[Comparing collaboration tools] YOOBIC & SHOPL / Shopl & Company / Non-face-to-face field management collaboration tool

Hello! This is Shopl.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the distribution and retail industries have undergone major changes. Various B2B SaaS have emerged connecting the headquarters and retail sites, and there is ‘retail tech’ at the center of it leading the digitalization of stores. Let’s find suitable retail tech for you by comparing YOOBIC(has grown mainly in Europe) and Shopl(a solution which has overseas subsidiaries of domestic conglomerates and Korean retail conglomerates as clients).

<What is common between SHOPL and YOOBIC>

✅ Visit management

✅ Task management

✅ Communication through reports and chats

✅ Checking work progress

✅ Inventory management through data collection

✅ Sales performance management

✅ VMD management

✅ Easy to use on both mobile and PC

Both Shopl and YOOBIC are collaboration tools that help store or field employees manage their work. Each service provides features in various fields such as member management, communication, work progress, and on-site management so that field workers can respond and solve problems immediately. Basically, both have something in common that they provide various services to create an optimal work environment where team members can communicate and collaborate effectively.

Comparison point 1. Convenient attendance management

✅ Advanced attendance management based on face verification and Wi-Fi

✅ Provides various attendance data (Attendance rate, Late rate, etc.)

YOOBIC does not support the attendance management feature but Shopl does by using face verification and GPS. Members can reliably and simply verify their attendance with Shopl app. Also, managing staffs can grasp overall statistical status such as attendance rate and late rate at a glance.

Comparison point 2. Various communication is possible depending on the purpose

✅ Various communication through notices, surveys, and reports

✅ Chat in real time

✅ Resend push notifications if survy/notice is left unread!

✅ Downloading files in PPT/Excel format is available

As both Shopl and YOOBIC focus on the on-site employee management, they aim for quick and simple communication in the form of social media. While YOOBIC actively utilizes live streamts and videos without certain formats, like ‘Instagram’, Shopl focuses on delivering contents accurately and quickly in report formats along with supporting real-time communication through chats. It is also possible to send push notification to employees who have not checked the notice/survey, not merely just using those features. The ‘Field Report’ and ‘LEGO Report’ provided by Shopl have the advantage that users can create and utilize the report they want, according to their needs. You can experience high-accuracy and close communication between employees and the headquarter while creating and using an infinite number of reports depending on industries and goals.

In particular, Shopl’s ‘Field Report’ shows the progress of each issue at a glance which makes it possible to manage store issues closely without omission. There is no need to prepare a separate report since all reports can be downloaded in any format of PPT/EXCEL files, making collaboration between the field and headquarter became much simpler and closer.

Comparison point 3. Management of employees with outside work

✅ Able to punch in and out from temporary workplaces

✅ If an employee has frequent outside work schedules, use the ‘Punch in/out from any places’ feature

Both Shopl and YOOBIC are collaboration tools for employees who work in the frontline. Shopl provides a feature to manage on-site employees as well as visit management by understanding that on-site work are often on the go. If you need to commute from a place other than the original workplace, you can easily record the journey with face verification and GPS by registering the location as a temporary workplace. If you are away from work often and need to register a new temporary workplacae every time, you can reduce the hassle by using the ‘Punch in/out from anywhere’ feature (permitted employees only). In this way, Shopl’s advanced attendance management supports the simultaneous management even for those with frequent outside work among on-site employees.

Shopl supports all necessary features needed for on-site work and employee management.

All these features can be managed with ‘Shopl. Features can be turned on and off accordingly to the needs of each industry and used as a customized collaboration tool which makes Shopl applicable in various industries such as fashion, furniture, electronics, and cafes, etc.