The grocery business occupies a distinct position in the retail universe. Unlike many verticals where turns and season can be measured in months, grocers typically see best before dates driving cycles in a matter of days. Grocers also have unique needs in terms of weight-based pricing, price embedded barcodes, thousands of unique products, security issues, huge transaction volumes, and much more.
However, one thing grocers share with other retailers is the challenge of processing vast amounts of transaction data from multiple points of sale, the need to eliminate errors, and to be able to channel those errors efficiently to the head office systems to ensure one version of the truth and correct decisions across enterprises.