Business Type: Retail (Chain Store )

Product: VariPAD W1

Country: Taiwan

VariPAD W in Retail Chain Store
It is no doubt that there is high density of convenience store in Taiwan. The competition between every brand of retails has become increasingly white-hot. Owing to the intense competition, the chain stores have thought about how to provider more service and products to their customers. Meanwhile,  they try to optimize the operation system and equipment to reduce cost and increase revenue .

The Top 4 convenience store in Taiwan, also attempted to change their traditional inventory machines into new. Therefore, they determined to deploy Poindus VariPAD W1 (inventory machines) to 900 branches in Taiwan in 2014.


The Requirment: Inventory & Purchase ALL in One

Previously, the inventory and purchase process were separated by the traditional device in the retail store. It was painful for clerks to finish to do list daily; therefore, they requested Poindus to deploy a total solution for a whole new smooth process.


Why Select Poindus VariPAD

After evaluation all the possible solutions, Poindus VariPAD was adopted for the 4 following merits:

  1. VariPad is the result of extensive exploration into the features that are vital to the retail industry.
  2. Poindus can provide not only the most stylish, reliable and variable hardware but also technical support.
  3. VariPAD, a commercial grade product, has industrial grade features, stable and durable (os: Win 8.1 Industry Pro ). However, VariPAD is also stylish and compact, only 665g.
  4. The battery can last 11 hrs, that can support the whole inventory process without charging.


The Benefit

With the deployment of VariPAD,  now the convenience store enjoys:

  1. Multi-functional:

Poindus VariPAD W1 combines inventory and purchase functions together. The retail mart is satisfied with the features of VariPAD not only multi-function and flexible. The clerk can hand VariPAD to inventory and then purchase without shifting the device.

  1. Expandable Hardware Design:

VariPAD contains sufficient I/O port for end-user to expand application, such as external keyboard, mouse, and Cable line. In addition to inventory and purchase purpose, VariPAD can be adapted as a PC.

  1. Application:

VariPAD can be implemented all kinds of software to boot up the system. In the top 4 convienve store, the software what they need is developed by themselves. Consequently, the convienve store can make more applications from VariPAD; for instance, internal operation management and information announcement.

 

 The convenience stores in Taiwan are eager to satisfy the customers. The retail mart  is striving to perfect its current, and future, internal operation structure, and Poindus has enabled the convenience store to service farther and faster.