When running your retail business, effective and organized database management is imperative for keeping things running smoothly. When it comes to collecting and storing data, about your customers, your shelf space, your floor plan and your products, creating a user-friendly, error-free experience for your staff and customers will provide significant benefits to your business. Here are some tips for optimal database management.

1) Provide Proper Training

The type of database training given to employees will depend on several things, including their position, their department, and their responsibilities. Providing the appropriate database training to all employees will ensure that the database is being used properly. By setting up an understanding between departments of the kind of data that is being collected, you can minimize time and cost by making sure no unnecessary or redundant data is being collected.

2) Keep Your Process focused and Simple

When it comes to collecting data on your assets, keep the collection process as simple as possible. People

Focus on what’s important, usually the assets that have

3) Test the System

When training new users, or trying new software, make sure you are using the test version of the database rather than a live version. Using a test system means there’s room for error, which is sure to happen during any training or testing period. Don’t risk your whole database by skipping the testing process!

4) Protect Your Database

The data you have, both about your business and about your customers, is valuable and therefore vulnerable. Make sure you have protective and secure measures in place in case your system is breached or any data is leaked.

5) Stay Up to Date

Data should be captured regularly in order to keep your merchandising up to date. Once you have a base of data in place make sure you have the disciplines in place to keep the data and images up to date. Leveraging digital solutions, like mobile data collection technology, makes this a much easier task. By putting an easy to use data collection platform in place, updating it regularly, and thoroughly training your staff, you can make sure you don’t fall behind on data collection, and database management.

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