Mobile Sales Force Empowerment Apps: Access Product Information Anywhere on the Sales Floor
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed a variety of usage scenarios in the retail industry where smartphone-based barcode scanning is being leveraged through mobile apps. Today we’ll continue this discussion by looking at a new type of employee-facing mobile app that’s e been emerging, sales force empowerment apps. The Life of a Retail Sales …
Mobile Wallet Apps: Helping Retailers Enhance Customer Loyalty
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed a variety of usage scenarios in the retail industry where smartphone-based barcode scanning is being leveraged for a wide variety of purposes. Today we’ll continue this discussion by looking at how retailers are utilizing mobile wallet apps. Customer Loyalty in the Past In the past, consumers would spend …
Highlights from Google I/O 2013
Yesterday Android developers from around the world converged in San Francisco for the annual Google I/O conference. In an odd twist of scheduling, Google decided to knock all the keynotes out of the way at once, delivering one 4-hour long keynote. While it wasn’t quite as sensational as the skydiving stunt of 2012, the 2013 …
Mobile Shopping Apps: Shop from Anywhere
Over the past month we’ve taken a close look at the retail industry, and a variety of usage scenarios contained within. Today we’ll continue the conversation by diving into the world of mobile shopping apps. New Opportunities for Retailers Through the ubiquity of mobile devices, retailers have a new opportunity to connect with consumers on a global …
Mobile Point-of-Sale Apps: Redefining the Retail Industry
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed apps that are used internally in the retail industry for the inventory management, procurement and self checkout processes. Today we’re going to tackle mobile point-of-sale apps, and discuss how they are changing the game in the retail industry. Traditional vs. modern mobile point-of-sale systems In the past, point-of-sale systems included the large and expensive hardware …
New Scandit Barcode Scanner SDK for iOS!
Today we have some great news! After months of hard work, we’re excited to release our brand new Barcode Scanner SDK for iOS (version 3.0.0). This major release incorporates our biggest and most important improvements to date and, for the first time, brings enterprise-grade barcode scanning to smartphones and tablet devices. The new SDK has amazing full-screen scanning capabilities, …
Mobile Ticketing Apps: The Decentralization of Event Management
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed apps that are used internally in the retail industry for the inventory management, procurement and self checkout processes. We’ve explored the automotive industry by looking at VIN scanning, and today we’re going take a look at how mobile ticketing apps are transforming the entertainment industry. Past vs. Present …
Appraising Vehicles on the Fly with Mobile VIN Scanning
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed apps that are used internally in the retail industry for the inventory management, procurement and self-checkout processes, and today we’re going to switch gears by diving into how people are utilizing mobile VIN scanning in the automotive industry. How are VIN numbers used? VIN numbers are used …
Democratizing Business Processes with Android-based Mobile Devices
Last week, Android developers from around the world gathered in Berlin for the annual DroidCon conference. Our COO Christof Roduner gave a stellar presentation and today we’re happy to share the slides with you. In this presentation, Christof goes over Scandit’s products and services, some recent enterprise IT trends, Android technology and challenges, and a …
Mobile Self-checkout Apps: No More Waiting in Line
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed apps that are used internally in the retail industry for the inventory management and procurement processes, and today we’re going to switch gears a little by looking at looking at how consumer-driven self-checkout apps are transforming the marketplace. How does Self-checkout Work? Many supermarkets have already implemented …
