At present, supermarkets and convenience stores are accelerating towards digitalization and intelligence, and the development trend mainly focuses on technology integration, operational efficiency improvement and innovation and upgrading of omni-channel services. For example, with the help of the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and big data analysis, real-time monitoring and intelligent replenishment of commodity inventory are realized, effectively reducing the shortage rate and unsalable risk. By means of unattended and self-service cash register, the labor cost is significantly reduced. At the same time, online and offline scenes are opened up to realize multiple service modes such as online ordering, store self-promotion and instant distribution, and further enhance consumption experience and operation flexibility.

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However, in order to truly implement these intelligent applications, the core problem that supermarkets and convenience stores need to solve first is "data exchange". For thousands of stores all over the country, it is necessary to ensure seamless connection with headquarters ERP, POS machine, cash register settlement, supply chain and other systems to realize real-time synchronization and unified management of key business data such as cash register, inventory, sales, online orders and so on. Otherwise, it will not only affect the operational efficiency, but also may appear inconsistent commodity information, customer experience decline and other issues, restricting the digital transformation process of enterprises.

In order to solve this challenge, enterprises urgently need a stable and reliable remote network connection scheme to ensure that stores across the country can be quickly deployed and flexibly expanded, while meeting the needs of efficient, secure and stable two-way transmission of data.

However, unlike other industries, supermarkets and convenience stores generally face the reality of a large number of stores and limited IT technical staffing, which makes the network solution more likely to encounter various technical and operation and maintenance problems in the implementation process. Take a veteran enterprise in the convenience store industry in Shanghai as an example:

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• • Difficulty 1:* * Because of the large number of stores, considering the operating cost, it is impossible to equip each store with professional and technical personnel. Therefore, in the upgrading and deployment of the network system, it is necessary to greatly simplify the operation process and improve the level of automation and visualization, so as to reduce the deployment cost of a single store. However, most network schemes in the industry involve complex configuration processes, which are difficult to meet the demand.

Difficulty 2: The daily operation of the store is highly dependent on the network, especially in the real-time requirements of the cash register system, inventory management system and online order processing. Once the network fails, it may directly affect the sales and customer experience. Therefore, enterprises need to reduce the risk of system downtime and improve the stability and fault tolerance of the overall operation through high availability network architecture, but high availability network architecture often means at least double the high cost investment.

Difficulty 3: Under the conditions of limited technical personnel and wide distribution of stores, how to achieve rapid troubleshooting in the later period has also become a key issue that enterprises urgently need to overcome. Network solutions need to have centralized management, remote monitoring, and automatic fault alarms to reduce operation and maintenance costs and improve troubleshooting efficiency.

Difficulty 4: As business systems such as cash register, inventory, sales, online orders, etc. involve a large amount of sensitive data, in the scenario of frequent transmission and interaction between the data center and local stores, how to realize encrypted transmission and secure synchronization of data has also become a key issue that needs to be solved urgently. However, many traditional network solutions are often unable to achieve data security in one step. The introduction of additional security solutions such as firewalls or dedicated encryption modules not only increases the complexity of system integration, but also significantly raises the deployment cost and landing threshold.

In the face of the above problems, in order to meet the requirements of low-cost deployment, high network reliability, and efficient operation and maintenance in the later period, * * Aweray Aweseed chain retail off-site networking solution based on SD-WAN self-research has become the optimal solution in the industry * *, helping enterprises to realize digitalization and intelligence in a cost-effective way, thus operating efficiency and reducing operating costs.

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Aweray Aweseed Advantage 1: Support graphical configuration and cloud deployment to help the rapid implementation of the solution

In terms of deployment and configuration, Aweray Aweseed have flexible and efficient deployment methods. The entire configuration process, including hardware deployment and off-site networking configuration, uses a visual graphical interface and can be completed remotely through the cloud to support rapid implementation. The scheme effectively solves the problems of slow implementation progress and high labor cost in chain retail enterprises because of the large number of stores and the shortage of IT technical personnel.

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The Aweray Aweseed router supports remote configuration in the cloud. After the power is connected to the Internet, the synchronization of various setting information can be automatically completed. IT personnel do not need to go to the store for on-site operation and debugging, thus truly realizing the convenient experience of "plug and play.

For scenarios with complex network structures such as the headquarters data center or computer room, the Aweray Aweseed supports the bypass deployment mode, which allows seamless access without changing the original network architecture and realizes remote network intercommunication between the headquarters and local stores.

Aweray Aweseed Advantage 2: Store Network Demand in One Step, Multi-network Backup, Stable and Undropped

For the network access of chain stores, remote networking and high-reliability data transmission requirements, Aweray Aweseed provide a one-stop solution to truly achieve one-step.

First of all, the Aweray has built a remote networking router for the industry-Aweseed X4 Pro. Compared with ordinary enterprise routers, X4 Pro has 8 built-in network ports. Small stores can directly access cash registers, self-service payment terminals, advertising screens, office computers, order printers and other equipment without additional switches. At the same time, it integrates wireless WiFi, and supports the rapid configuration of visitor web page authentication when WiFi access, meets the temporary Internet access needs of customers in the store, meets the wireless network deployment needs of small stores in one step, and further reduces the network equipment cost of small stores.

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Secondly, X4 Pro supports wired broadband access and has built-in 4G Internet of Things card with optional unlimited traffic package. It can also be matched with a Aweray Aweseed multi-netcom card that supports multi-operator automatic switching, and intelligently switch mobile, telecom and Unicom networks according to real-time signal quality to ensure that the network is always online.

For large stores, X4 Pro can use wired network as the main line and 4G Internet of Things card as the backup line to automatically switch when the main line fails, ensuring real-time synchronization of key business data such as cash register, inventory, sales and online orders, and avoiding operational losses caused by network interruption.

For small stores, you can connect directly to the Internet through Aweseed multi-netcom cards, while using the built-in 4G card as a backup. The system will intelligently switch the optimal operator according to the current network conditions, ensuring smooth cash register and settlement process even during peak passenger flow hours.

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In addition, in order to further improve the high availability of the headquarters network, the Aweray Aweseed enterprise router also supports the dual-machine hot standby function. By deploying two devices, when the primary router fails, the standby device can take over network traffic in seconds to ensure continuous network operation and avoid business interruption.

Aweray Aweseed advantages: intelligent operation and maintenance, remote and efficient management, effectively reducing operation and maintenance labor costs

In terms of later operation and maintenance, Aweray Aweseed not only supports remote centralized operation and maintenance, but also has a variety of built-in intelligent alarm policies, which can monitor the online status of equipment and terminal online and offline changes in real time, and flexibly push alarm information through Aweseed management App, enterprise WeChat, DingTalk, flying books and other platforms.

Using the Aweray Aweseed scheme, even if there is a problem with the store network, there is no need for technical personnel to go directly to the site for investigation. The system can help to quickly locate the fault and give priority to remote means, thus greatly improving the operation and maintenance efficiency and relieving the pressure of insufficient technical manpower.

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Aweray Aweseed advantage: process data security measures to support private deployment

In terms of data security, in the face of remote transmission requirements involving cash register, settlement, supply chain and other core business data, Aweray Aweseed scheme can be based on any network environment to form a private network, without the need to purchase additional third-party cloud services, from the source to reduce the data on the cloud may bring security risks.

In addition, the Aweray Aweseed does not need to introduce additional security solutions such as firewalls or dedicated encryption modules, which not only reduces the deployment and maintenance costs of the system, but also significantly reduces the deployment cost and landing threshold of the solution.

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The Aweseed scheme builds a perfect security system in the aspects of user identity authentication, fine management of rights, data encryption transmission, etc., supports the whole process of data encryption protection mechanism, and even supports privatization deployment, so as to ensure the security and controllability of enterprise data in an all-round way.

In general, in the context of the digital transformation of the chain retail industry, supermarkets and convenience stores are facing multiple challenges such as complex system integration, difficult deployment and operation, high network stability requirements, and prominent data security risks. With flexible deployment, stable networking, intelligent operation and maintenance, and comprehensive data security protection, Aweray Aweseed provides a one-stop solution that truly meets the needs of chain store scenarios.

From headquarters to stores, from network deployment to later operation and maintenance, from system intercommunication to data security, Aweray Aweseed has high cost performance, high availability and easy expansion of product capabilities to help enterprises quickly build an efficient, stable and controllable remote network system, providing solid support for the realization of real "store interconnection, data intercommunication and intelligent collaboration.

If you are experiencing similar store network requirements, please visit Aweray Aweseed official website to learn more solutions, or consult professional consultants for exclusive deployment suggestions.