Smart retail transformation: Union Coop implements 15 new projects

Smart retail transformation: Union Coop implements 15 new projects

Dubai, UAE: Retail firm ‘Union Coop’ through its Information Technology dept. implemented 15 major smart and commercial projects to support its digitization efforts and to stay ahead of the latest trends in the field of the digital retail sector. The recent upgrades are in line with the global growth of digital technologies deployed for smart shopping and electronic systems, all of which assisted the cooperative in increasing efficiency, and competitiveness while offering the highest level of consumer satisfaction and happiness.

Revealing further details, Mr. Aiman Othman, IT Dept. Director, Union Coop said that the IT department has successfully implemented 15 basic systems including the implementation of the second phase ‘upgrading’ of automated data collection – compatible with the Android operating system, upgrading the mobile scanning systems in all cooperative branches to issue purchase orders, receive goods and distribute and ship them for future sales.

The upgrades also covered aspects of periodic inventory management and movement, and fixed assets registration, in addition to updating more than 80 logistical and commercial operations, indicating the implementation of a project to transform the cooperative into a paperless institution through automated transactions. In addition to all the above, the first integrated online store experience Union Coop VR