Retail operators are continuously looking for ways to
manage their signage and display assets more effectively.
Organization
Typically corporations will use standard spreadsheet tools to keep programs organized and order replacement graphics or sign parts from print vendors and sign manufacturers.
Inventory
Larger retail organizations will attempt to order large quantities of particular signs in order to reduce cost. In turn they will need to warehouse these materials with the added risk of warehoused materials becoming outdated and loosing the financial benefit earlier realized.
On-Line
To solve the inventory problem, customers have started to move to on-line systems, based on a standard e-commerce model. These systems have the benefit of instant ordering and retail locations can now place orders for themselves. The down-side of this approach becomes quickly that local managers make ordering mistakes, and possible miss promotions. Corporations also loose insight in the actual available sign or promotion space.
The standard e-commerce approach also is quickly limited to simple orders and does not allow for graphic asset management from a much broader perspective.
On-Line revisited
For years retailers were looking for ways to manage all their graphic and imaging needs for their locations.
- Decor (longer term murals , framed images etc.)
- Display (physical display materials, frames)
- Promotional signage (P-O-P)
- Permanent signage (directional / informational)
GFX International developed the store profiler concept to give retailers the power to track and replace any store assets from hardware to decor items, as well as give local store managers the ability to order anything they need to refresh any aspect of their location related to decor and signage.
Store Profiler software does not only give regional managers and location managers the ability to stay on top of all their materials and order itmes for themselves, but at the same time helps corporate managers distribute large national or global campaigns that automatically avoid:
- overlapping campaigns
- qty mismatches
- inventory waste
Examples
If a window is covered with a design that needs to last another month just for one location in a nationwide chain, Store Profiler will flag it and prevent automated distribution of a replacement.
If a local manager orders a poster for a spot reserved by corporate for an impending campaign, the order will be adjusted to prevent distribution of materials that can not be used.
Software Development
GFX International has invested heavily to offer the most sophisticated on-line tool available for retailers.
Several teams of in-house developers are available to create additional plugins and custom functionality. Since many clients work with individual spreadsheet setups to manage the internal processes, GFX has built spreadsheet import and export into its on-line systems in order to make data available.
Our team of data entry experts also is available for data scrubbing and spreadsheet import assistance to make life as easy as possible for everyone.
To further assist in connecting and communication smoothly, GFX will assist in creating interfaces between Store Profiler and any other ERP and data management solutions clients are using.
GFX International supports all major software platforms and is able to comfortably help clients with anything from Filemaker Pro to SQL, from PHP to .NET technologies.
Hardware Experience
The staff at GFX International is highly experienced in dealing with both Windows and Macintosh based hardware solutions. In fact the company deploys roughly 50% of each internally and continuously invests in research and development to get the most out of any solution available.
Organization
Typically corporations will use standard spreadsheet tools to keep programs organized and order replacement graphics or sign parts from print vendors and sign manufacturers.
Inventory
Larger retail organizations will attempt to order large quantities of particular signs in order to reduce cost. In turn they will need to warehouse these materials with the added risk of warehoused materials becoming outdated and loosing the financial benefit earlier realized.
On-Line
To solve the inventory problem, customers have started to move to on-line systems, based on a standard e-commerce model. These systems have the benefit of instant ordering and retail locations can now place orders for themselves. The down-side of this approach becomes quickly that local managers make ordering mistakes, and possible miss promotions. Corporations also loose insight in the actual available sign or promotion space.
The standard e-commerce approach also is quickly limited to simple orders and does not allow for graphic asset management from a much broader perspective.
On-Line revisited
For years retailers were looking for ways to manage all their graphic and imaging needs for their locations.
- Decor (longer term murals , framed images etc.)
- Display (physical display materials, frames)
- Promotional signage (P-O-P)
- Permanent signage (directional / informational)
GFX International developed the store profiler concept to give retailers the power to track and replace any store assets from hardware to decor items, as well as give local store managers the ability to order anything they need to refresh any aspect of their location related to decor and signage.
Store Profiler software does not only give regional managers and location managers the ability to stay on top of all their materials and order itmes for themselves, but at the same time helps corporate managers distribute large national or global campaigns that automatically avoid:
- overlapping campaigns
- qty mismatches
- inventory waste
Examples
If a window is covered with a design that needs to last another month just for one location in a nationwide chain, Store Profiler will flag it and prevent automated distribution of a replacement.
If a local manager orders a poster for a spot reserved by corporate for an impending campaign, the order will be adjusted to prevent distribution of materials that can not be used.
Software Development
GFX International has invested heavily to offer the most sophisticated on-line tool available for retailers.
Several teams of in-house developers are available to create additional plugins and custom functionality. Since many clients work with individual spreadsheet setups to manage the internal processes, GFX has built spreadsheet import and export into its on-line systems in order to make data available.
Our team of data entry experts also is available for data scrubbing and spreadsheet import assistance to make life as easy as possible for everyone.
To further assist in connecting and communication smoothly, GFX will assist in creating interfaces between Store Profiler and any other ERP and data management solutions clients are using.
GFX International supports all major software platforms and is able to comfortably help clients with anything from Filemaker Pro to SQL, from PHP to .NET technologies.
Hardware Experience
The staff at GFX International is highly experienced in dealing with both Windows and Macintosh based hardware solutions. In fact the company deploys roughly 50% of each internally and continuously invests in research and development to get the most out of any solution available.
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(Understanding the need for the GFX Store Profier™)
(Understanding the need for the GFX Store Profier™)