For 10 years, the group has used portable data terminals (PDTs) with integrated laser scanners in a batch process. Stocktaking typically required four terminals to be sent to each store.

Stocktaking typically involves scanning barcodes, noting things down manually, and then transferring that data to a spreadsheet. To minimise errors, DigiTally digitises the process from end to end.

NEW INNOVATORS: IN 2002, brothers Aidan and Ollie McDonnell set up Synergy Stocktaking to launch a new IT-based stocktaking … ...