“Cartesian has improved our productivity by 4x and reduced errors by 80%. The vision of growing our online business multifold can now be achieved with an existing headcount. This has also given us confidence to include store replenishment into the robotics platform to achieve quicker turnaround time and increase customer base.”
– CEO, Grocery Distributor Partner
Client Profile
Founded 2003, in San Jose, CA. Our customer began with the vision of supplying authentic food products to local grocery stores. Over the years, they’ve expanded their offering to include a wider variety of specialty products, emphasizing on quality and freshness. With the help of Carte+, Cartesian Kinetics’ robotic technology, they were able to successfully support existing B2B order picking operations as well as launch their on-demand D2C online platform. Our client continues their mission to provide superior quality, packaged food products to customers and with the help of Carte+ they are now able to accomplish that with automation, enabling same-day delivery.
The Challenge
- Low pick rates due to travel time for orders (50-75 picks/hr)
- Unable to support increased volume with existing team
- Lack of inventory visibility/no way of tracking replenishment levels
- Unable to support omni channel strategy by integrating B2B and D2C picking
The Solution
- 350 sqft 300 Totes
- Retrofit with standard racking
- 10 Pick Locations
- 1 Robot with 1 Operator
The Benefits
- 50% reduction in picking costs
- 1 new customer added for distribution
- Modular solution that can scale to future volumes
- Up to 450 picks/hr/operator
- Same day shipping for both D2C and B2B
- Install and go live in 6 weeks
