Integrations and RTN’s Data Standard Adoption
The discussion extended beyond POS systems to the entire tech stack, highlighting the complexities of integrating various technologies and data sources. “How do we better integrate and knit all these systems together?” Levine asked. “Ultimately, we have to get all of the data into one data warehouse, so we can drive insights to push the right information at the right time to the right people in operations, because all of the data is ultimately worthless if we aren’t leveraging it.”
Kimpel posed the question of which tech stack components the panelists would choose to buy or build. Levine described the POS as a “transaction engine…with a pipe that pushes orders from wherever…