Woodman’s Markets Rolls Out Badger Technologies Grocery Robots
July 28 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
In-Store Robots Share Actionable Data and
Analytics to Improve Operations & Shopping Experiences
Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, is deploying
multipurpose robots at Woodman’s Markets throughout Wisconsin and
Illinois, with the goal to expand to all 18 Woodman’s locations by
the end of 2020. These robots will monitor product availability,
verify prices and deliver precise location data for more than
100,000 items at each location. The robots, equipped with Badger®
Retail InSight, are part of a complete retail automation solution
that is enabling Woodman’s to elevate store execution, lower
operational costs and increase store profits.
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Badger® Retail InSight detects
out-of-stock items with more than 95 percent accuracy. (Photo:
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“Most Woodman’s stores are over 240,000 square feet, nearly six
times larger than the grocery industry average,” said Tim Rowland,
CEO of Badger Technologies. “Not only can our robots perform shelf
scans in hours instead of days, but they collect and connect
critical data with the Woodman’s mobile shopping app to take
customer experiences to the next level.”
Deployments of Badger Technologies® autonomous robots at
Woodman’s grocery stores are underway. Innovative imaging tools and
neural networks enable the Badger Technologies autonomous robots to
detect out-of-stock items with more than 95 percent accuracy.
Incorrect and mispriced products are identified with over 90
percent accuracy. Badger Technologies autonomous robots also
discern current product locations within a four-foot section of
aisles that typically extend more than 100 feet.
Robotics Integral to Woodman’s Digital Retail
Strategy
While employee-owned Woodman’s celebrated its centennial in
2019, the grocer is an early adopter of digital technology to
improve operations and shopping experiences. “Woodman’s is
committed to having the widest variety of groceries at the best
prices, unlike other superstores that sell everything from bikes to
bananas,” said Clint Woodman, president of Woodman’s Markets.
“Badger’s robots are helping us fulfill this mission with real-time
inventory visibility that yields analytics and actionable data
insights to inform our business decisions.”
The ability to automate storewide shelf scans for out-of-stocks
and price compliance will eliminate arduous manual tasks,
especially given each store’s large floor space. Additionally,
Woodman’s can take advantage of critical trending data to better
forecast and manage commodities and vendors with frequent stock
issues.
Badger Retail InSight also keeps track of item locations,
enabling Woodman’s to integrate daily updates into its mobile
shopping app to help customers, online order pickers and store
associates quickly find all products. This automated process also
is proving essential to collaborations with pricing departments,
improving the prioritization of replenishment lists and assessing
planogram compliance. These solutions provide a more robust ROI for
retailers amid the accelerated pace of change across the retail
landscape in 2020.
Data-Driven Retail Automation
To date, more than 500 Badger Technologies shelf scanning,
hazard detecting and security monitoring robots have traveled
approximately 500,000 miles on behalf of grocers worldwide. In
addition to automating monotonous and mundane tasks, these
multipurpose robots help retailers keep shelves stocked with
products that are priced and placed correctly while ensuring store
aisles and floors are clean and safe. Data-savvy retailers, like
Woodman’s, are taking advantage of a multitude of operational
insights gathered by Badger Technologies autonomous robots to
increase the productivity of omnichannel solutions, including
click-and-collect and curbside delivery services.
About Badger Technologies
Badger Technologies is a product division of Jabil (NYSE: JBL),
a manufacturing solutions provider that delivers comprehensive
design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management
services. Badger Technologies® retail automation solutions feature
autonomous robots that capture and share valuable data designed to
improve operations and financial performance. Retail robots
automate hazard detection and expedite issues resolution while
addressing a host of inventory and data disconnects to improve
profitability and shopping experiences. Badger Technologies also
has developed an autonomous robot for the security guard industry
to elevate security workforce management efficiencies.
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