Automated Shelf Monitoring: Captana

Captana: Smart Shelfs for secure stock overview in real time

No more empty shelves for your customers: Reliable inventory management is the vital prerequisite for your business to avoid empty shelves and to remain competitive considering the overflow of goods in retail and wholesale trade. In addition to the retail sector, an optimal and sure material provision is also required in the industrial sector: In order to be able to maintain working processes continuously, precise inventory management is required due to constant material flow. This full transparency of the stock overview in real time is guaranteed by the Automated Real-Time Shelf Monitoring ”Captana" developed by SES-imagotag in connection with Electronic Shelf Labels.

Advantages Captana

On-shelf-availability: secure inventory overview in real time
Minimization of out-of-stock situations
Displacement notifications
Cost-reducing storage
Geolocation in ShelfWatch app
More time for staff thanks to efficient inventory management
Effective sales increase
Data-based inventory optimization
Quick and easy support for procurement planning
Logistics optimization

Automated Shelf Monitoring detects vacancies/displacements

Secure stock overview

Clear link between digital shelf labels and product articles

Through machine learning, Captana is able to digitally identify and report vacancies and displacements in real time: due to electronic price labeling, each item in the warehouse or shop is uniquely linked to a digital shelf label, and can be scanned by sensors in the security camera.

A planogram of shelf availability is created in real time from the recorded data. This amount of data can also be visualized in a heat map.

Geolocaton: a real time saver for your staff

Automatic shelf monitoring detects and marks shortages (on-shelf availability) directly in the visual display of the shelves. As a result of the precise and separate comparison with each product, the position of the shortage is accurately and visually recorded. This also eliminates the need to scan the digital label manually, as staff is informed immediately by the ShelfWatch app on the smartphone and are navigated to the point of action via geolocation.

Efficient stock management to optimize procurement

The constant control also optimizes long-term procurement planning in the company. The staff receives specific information about stock and demand. This makes it possible to identify the optimal order quantity for certain products and to estimate future requirements. The concrete planning also enables a development in the direction of sustainable inventory management without high costs.

Comprehensive inventory Management in only a few steps

Connect your product database with the shelf monitoring software
Install the ShelfWatch app
Set up cameras in the warehouse or business area
Attach electronic price labels to the articles
Test the automatic shelf monitoring
Monitor shortages and out-of-stock items in real time through the ShelfWatch app
Optimize your procurement planning based on collected data

Captana system architecture

Minimization of out-of-stock and prevention of unnecessary storage costs

Using the Automated Shelf Monitoring solution, out-of-stock situations are significantly minimized, resulting in satisfied and returning customers. In addition to the reduction of inventories and overstocks, the goal of every company is to avoid the associated unnecessary storage costs. The “Captana" system guarantees comprehensive transparency in real time, so that inventory levels can be kept low without restricting delivery capacity. On-Shelf Availability optimizes the disposability of the company according to its goal: Increase efficiency, reduce costs.

Automatic inventory overview in practice

Automated shelf monitoring in the supermarket

In the everyday business of a retail store, Automated Shelf Monitoring acts as follows: The customer takes a product off the shelf, whereupon this message is sent to the employee's smartphone or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

On a digital map, the employee sees exactly which item needs to be refilled or re-ordered at which position in the store. Thanks to the software, requirements are instantly visible, and the staff can react immediately to avoid empty shelves.

Would you like to integrate Captana into your infrastructure for a secure and efficient stock overview and shelf inventory optimization? We would be happy to advise you on how to implement this value-added feature for digital price labeling in your retail or industrial environment. Simply click on the button below to contact us.