Inventory Robotics at Giant Eagle

Note in particular the frequency of state and availability of merchandise.

Giant Eagle unveils plans for inventory robots

Giant Eagle has joined with Simbe Robotics to add the company's robot, Tally, to select stores in Pennsylvania and Ohio under a pilot program. Tally is an autonomous robot that regularly checks shelves for inventory and sends data reports to employees.  .... 

Giant Eagle Piloting In-Store Robots  in Progressive Grocer

 ... Giant Eagle has unveiled a pilot program with Simbe Robotics to deploy Tally, Simbe’s autonomous shelf-auditing and inventory analytics solution, at the grocer’s Giant Eagle and Market District stores in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and Akron, Ohio. Tally ensures that products are on shelves when and where customers expect them to be, while enabling store associates to focus on customers instead of inventory.

In the pilot, Tally sends detailed data reports to store teams every 30 minutes that capture, report, and analyze the state and availability of merchandise. The reports help the teams address controllable out-of-stock and pricing situations while optimizing each store’s product layout. The solution requires no infrastructure changes to the store and operates safely during normal store hours alongside shoppers and employees.

Employing Tally’s cloud-powered software platform and API, Giant Eagle aims to streamline store performance, maximize customer satisfaction, boost sales and lower operational expenditures. ... "