Kaufland has taken its highly automated distribution centre in Geisenfeld fully into operation. It took more than three years to optimise the systems and to gradually put them into operation. The heart of the system is a picking solution from Vanderlande, which uses robotic arms to pick and push dry goods. Kaufland picks fruit and vegetables using a customer-specific development…
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Together with Mondelēz International, Markant Group and its subsidiary Retail.ai developed the Product Wizard, which uses generative artificial intelligence to create channel- and target group-specific product descriptions. The solution won this year's GS1 Germany ECR Award in the Innovation Excellence category.
Read more >>The company behind the Enfore POS Software, which Fressnapf has been trying to implement since 2020, is insolvent. Enfore founder Marco Börries no longer belongs to the Fressnapf board of directors and Fressnapf is looking for a new point-of-sale software solution.
Read more >>Hornbach has selected Blue Yonder for its new order management solution. With this, the operator of DIY and garden centres aims to offer its customers a seamless shopping experience across all channels.
Read more >>Primark has brought self-checkouts from Itab to its UK stores such as those in Truro, Broughton Park, Chester and the Irish store in Mullingar. The Irish fashion specialist had previously started to equip some of its stores in UK with self-checkouts from Swedish retail solution provider on a test phase in 2022. Primark is also upgrading in the Click&Collect area.
Read more >>Dutch Maxeda DIY Group has transformed key supply chain processes with demand planning and fulfilment solutions from Blue Yonder. The operator of DIY stores in the Benelux countries has thus created an unified demand and supply planning environment for its three sales banners Praxis, Brico and BricoPlanit.
Read more >>Spar Austria has automated the entire goods receiving process at its reopened logistics centre in Graz with technology from Knapp. A fully automated pallet high-bay racking system optimises storage capacity at the site, which was expanded to 40,000 square metres over a two-year construction period.
Read more >>J Sainsbury has chosen SAP Retail as new merchandise management system for its Sainsbury's stores. With this, the second largest British retail company is parting with its Retek system after 22 years. The system was acquired by the US software giant Oracle shortly after it was introduced at Sainsbury's in 2005. Industry experts are surprised that consulting giant Accenture, is…
Read more >>Family Dollar deploys Dunnhumby's AI-based platform to optimise its category management. The US discounter wants to counter weakening sales with store-specific product ranges.
Read more >>Douglas has introduced theft prevention solutions in more than 300 of its German stores to minimise shrinkage and improve operational efficiency. The beauty specialist relies on tags from Sensormatic Solutions and their tamper-proof detection gates at the entrance and exit areas for electronic article surveillance in its stores. Douglas had previously tested the system from the Johnson Controls subsidiary in…
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