How Digital Forms Simplify Retail Inventory

Learn how digital forms simplify retail inventory management with our powerful form builder and captured data

Whether your retail store is a national brand or a small boutique, inventory management is a critical component of business operations. Digital forms allow businesses of all sizes to simplify data collection and increase efficiency across cross-functional teams. By eliminating paper forms from your retail inventory management system, mobile devices can be used in place of paper – saving time, money, and resources in the end.

Simply begin by uploading your retail inventory spreadsheet template to the GoFormz platform and begin adding smart fields to your newly generated digital form. The ability to drag-and-drop smart fields onto your uploaded form allows even the least technologically savvy employee to build dynamic digital forms in just a few simple steps.

Getting started with GoFormz is easy, but understanding why you should leverage digital forms for your business is a necessity. Check out these ways digital forms will simplify your retail inventory procedures:

Schedule dynamic reports
GoFormz offers a Reporting Tool that is capable of running comprehensive reports across your entire data collection, and identifying trends, opportunities, and any obstacles in real-time. These reports can be scheduled to run regularly and delivered to your inbox, integrated platforms, and more to help you garner actionable insights. Most importantly, GoFormz reports are dynamic – meaning as your data collection grows, your reports will adjust accordingly. 

For example, if your business conducts inventory every month, based on all the items your business sold that month, you can run a scheduled report to update specific line items in your current inventory. This functionality greatly saves time and money but also alleviates the stress that comes with performing inventory checks on a regular basis.

Leverage integrations
Connect your GoFormz account to your other business applications to enrich your systems with real-time data. By leveraging our open API capabilities, your retail business data can move between GoFormz and your pre-existing business systems to establish a constant current of high-quality data. This functionality eliminates administrative burdens and increases communication, visibility for management, and productivity from day-to-day operations.

Add Logic and automation
Equip your online forms with Logic to dynamically make fields Required, automatically populate fields with data, instantly complete calculations, and much more! This functionality not only improves accuracy but accelerates inventory procedures. When an inventory check has been completed, online forms can even be automatically routed to teammates, managers, or supervisors based on Triggers and business Logic.

To learn more about what to look for when selecting your mobile forms software for data collection, check out these features to look for when selecting your data capture platform.