Augmented reality: transforming inventory management

Augmented reality transforms inventory management

Augmented reality (AR) is revolutionising inventory management in stores, offering innovative and practical solutions to optimise the monitoring and updating process.

Thanks to its ability to overlay digital information onto the physical world, AR enables staff to identify, count and manage items more efficiently, accurately… and digitally! With this technology, it is possible to augment information from different systems and display it visually above the barcode — not bad, right?

With augmented reality, store staff can use their device (or, in the future, perhaps smart glasses — why not?) to view detailed information about items simply by pointing the camera at them. This evolution significantly reduces the time needed to complete an inventory.

With augmented reality, the only limit is our imagination

Imagine being able to view real-time information about items. For example, guidance could appear on the location of products or graphic alerts when an item is not detected, cannot be inventoried or is counted more than once.

This reduces the risk of human error and ensures a more accurate inventory.

And if you think doing all this requires expensive devices, think again. Augmented reality is a technology that does not require advanced cameras — quite the opposite — and can even be used on devices a few years old, protecting the investment already made.

AR doesn’t stop at inventories — it also plays a role in various processes that we will explore in upcoming articles.

The benefits of AR in inventory management

In short, implementing augmented reality in store inventory management offers numerous advantages, including:

• greater accuracy,
• operational efficiency,
• cost reduction.

It is a technology that radically transforms the way stores manage and monitor their inventory, ensuring the quality of the output data.