File Type:	Name:	Publish Date:	Size:
	Inventory Is The Store: How mobility maximizes return on investment	01/23/2008	216 Kb

Description:	This white paper describes the benefits of perpetual inventory solutions and how mobile computers and printers can support them by enabling processes that improve efficiency for common retail inventory management operations. These include ordering, pricing, promotion management, auditing, markdowns and replenishment.
Full Abstract:	Revisiting the basics of ordering, pricing, promotions, auditing, markdowns, and replenishment and applying mobile, analytically-driven solution software to their execution is the key to gaining inventory control. Perpetual inventory solutions are one means to that end. Scanning; ticketing, shelf labeling, and item labeling; price auditing; markdowns; and promotion execution are but some of the inventory management applications retailers can run more efficiently using mobile technology driven by modern software solutions. This paper examines current and developing techniques and technologies to automate these operations.