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Re:A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually... by sva_ on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:08AM (#27261730)
Seems like a low price if it saves labor costs like in the OP. But they can only ask that price because it's such an obscure niche and other people probably didn't even consider that something like that is needed. Good chance they'll soon have competition.

edit: The app has 500k+ downloads and is rated at 3.5/5. People seem to complain about the fact that the templates are so limited. Real opportunity right there I'd guess.

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Re:A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually... by morsanu on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:19AM (#27261788)
It really depends how much time they are losing while manually counting. For most, the price is not high, the employees doing the counting can now focus on other more valuable tasks. We also have pack of 24hour licenses that they can activate when it's inventory time, for example.
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