Wakefern expands Simbe Robotics tie up, bringing inventory solution to additional stores
Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding Simbe Robotics’ business intelligence solution to additional ShopRite stores after a pilot.
Over the past several months, Wakefern vetted Simbe’s platform in more than 20 stores.
It first began integrating the offering, powered by Tally, to drive inventory optimisation at the stores and help retail associates do more impactful, customer facing work.
Tally is a robot that autonomously scans shelves of products using AI to identify out-of-stock, misplaced, or mispriced products, as well as generate product location data for efficient inventory replenishment.
Simbe then delivers real-time actionable insights to drive improved store operations.
“Tally has proven to be the ideal shelf intelligence solution for our members as it’s been able to roll right into our technology ecosystem, sending real-time shelf condition data directly to retail associates’ handheld devices,” says Charles J. McWeeney, VP, Technology, Innovation & Strategy at Wakefern Food Corp.
“With timely, consistent, and accurate product data from Tally, our in-store mobile application presents a prioritised aisle by aisle inventory worklist to the store associates, ensuring they invest their time in the most meaningful and valuable services for our customers.”
“With our business intelligence solution, Wakefern has real-time visibility into shelf health at a frequency and fidelity that cannot be found anywhere else on the market,” says Brad Bogolea, Co-Founder and CEO at Simbe.
“This consistent access to deep, precise insights has empowered Wakefern and its members' store teams to further improve the exceptional shopping experience their customers expect by keeping shelves fully stocked. We look forward to continuing to enhance the experience for store teams and shoppers alike.”
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