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Every shopper has access to a telephone. It is the most widely used electronic interface for ordering a variety of products. Now, advances in computer telephony make it possible to give every one of your customers access to your supermarket 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All they need is a telephone to use this easy and economical automated grocery ordering system.
RETCOM and ateb, a division of Synectics, Inc., offer ez-2-shop, the most comprehensive, consumer-friendly, automated telephone ordering system for all departments in the supermarket. ateb has been using this same interactive voice response technology in more than a thousand retail locations.
Customers call an 800-number. The calls are automatically answered and the callers identify themselves to the system. Once a caller is identified as a registered customer, the caller is able to place an order using the touch tone telephone keypad and interactive voice response (IVR).
Placing ez-2-shop in the ateb central service bureau eliminates the need to install and maintain the application and hardware in your stores. ateb maintains and supports the hardware, software and telephone lines.
ez-2-shop has several levels of functionality which include:
Level A is an
excellent system for supermarkets that do not want to print an item
catalog. Customers order from highly useful supermarket defined groups
of high volume items:
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Order Setup and Transmission:
ez-2-shop can be Integrated with RETCOM's ez-Operator system
for live operator order taking, assistance and customer service.
ez-2-shop can be integrated with the Pick n ClickSM
Online Ordering. For example, customers who are at a location where they do not
have access to a computer or the Internet, can use ez-2-shop to access
their Internet orders to add items or make changes.
All orders are automatically converted to electronic files and transmitted
online to the supermarket or order picking facility.
Retailer Features and Benefits
System Hosting and Maintenance
Automated telephone grocery ordering is an application that demands utmost
reliability. You also want a dependable cost-effective source for changes in
messages and information. These important features are yours with the ez-2-shop
order taking system located in the ateb central service bureau. Other
benefits include freedom from maintenance and a sure and affordable upgrade
path. You will be able to add additional automated functions as your needs
change. ez-2-shop is the only telephone ordering system integrated with
Internet shopping.
