OCR & Computer Vision: Digitizing a 3,000-SKU Kirana Store in Under 2 Hours

The single greatest operational hurdle in onboarding traditional Indian shopkeepers is catalog creation. Manually typing product names, uploading photos, setting MRPs, and entering barcodes for 3,000 items takes weeks of tedious manual effort.

How FirstMartt's OCR Engine Automates Cataloging

• **1. Photograph Paper Invoices:** When a wholesale distributor delivers goods, the merchant simply takes a photo of the printed paper invoice using the FirstMartt Merchant App.
• **2. Edge OCR & Table Extraction:** Our vision models detect line items, quantities, wholesale purchase prices, and batch numbers in under 3 seconds.
• **3. Master Database Matching:** The system matches product text against our pre-loaded repository of 100,000+ verified Indian FMCG products with studio-grade photography and descriptions.
• **4. 1-Click Catalog Activation:** The merchant reviews prices and taps 'Publish Storefront', instantly making all items live and searchable online.

This reduces merchant onboarding time from 14 days to under 120 minutes.