AutoStore, a specialist in automated storage and retrieval methods, has unveiled what it says is “the world’s first in-store resolution geared up with an AutoStore PickUpPort”.
The system allows “totally automated supply of products to prospects”, and is now operational at thansen’s brand-new retailer in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The “cutting-edge expertise” is made doable by means of AutoStore, in collaboration with its associate, Component Logic.
Based in 1991 in Denmark, thansen focuses on delivering spare elements, gear for automobiles, tenting gear, and leisure gear throughout Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Germany.
The brand new retailer close to Copenhagen units the stage for a groundbreaking buyer expertise. Founder and CEO at thansen, Bent Jensen, envisions a future the place prospects can purchase and decide up items at any time of the day, with out queues or fastened opening hours.
This modern AutoStore resolution, carried out by Component Logic, options 14 robots and over 18,000 bins, optimizing cupboard space for greater than 32,000 of thansen’s 200,000 gadgets.
The warehouse’s modest measurement doesn’t compromise the vary of products out there to prospects, as gadgets are straight accessible within the retailer with out the have to be ordered from a central warehouse.
Nikolaj Bjørn Eriksen, managing director of Component Logic Denmark, says: “Shoppers are always pushing the boundaries for supply occasions and the diploma of flexibility, and as an organization, you can’t meet these calls for with out considering when it comes to good, automated options.”
The system in Rødovre signifies a paradigm shift, transferring robots straight into particular person shops, addressing the evolving expectations of recent shoppers.
This aligns completely with what Carlos Fernández, chief product officer of AutoStore, expressed earlier in reference to the product launch of the PickUpPort.
Fernández says: “The PickUpPort is a vital step in the direction of offering prospects with a seamless and versatile purchasing expertise.
“Not solely does it streamline the in-store pick-up course of for retailers, nevertheless it additionally enhances the general purchasing expertise for purchasers, providing them better flexibility and freedom.”
