Author: Chantal Tremblay
Author: Chantal Tremblay
Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. – Who’s minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors that can tell almost instantly when bruised bananas need to be swapped for fresh ones and more cash registers need to open before lines get too long. Walmart, which faces fierce competition from Amazon and other online retailers,
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Save Mart Switching to Renewable Diesel Fuel
By the end of April, the Save Mart Cos. will run all transportation operations using 100 percent renewable drop-in diesel produced by Neste MY Renewable Diesel. The first grocer to fully convert to Neste MY Renewable Diesel, Save Mart will offset the emissions of more than 5,500 cars on the road annually by making the switch.
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Walmart Putting Thousands of Robots to Work in Stores, Expanding Vending-Style Pickup
Walmart is expanding its use of robots, or “smart associates,” to automate a variety of repetitive tasks such as cleaning floors or checking inventory on shelves, as well as rolling out a swath of new pickup towers. “Our associates immediately understood the opportunity for the new technology to free them up from focusing on tasks that are repeatable, predictable
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Kroger’s autonomous delivery cars latest salvo in Houston grocery wars
Kroger, the nation’s largest grocer, has launched a self-driving grocery delivery service in Houston, the latest salvo in a hyper-competitive grocery market that has supermarket chains investing heavily in new technology to win over online shoppers. Company officials on Tuesday showcased the first of dozens of autonomous delivery vehicles planned for Houston: Toyota Priuses outfitted
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Inside Canadian Tire Distribution Center: Design for flexibility
Canadian Tire’s bulk handling facility brings together automation and conventional materials handling for a variety of products. Square Footage: 1.45 million square feetProducts Handled: Tires and bulk general merchandise including tools, sporting goods, home living, automotive and seasonal outdoors productsSKUS: 15,500Throughput: 350 trailers a day, 65 million cubic feet of shipments per year Shifts: Two 10-hour shifts per day/7 days per
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Nagarro partners with Nokia on ‘factory in a box 2.0’ next generation supply chain solution
Nagarro, a technology solutions provider headquartered in Hanover, Germany, announced this week that is has entered into a new partnership with Nokia for ‘Factory in a Box 2.0’. First announced in 2017, Nokia’s ‘Factory in a Box’ solution is a disruptive new project to provide modular and flexible production in a mobile, demand-centric way. According
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ROFDA SPRING CONFERENCE – MAY 16-19, 2019 – STOWE MOUNTAIN LODGE, STOWE, VT.
May 16-19, 2019 – Stowe Mountain Lodge, Vermont KEITH SWIEDNICKI INTERNATIONAL (KSI) will be presenting the 2019 Supply Chain Benchmarking results to board members at the ROFDA SPRING CONFERENCE in Stowe, Vermont as well as participating in (RAC) meetings as a member of the ROFDA ADVISORY COUNCIL (RAC). ROFDA (Retailer Owned Food Distributors Association) is a cooperative formed to facilitate and enhance
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What the rise of the convenience sector means for the supply chain
The Co-op announced at the beginning of the year that it plans to open 100 new food stores in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year that it has opened 100 new stores or more. With a particular focus on key city centre locations, transport hubs, university campuses and, new communities in high rise residential developments, this is
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Walmart, Target, Walgreens to pilot FedEx delivery robot
Walmart, Target and Walgreens are among a group of retailers working with FedEx Corp. to test a robot for last-mile delivery of online orders. Called the FedEx SameDay Bot, the wheeled, shoulder-high autonomous delivery device will enable retailers to accept small-shipment orders from nearby customers and bring the items directly to their homes or businesses
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Amazon secures London retail space for checkout-free stores
Amazon has secured central London retail space for its checkout-free Amazon Go food stores concept, The Grocer reported, in what would be the company’s first expansion of its automated convenience shops outside the United States. Selling food in physical stores is a key strategy of the world’s top online retailer as it tries to win
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