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This needs crowdsourced data with extremely short shelf life (if you pardon the pun). I don’t understand how this will ever work unless you find a more automat
by tobr 7y ago
This needs crowdsourced data with extremely short shelf life (if you pardon the pun).
I don’t understand how this will ever work unless you find a more automatic way to get the data. Some ideas:
- Cooperate with the grocery store, and integrate with their existing inventory systems.
- Build the app around a smart shopping list. Automatically suggest the nearest store that is most likely to have everything on my list in stock. For any items I’ve added but didn’t check off after I left the store, report it automatically as not available, to build up the database.
- Something something AR?
- leecarraher 7y ago2 and 3 are unlikely, most in store inventory and ordering systems are quite antiquated, not easily integrating with modern web technology, they also do not monitor things like shrink and shelf misplacement. Working with a large grocer, the best method for in stock is sales analysis.
- gregw2 7y agoI've done multiple POS data integration products with retail sales and inventory data and have thought about the backend of this sort of app before. #2 is doable, the main problem is that every retailer has different systems. But it can be done with enough capital.