Staples optimizes its stores

TORONTO Staples’ new inventory tracking system is helping its supply chain move more efficiently, according to reports.

Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, which collaborates with retailing companies to relentlessly reduce their costs and facilitate consumer interactions that improve their profitability, announced that the three-month installation of AbsoluteSKY’s intelliTRACKER product suite in Staples Business Depot’s first store has been successful.

AbsoluteSKY’s intelliTRACKER, which provides real-time item-level inventory tracking for retail customers was installed in a Staples Business Depot store in May as a test pilot. To date, roughly 1,500 SKUs have been tagged, and the system has been reporting inventory status and changes on a minute-to-minute basis as merchandise travels from receiving to store shelves, across retailer-defined zones and through the point-of-sale process. The results achieved illustrate a fully automated and highly accurate business system for item-level inventory tracking.

“The clear and measurable gains we experienced with intelliTRACKER have exceeded our expectations,” said Joe Soares, director, process engineering at Staples Business Depot. “The system was easy to install and has consistently delivered inventory visibility with 100 percent accuracy since we went live.”