Using Smart Hubs To Streamline Device Access for Retail Employees

Do you own or manage a retail establishment? If you do, there’s a chance you’ve made your share of tech adoptions for both your back of house and customer-facing staff members.

Making your iPads and tablets accessible to your team is a central part of retail store device management. By improving accessibility, you’ll improve workflows, keep downtime to a minimum, and, most importantly, make life easier for your hardworking staff members. 

Learn more about streamlining the access of retail employee devices and how solutions like smart hubs can help. 

Beyond Charging Retail Employee Devices: Other Hurdles to Device Access

There are always charging concerns when it comes to device management. And these concerns are prevalent across industries. 

But when it comes to retail, business owners and store managers like yourself come face to face with a unique set of challenges that prevent your team from accessing devices when they need them.  

Here are some of the device accessibility challenges plaguing numerous retail businesses today. 

Scattered Devices

Count the number of iPads or tablets in your retail space. The more you have, the more you’ll have to charge and manage. 

Device management is straightforward if you only have several devices. However, when you have more than a dozen, it can often mean finding multiple places for charging, and this scatters your devices across your establishment. 

With devices in multiple areas, you’re risking downtime. Not only does this render your devices susceptible to loss or theft, but your team will also have to move from one point to another to access a charging device. 

Device Unreadiness

There’s going to be a time when you plugged a device in, but for some reason, it didn’t charge. Whether that’s because of inconsistent current in your retail space or faulty outlets or cables, device unreadiness is one of the things that can result in downtime — much to the detriment of your retail store’s operations. 

Without ready-to-use devices, your team becomes ill-equipped to perform their tasks. This, in turn, leads to unproductivity and inefficient workflows. 

Security Concerns (Loss and Theft)

Managing multiple devices can be tricky, especially in high-traffic retail floors or spaces. In these environments, there’s a lot of traffic from your staff and customers, and this renders unsupervised devices susceptible to loss or theft. 

Without a centralized spot to charge and manage your devices, your electronic assets may be stolen or lost. This unfortunate circumstance can mean costly replacements following a painstaking and lengthy conversation with your retail establishment’s device insurance provider. 

The Benefits of Smart Hubs and Trays for Retail Store Device Management

When you’re managing multiple iPads, tablets, and scanners, ordinary solutions like written ledgers won’t be up to the task. To make these devices accessible to your staff, you’ll need smart and innovative device management solutions like smart trays and charging hubs. 

These charging and device management solutions hit multiple birds with one stone as they address many of your retail establishment’s device accessibility issues. 

Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to when you incorporate these solutions into your store’s workflows. 

Centralized and Secure Charging

One of the problems with managing multiple devices is that you’ll have to keep an eye on different locations. This monitoring becomes especially challenging the more you rely on traditional charging methods. 

Instead of relying on wall-mounted outlets or cumbersome extension cords, smarter solutions for your store are the way to go. Charging solutions like the PowerSync Pro Smart Hub and PureCharge Pro Tray give you a centralized location for all your charging devices. 

These solutions are capable of charging devices in high capacities, enabling you to charge everything in one location. With your devices in one place, you’ll be able to charge in batches and keep a close eye on your retail store’s tech assets. This way, your staff won’t have to take on added device security duties, and they’ll also know where to access your store’s electronics. 

Consistent Charging and Streamlined Device Management

Believe it or not, not all of your store’s wall-mounted outlets will provide your devices with a consistent charge. Whether it’s wiring or outlet availability, various factors are in the way of your devices being charged and ready to go. 

Luckily, solutions like the PowerSync Pro Smart Hub and PureCharge Pro Tray enable you to charge all your electronics, whether it’s your iPads, tablets, or scanners. 

Generating up to 30 watts, these solutions are capable of delivering consistent charging to up to ten devices at once. Overcharging also becomes a problem of the past, especially with clear LED indicators and smart charging that stops when devices are full. 

With these solutions, your staff will be able to access devices that are changed and ready to go. 

Imprivata-Integrated Identity Access for Device Security

Besides charging and device maintenance, one of the most common concerns when it comes to device provisioning is security. When it comes to keeping your devices safe, there aren’t many solutions that can match the PowerSync Pro Smart Hub and PureCharge Pro Tray.   

These solutions are integrated with Imprivata, one of the leading names in authorized accessibility and identity-based access. With features from Imprivata, our smart hubs grant access only to authorized employees. 

This way, your employees won’t have to worry about device availability. Most importantly, Imprivata makes linking identity and device use seamless, which can do wonders for your retail store team’s device accountability. 

Smart Hubs: Because Efficiency, Safety, and Speed in Retail Can’t Be Bought

Making devices more accessible to your team can be an easy way to supercharge your retail store’s operations. If you’re ready to invest in device management solutions that keep your devices available, accessible, and always ready, look no further than our PowerSync Pro Smart Hub and PureCharge Pro Tray. 

Get a free quote today, and see firsthand what streamlined device provisioning looks like in retail.