New advanced AI-driven in-store mobile app empowers store personnel, improves store efficiency, and maximizes sales and profitability
RELEX Solutions, a leading provider of unified supply chain and retail solutions, has recently unveiled RELEX Mobile Pro, an advanced AI-driven in-store execution application designed for retailers, suppliers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. This innovative solution is tailored for retailers seeking to streamline their various in-store tools and processes. RELEX Mobile Pro empowers store colleagues with a user-friendly and precise store ordering and task management platform, with a particular emphasis on addressing the complexities of the fresh business sector. By leveraging RELEX Mobile Pro, retailers can not only enhance store efficiency but also optimize sales and profitability while minimizing waste and spoilage.
In recent years, fresh departments have accounted for over 40% of grocery retail sales, underscoring the importance of maintaining consistent stock levels and exceptional product freshness. With RELEX Mobile Pro and the proven AI-driven machine learning capabilities of RELEX, businesses can effectively tackle common challenges specific to the fresh sector, such as limited inventory visibility, product availability issues, and ensuring optimal product presentation to consumers. By combining targeted, exception-based workflows with scientifically informed recommendations, the RELEX platform enhances store personnel engagement, ensures product availability, and optimizes customer service levels.
Tom Charlton, Vice President of Product, Forecasting & Replenishment at RELEX Solutions, emphasized, “RELEX Mobile Pro is specifically designed to optimize in-store ordering processes while offering comprehensive task management capabilities. This facilitates the automation of manual tasks, boosting efficiency and allowing store personnel to focus on high-value activities.” Charlton further highlighted the solution’s ability to help businesses achieve a significant improvement in in-store processes, thereby gaining a competitive edge while leveraging cutting-edge data science to ensure precise product placement at all times.
Combining RELEX Mobile Pro with the platform’s fresh item replenishment capabilities harnesses AI/ML technology to address critical challenges such as monitoring store inventory levels, understanding customer purchasing behaviors for date-sensitive products, and prioritizing tasks to enhance the overall customer experience. Additionally, the solution aids in optimizing stock management by ensuring proper product placement, minimizing spoilage and out-of-stock instances, driving sales, and enhancing store labor efficiency.
Key features of RELEX Mobile Pro include streamlined inventory management, allowing users to easily review and adjust orders based on suggested replenishment amounts and real-time stock updates. The solution also enables ad-hoc order creation to address unexpected ordering needs promptly. With item scanning and search functionalities, users can swiftly access product-specific information while on-site.
Furthermore, the unified RELEX offering facilitates intuitive stock balance checks, inventory counts, and updates, while alerting features notify users of specific value-added actions, enabling proactive decision-making and operational responsiveness.
