy-to-use software that is enterprise-class. No development time, no on-premise installation. Our dedicated Professional Services team will assist with configuration, training, and on-boarding so that you can get up and running in a matter of weeks. Regular product updates are available at no additional cost to help you improve your execution. Reduce dependencies between IT and operations. You can spend your time executing exceptional retail programs. Your dedicated account manager will be there to help you get the most out of our software, depending on how your company operates. -
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1Channel
Channelplay
It is a common practice for major brands to spend large sums of money to ensure brand visibility at retail. It could be operational execution, such as campaign activation and visual merchandising. It can also be in the form a compliance agreement with retail chains regarding shelf space, product visibility, and listing order. 1Channel is an all-in-one solution that tracks and audits all such activities and generates useful reports for corrective and preventive actions. -
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Exceedra
Exceedra
Exceedra is the global leader in enterprise solutions for consumer goods companies. Our goal is to help businesses around the world streamline and optimize their planning and insights capabilities to improve their overall operations. Exceedra has been delivering business benefits to CPG companies worldwide for more than 20 years through the use integrated business planning software and trade promotion management. We know that Integrated Business Planning and Demand Management systems must be able to meet your needs today. They should also provide immediate benefits in planning and execution. Exceedra works closely with CPG clients to provide the best revenue management solutions for today's demands. You can add sophistication and capability to your organization as it evolves. This modular approach supports the key challenges in Trade Promotion Management & Optimization. -
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WorkJam
WorkJam
ALIGN THE FRONTLINE. WorkJam is the leading Retail Task Management and Digital Workplace platform that built for the frontline. Trusted by iconic brands including Shell, Ulta Beauty, Couch Tard, Woolworths, TJX and more, WorkJam delivers all you need to ensure your customers get the same experience location to location. Drive productivity, compliance, and retention with the one mobile app that delivers task management, location audits, communications, mobile learning, crowd staffing and more. Improve Manager Productivity Enable fast, two-way communication, task audits, and workflows between admins, team leads, and employees. Improve Employee productivity. Ensure critical information is read. Instantly reach your whole team in a crisis event. Comply with new health and safety regulations with easy access to updated SOPs. Accelerate Training Share SCORM or xAPI videos help standardize processes, while follow-up quizzes confirm employees understanding. Overcome Language Barriers WorkJam can automatically translate in-line communications into your employees’ preferred language, helping you maximize understanding. Actionable Analytics Get up-to-the-minute data on who is engaged, trained, or completi -
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Opmetrix
Opmetrix
Specialized Platform for Field Teams CRM, Sales, and Merchandising anywhere, anytime! SAP Business One provides master data, pricing, and inventory levels so that your sales team is up-to-date when they meet customers in the field. Benefits and Features BENEFITS Give your field team the power to succeed You can use a variety of features to perform instore tasks. This includes sales transactions, in-store surveys, objectives, CRM information, photos, and call notes. Opmetrix sales representatives can increase their sales and have access to all the relevant information. Visibility of your field team will increase Opmetrix dashboards give management insight into sales activities, customer visits, and performance trends. Opmetrix uses geo fencing and GPS tracking to provide live reporting as well as activity feeds. This allows management to have a complete understanding of what's going on in the business. Get valuable feedback from the field Take control -
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Wiser
Wiser Solutions
Our Commerce Execution Suite is available to both manufacturers and retailers online. It helps you gather intelligence, take action on it, and drive growth. All from one provider. Our Wiser Values are: Persevere - Take care people Excellence is what you should do Learn, grow, develop - Align, collaborate and be transparent Treat others the way you want them to treat you. -
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Bizom
Mobisy Technologies
Machine Learning algorithms can be harnessed from more than 5 million outlets to increase sales and boost salesforce by suggesting orders and following industry trends in retail. Maximize the ROI on trade promotion spends through increasing retail merchandising efficacy and BTL activities using image recognition-based visibility at retail outlets. Target marketing-based promotional offers can help build relationships with retailers. Real-time data from in-store allows you to monitor competitor activity and buyer behaviour. Bizom's AI can measure brand visibility at all retail touchpoints. Our customer was faced with variable discounts being offered by channel partner networks in one their emerging markets. We helped these markets grow by enabling visibility into benefit transfer. -
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RELEX
RELEX Solutions
Using data-driven, algorithmic processes to improve your operational autonomy will help you stay competitive. Retailers who automate routine calculations can free up their planners to tackle more complex problems. Your business will remain adaptable and resilient in a world that is constantly changing if your planners use software that allows them to innovate quickly and proactively. The Living Retail Platform allows you to optimize retail operations for any future, not just the one that you have planned.
Overview of Retail Execution Software
Retail execution software is an automated system used to manage operation tasks and improve the efficiency of retail businesses. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools that help retailers gain insight into their operations, inventory management, pricing, merchandising, loyalty programs, customer service and more.
The main objective of retail execution software is to reduce costs associated with running a business and streamline processes. This includes improving the accuracy of inventory management, reducing administrative expenses for order processing and increasing sales through better tracking of customer information. Additionally, it helps retailers maintain visibility over all aspects of their business in real-time by managing KPIs (key performance indicators), analyzing customer data and providing reporting capabilities.
Retail execution software can be tailored to specific needs across different channels. For example, it can be used in physical stores to track product availability, determine optimal shelf locations for products and merchandise displays or process payments quickly at the point-of-sale (POS). When utilized in eCommerce platforms such as mobile apps or websites, it can be used to monitor order status updates or automate marketing campaigns based on customer behavior. In addition to its primary objectives, retail execution software also provides value to customers by giving them improved access to product information or promotional deals when shopping online or in stores.
On the back-end side of things, some software is designed specifically for supply chain management which allows businesses to optimize order fulfillment times while containing costs associated with shipping and receiving products from suppliers. This type of platform typically includes features such as demand forecasting which enables accurate planning ahead of time so companies have adequate resources available when needed — ultimately leading to faster turnaround times for customers’ orders.
Overall, utilizing store execution software allows retailers around the world an easy way to gain greater insight into their operations while simultaneously improving customer engagement levels leading towards increased sales growth over time.
What Are Some Reasons To Use Retail Execution Software?
- Streamlined Process: Retail execution software enables companies to streamline their processes by automating manual tasks and creating more efficient workflows. The software also helps businesses save time by reducing the number of steps required for each task and eliminating redundant data entry.
- Enhanced Sales Analytics: By using retail execution software, companies can track sales figures in real-time, access up-to-date store performance metrics and gain insights into customer behavior to optimize their sales strategies accordingly.
- Improved Brand Visibility: With this software, companies can ensure that they meet regulations and compliance standards while keeping their product displays looking neat and professional, which ultimately leads to improved brand visibility in stores.
- Increased Efficiency: Retail execution software allows retailers to quickly identify areas of improvement, adjust prices based on market demand or competitor pricing, provide actionable insights into store operations and much more—all of which leads to increased efficiency within the organization as a whole.
- Cost Savings: By using automated tools instead of manual labor for many everyday tasks typically associated with retail execution, businesses can reduce labor costs significantly over time. In addition, this type of system can help reduce waste associated with outdated stock by alerting managers when items are running low or need replenishing quickly before customers become dissatisfied with the lack of availability.
Why Is Retail Execution Software Important?
Retail execution software is a powerful tool that helps businesses to manage and optimize their retail operations. It enables retailers to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve overall customer satisfaction.
The primary benefit of retail execution software is that it provides companies with data-driven insights into their store operations. By accessing real-time reports, trends, and analytics about each store’s performance, retailers can quickly identify areas for improvement or optimization. This allows them to take action to reduce costs or maximize sales opportunities before they become major issues. Furthermore, having access to this type of information enables companies to make informed decisions about how best to allocate resources throughout their stores in order to maximize performance.
Another advantage of using retail execution software is that it makes it easier for managers and employees alike to stay on top of tasks and ensure compliance with company policies. By helping stores keep track of inventory levels, merchandising displays, customer inquiries and other tasks more efficiently than ever before, retailers can rest assured that their team members are focused on completing the right tasks at the right time—which ultimately leads to higher sales productivity.
Lastly, retail execution software also facilitates better communication between stores across the entire organization. Through the use of custom dashboards and interactive charts built by this type of software solution, corporate teams have a comprehensive view into all aspects of store performance in order to identify any problems early on so they can be addressed swiftly before they have a negative impact on business results. Furthermore, these same tools enable corporate management teams and individual store leaders alike better understand customer behavior within each market in order to deliver personalized experiences tailored specifically around their needs in order accelerate growth from new shoppers while keeping existing ones loyal for longer periods of time.
In conclusion, through its ability provide insights into store operations performance metrics as well as enabling effective communication throughout the entire organization (from the corporate level down), retail execution software plays an integral role for today’s savvy retailer hoping remain competitive among rivals in an increasingly saturated industry landscape where customers expect faster service delivery at lower prices without sacrificing quality or personalization.
Features Offered by Retail Execution Software
- Data Management: Retail execution software allows businesses to manage customer data, store customer information and analyze customer behaviors in order to effectively target marketing campaigns, improve cross-sell opportunities, and increase overall sales.
- Inventory Management: Retail execution software enables retailers to manage their inventory with more accuracy. This includes tracking inventory levels in a variety of locations, such as stockrooms and warehouses, as well as automating purchasing processes for replenishing stocks.
- Point of Sale (POS): Retail execution software can help streamline the checkout process by integrating all necessary systems into one unified platform at the point of sale. This includes inventory management, product lookup and pricing optimization tools that enable staff to quickly serve customers while reducing errors caused by manual data entry.
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM): CRM features allow retailers to better understand customers’ interests, build relationships over time, deploy targeted campaigns across multiple channels, track performance metrics and utilize data-driven insights for strategic decision-making processes that lead to greater sales conversions and ROI growth potentials over time.
- Promotion & Discounts: With retail execution software businesses are able to create promotional offers within a designated amount of time frames or segmented markets; allowing them to create services tailored specifically towards consumer needs in order to maximize profit margins for each promotion through targeted campaigns costs versus promotional expenditure reductions/rebates/discounts etc.
- Mobile Compatibility: To ensure customers have access from any device like Tablet & Smartphones anywhere – anytime - retailers can leverage retail execution software mobile capabilities which offer an array of application interfaces optimized for seamless usability navigation experiences from multiple devices including but not limited tablets & smartphones.
Types of Users That Can Benefit From Retail Execution Software
- Retail Store Owners: Retail execution software can help store owners manage profit margins across their entire portfolio, keep accurate inventory records, monitor staff performance and optimize store operations.
- Store Managers: With retail execution software, managers can direct employees to focus on tasks that are most profitable for the business, reduce training time and cost associated with new staff members, easily compare sales data from previous weeks or months for better forecasting, and track customer behaviors in real-time.
- Merchandisers: As merchandisers use retail execution software to track product placement and make changes to pricing strategies as needed, they can increase visibility of products within stores, create an optimal shopping experience based off customer insights derived from the system’s analytics capabilities and identify promotional opportunities in different markets.
- Data Scientists & Data Analysts: With access to detailed analytics generated by retail execution software, data scientists and data analysts have datasets they can use to accurately measure a variety of metrics such as customer engagement levels during promotions or loyalty programs effectiveness over time.
- Customers: Using the intelligence gleaned from a retailer’s execution platform, customers can more easily find what they need by relying on personalized recommendations while also having an improved overall shopping experience due to increased product availability and up-to-date pricing information.
How Much Does Retail Execution Software Cost?
The cost of retail execution software can vary greatly depending on the features, functionality and customization required. Generally speaking, pricing is based on the number of users, the type of deployment (i.e., cloud-based or enterprise) and additional modules needed for a comprehensive solution.
For smaller teams, basic cloud-based retail execution software starts at around $100/user/month for core features such as mobile surveys and audits, store planning and mapping, ordering/distribution tracking, compliance monitoring, automated reporting and other sales intelligence functions. There may be discounted rates depending on the size of your organization and its user requirements.
If you need more advanced capabilities like integrated analytics dashboards or workflow automation tools to streamline operations across multiple sites or teams, then enterprise deployments can range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars per month for larger organizations with complex systems. The exact costs depend on customizations that are needed to meet specific business needs as well as any additional modules required to integrate with existing systems. Custom integrations will also drive up costs further beyond the monthly subscription fee structure; however these investments can pay off in terms of increased efficiency in terms of time saved by automating certain processes (such as data entry) that would otherwise require manual intervention.
Retail Execution Software Risks
The risks associated with retail execution software include:
- Security and privacy concerns: Retail execution software stores confidential customer information such as payment details, purchase histories, preferences and more. If this data is not properly secured, it could be stolen or misused by unauthorized parties.
- Data quality issues: Poorly managed and maintained data can lead to inaccurate reporting results. This can result in incorrect decisions being made on inventory levels, pricing and promotions which may have a negative impact on the business’s bottom line.
- System downtime: If the system goes down for any reason—such as due to an unresponsive server or a malware attack—it can significantly disrupt operations and lead to lost sales.
- Lack of scalability: As the business grows, outdated systems may not be able to handle increased levels of traffic or accommodate additional features required by customers.
- Integration challenges: Integrating retail execution software with other systems such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems may prove difficult if they are not designed properly or lack compatibility between each other.
Types of Software That Retail Execution Software Integrates With
Retail execution software allows retailers to plan and manage store operations, track customer and employee activities, and analyze business performance. Integration with other types of software can help automate processes and improve efficiency within a retail operation. Examples of software that can be integrated with retail execution software include inventory management, point-of-sale (POS) systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), financial reporting, marketing automation and analytics solutions. Inventory management helps ensure accurate tracking of stock levels across all stores in the chain. POS systems allow customers to buy products directly through the system at checkout. ERP is used to integrate different aspects of supply chain management into a single system for operational visibility and comprehensive data analysis. CRM solutions help provide personalized services for customers by managing their purchase history and preferences as well as providing targeted promotional material related to new product launches or special offers. Financial reporting solutions enable businesses to assess their financial performance more accurately by aggregating transaction data from multiple sources in one central place. Finally, marketing automation tools are designed to better measure campaign ROI while also saving time spent on manual tasks associated with launching campaigns such as creating landing pages or emails which require no coding knowledge on behalf of the user. All these pieces combined provide complete end-to-end control over a retail environment’s operations as well as improved visibility into customer behaviors so that strategies may be optimized accordingly when needed.
What Are Some Questions To Ask When Considering Retail Execution Software?
- What types of retail execution functions does the software offer?
- Is the user interface intuitive enough for multiple users to easily understand and utilize?
- Does the software have mobile capabilities, allowing users to access data from any device?
- Can the software track sales performance metrics in real-time and provide reporting tools?
- Does the software have comprehensive security features that protect sensitive data stored in it?
- Does the vendor offer training services on how to best use their software and provide customer service support when needed?
- What expenses are associated with using this retail execution software (e.g., hosting fees, subscription fees, maintenance costs)?
- Are there any additional integrations or plugins offered with the package which can add value or customize its functionality based on specific needs?