Shop Disney Parks App is Ridiculous!

[Skywise]

Retail inventory tracking isn't perfect. There can be any number of reason why physical inventory differs from computer inventory. Every merchant in the world that has an inventory database is going to have differences between actual & computer inventory.

Ha! Some ex-coworkers of mine went to a startup where they developed a system to monitor beer inventory in bars (the kegs) You but the kegs on special sensor pallets and the computer tracks the weight of each and then notifies the management when beer is running low as well as tracks the "beer flow" as the beer is poured/drawn from the kegs.

I know there's active development in trying to apply technology to regular store inventory too (RFID tags and the like)

 

[TiggerBouncy]

Ha! Some ex-coworkers of mine went to a startup where they developed a system to monitor beer inventory in bars (the kegs) You but the kegs on special sensor pallets and the computer tracks the weight of each and then notifies the management when beer is running low as well as tracks the "beer flow" as the beer is poured/drawn from the kegs.

I know there's active development in trying to apply technology to regular store inventory too (RFID tags and the like)

there are a few systems for it. When I was working in that market, there was a system being pushed by Intermec that you could stand in front of a section with a scanner and pick up the entire inventory of a good 12x12 foot section in seconds. However, that depends on RFID tags on every item and it depends on not having some materials present which block the signal. The cost of the tags is such that it doesn't make sensre on low cost items (you are not going to RFID a pen). Overall the system costs are still not low enough to make it useful for any cheap inventory.

 

[ArwenMarie]

Retail inventory tracking isn't perfect. There can be any number of reason why physical inventory differs from computer inventory. Every merchant in the world that has an inventory database is going to have differences between actual & computer inventory.

That makes sense, but then they should take that level of detail out of the app.