Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World
Plug-and-play automation systems can be rapidly set up to meet sudden surges in demand — and quickly reconfigured when needs change.
The ‘Smart’ Warehouse, Where Everything is in its Place
Inventory management is the root of efficiency throughout your operation, and by prioritizing it across processes, you’ll find that errors will drop while productivity and revenue begin to rise.
The 7 Robots That Shaped The Industry, And The Engineers Who Created Them
The modern-day robotics industry is a multi-faceted, dynamic force of development and innovation, so we’re taking a look at the robots that brought us here, and the engineers behind them.
On the 100th Anniversary of ‘Robot,’ They’re Finally Taking Over
A century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word ‘robot,’ we finally have the technology to make the stuff of science fiction a reality—for better and for worse
These virtual robot arms get smarter by training each other
A virtual robot arm has learned to solve a wide range of different puzzles—stacking blocks, setting the table, arranging chess pieces—without having to be retrained for each task.
Fry’s Food to build $89 million AI-infused fulfillment warehouse in Phoenix
Kroger Co., the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets and parent company of Fry’s Food Stores, is set to build an $89 million high-tech warehouse in Phoenix that will fulfill online grocery orders.
Kroger And Ocado To Locate High-Tech Customer Fulfillment Center In Phoenix
Kroger, the largest grocery retailer, and Ocado, a company involved in technology for grocery ecommerce, announced that Phoenix has been chosen as their latest location for a Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC).
Artificial intelligence researchers rank the top A.I. labs worldwide
Artificial intelligence researchers don’t like it when you ask them to name the top AI labs in the world, possibly because it’s so hard to answer.
E-commerce Solution for Shopping Centres During Lockdowns Launched in Canada
Montreal-based SGM, in conjunction with MEDIAVORE, has developed an innovative e-commerce solution for shopping centres.
Kroger Checks Out a Smart Cart
The Kroger Co. has been quietly testing a souped-up shopping cart that can weigh items, provide shopping suggestions, and scan and pay for orders without requiring shoppers to visit a traditional checkout lane.
New Toshiba Commerce System Offers Retailers ‘Amazon Go At Scale’
Retailers made all sorts of quick pivots to their eCommerce sites as the pandemic unfolded, but in-store legacy technology proved to be an obstacle for many of them.
How Manhattan Associates rebuilt their platform on Google Cloud
Manhattan Associates, a leader in supply chain, inventory and omnichannel e-commerce technology, recognized retailers needed a platform that could help them adapt to changing market conditions and bridge the gap from brick and mortar to digital commerce.
Goods-to-person Horizontal Carousels available 'used' at 95% discount
Affordable, reliable storage and high-speed picking performance.
Walmart’s e-commerce chief is leaving to build “a city of the future”
Marc Lore, a serial entrepreneur who sold his startup Jet.com to Walmart for $3 billion and then oversaw the transformation of the retail giant’s e-commerce business over the last four years.
BrightDrop introduces EP1; new electric pallet designed to optimize last mile deliveries
In an initial pilot, the BrightDrop EP1, enabled couriers to effectively handle 25% more packages per day.
GM launches BrightDrop; a new brand to improve first to last mile delivery operations
BrightDrop isn’t just a new brand, but also a new business unit, much like Saturn was when it launched.
Walmart introduces 'HomeValet' for fresh e-grocery deliveries
Walmart announced today it will soon begin to pilot a new solution that could eventually allow the retailer to deliver groceries to customers’ homes 24 hours per day.
Drugstores looking for ways to compete with big-box retailers and online pharmacies
CVS Health, Walgreens and Rite Aid have looked for new ways to drive growth and compete with big-box retailers and pure-play online pharmacies.
Customer service will take over price and product as the main brand differentiator
According to the Microsoft State of Global Service Report, 61% of consumers now view customer service as “very important”.
Amazon, Walmart Tell Consumers to Skip Returns of Unwanted Items
In some cases, it’s cheaper for the retailers to refund the purchase price and let customers keep or donate the products