Trigo launches EasyStock shelf and inventory management software
Autonomous stores specialist, Trigo, has designed what is pitched as “a new way to manage in-store inventory”.
EasyStock uses its existing sensing infrastructure to automatically provide real-time on-shelf availability in order to accelerate the shelf replenishment process and reduce out-of-stock rates.
In a LinkedIn post, the company says: “With our shelf and inventory management software, retailers can track, analyse, predict, and manage any shelf or product to provide enterprise wide visibility and improve direct to shelf performance.”
“The EasyStock product is part of a range of additional products that can run on top of our StoreOS platform. It is another advancement to using computer vision and AI technology to enable brick and mortar stores to benefit from the same insights and analytics that digital stores do.”
Shufersal
Trigo recently announced that it is opening a hybrid autonomous store with Israel’s largest grocery retailer, Shufersal.
In an online post, Michael Gabay, CEO at Trigo, said: “It goes without saying that we are excited to launch a store in Tel Aviv, which is not only the home of the world renowned ‘startup nation,’ but Trigo’s HQ as well.”
He adds: “This Shufersal branch is representative of Tel Aviv, between its proximity to the beach as well as its central location; it is in the hub of the innovation capital of Israel.”
“This was no accident – Shufersal deliberately chose the heart of a city full of open minded and tech savvy people as the home for the country’s first frictionless checkout store.”
Gabay continued: “Although Israel is a small country, it is a strong economic force.”
“Israel is also an interesting market because its grocery retailers are strong entities with significant capital to invest in new technologies and it is full of innovative citizens who are excited by the latest in tech.”
“Many companies test their products and features in Israel because of this culture and mindset, as well as for the rich feedback they collect to improve their product as they scale to new and larger markets. The same goes for our partnership with Shufersal – it will help us further push our products and offerings.”
In the store, Trigo is implementing price embedded barcodes for the first time, which has, Gabay notes, “posed new challenges and solutions for our offerings that we can apply to future POCs or roll-out stores”.
“Additionally, in Israel, fresh fruit and vegetables are sold by weight, so to align with the local market’s buying habits, we worked together with Shufersal to provide a solution for weighted items,” he stated.
This store also has the most SKUs per square metre out of all Trigo powered stores.
“This is an important metric since the supermarket challenge the industry is facing is not the size of the store, but rather the number of products. By solving this challenge, we further advance our ambitious goals of opening increasingly larger stores over the coming years,” Gabay said.
He concluded: “Shufersal’s deep commitment to creating the best possible experience for their customers by implementing the latest technology has made them excellent innovation partners in achieving these technological milestones.”
“The strong collaboration and communication have been invaluable as we continually improve our product and set ourselves up for the next big innovation in autonomous stores.”
