Supply Chain Insight Magazine

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Inventory management software


Powerful and trusted store inventory management software

Knowing exactly where your stock is in your business is vital. Whether you’re receiving goods, replenishing shelves or managing Click and Collect, a strong store inventory system can improve your sales productivity and customer satisfaction. ZetesAthena is helping retailers to efficiently and accurately manage inventories.

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Accurate store inventory management

With the ZetesAthena store inventory application you will be able to:

  • Maximise sales by reducing the risk of products being out-of-stock
  • Ensure customer’s demands are met during peak and non-peak periods
  • Improve your labour productivity and empower your team with fast inventory checks
  • Enable your stores to deliver full omni-channel capability including Click and Collect, home delivery and fast returns processing
  • Have one clear check of stock across your supply chain and store network

Add functionality to your POS and retail legacy systems

ZetesAthena will add more functionality and integrate fully with existing store point of sale (POS) and retail legacy systems, including ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft etc).

Add functionality to your POS and retail legacy systems

Scalable optimisation

ZetesAthena also manages other core store processes such as inventory management, pricing and promotions management, ticketing and returns. If your current priority is to achieve more efficient Click and Collect capabilities but tomorrow you need a comprehensive returns management solution or need to sharpen up you store inventory management, it’s not a problem. ZetesAthena future-proofs your investment with its unrivaled scalability.

Mix and match technology integration

ZetesAthena integrates with other technologies for your Click and Collect processes such as RFID for accurate identification, voice for efficient order picking and mobile terminals for efficient look-up and handover processes.

System directed inventory management execution

For efficient and timely shelf refill, ZetesAthena activates tasks from your POS to the shop floor or back-of-store team and sends store staff real-time alerts on their mobile devices.

Read our article on how stock accuracy and visibility help avoid the ‘hidden zones in the store and deliver the seamless ‘omni-channel’ shopping experience that customers now expect.

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Store efficiency for the omni-channel retailer

Changing customer expectations are raising the bar for retail management. With barriers of online and offline shopping disappearing, customers expect a shopping experience that is unrestricted across different channels.

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Why work with Zetes?

Zetes has been a leading provider of retail in-store inventory management and store operations software for over 30 years. Check out our in-store retail references and see how we work with different sized businesses across a wide range of industries, from world famous department stores to grocery retailers to jewellers and multi-chain fashion retailers.

Using ZetesAthena we have an efficient solution for stock auditing based on the latest cloud technology which means we have full visibility of the counting process from a decentralised location.
Stuart Molyneux,
Head of Risk, The Entertainer
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On average consumers are not willing to wait more than 2 minutes to have their query resolved. Beyond this, you could be losing valuable sales.
2017 European Retail survey,
Commissioned by Zetes in association with Zebra Technologies
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Simple and cost effective mobility applications, allied with appropriate technologies and linked to appropriate back end systems can eliminate the obstacles posed by inflexible legacy POS infrastructure.
Gareth Thomas,
Retail Specialist, Zetes
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References

Productivity doubles thanks to voice picking at Cassis
Productivity doubles thanks to voice picking at Cassis
Brown Thomas Arnotts cuts in-store costs and improves customer experience with ZetesAthena
Brown Thomas Arnotts cuts in-store costs and improves customer experience with ZetesAthena
Zetes digitalises Dufry’s inventory process for accurate, real-time visibility
Zetes digitalises Dufry’s inventory process for accurate, real-time visibility
Coop Switzerland: Zetes refreshes estate of over 23.500 handheld terminals for in-store operations
Coop Switzerland: Zetes refreshes estate of over 23.500 handheld terminals for in-store operations

Reduce lost sales with mobile shop floor inventory checks

With ZetesAthena inventory look-up you can answer customer enquiries much quicker, reducing the risk of lost sales. If the item is not readily available, store staff can access a single view of inventory on their mobile device (tablet, mobile terminal, smart phone) that gives them visibility on stock levels across your entire store network. They can impress your customers by offering home delivery, alternative branch pick-up or click and collect options.

Modular software to improve your inventory processes

Having one single software platform provides many opportunities. Our Store Inventory Management Software helps many processes including:

  • Goods receiving
  • Put-away
  • System directed shelf replenishment
  • PI stock counting
  • Stock auditing
  • Inter-branch stock transfers

Accuracy and visibility for omni-channel advantage

Shoppers want to able to buy anywhere and return products anywhere. As same-day collection services are becoming more popular, it’s essential to have an accurate inventory. With ZetesAthena, your shoppers will access your store inventory in real-time.

Extended functionality

Zetes is unrivalled for its expertise in integrating into third party systems for supply chain execution task. It integrates with any Point of Sales System (POS) or WMS/ERP system and can add additional business logic to your existing system (direct or via middleware).