Schnuck’s, a family-owned grocery chain in the Midwest

Schnuck’s, a family-owned grocery chain in the Midwest started an aisle-roving robot, joining technology-savvy retails. The robot, named Tally, scans store aisles at three St. Louis-area Schnucks grocery stores. The robot checks aisles three times a day to look for out-of-stock items and make sure items and price tags properly correspond. Dave Steck, the Schnuck’s chain’s vice president, said in a statement on its collaboration with San Francisco-based Simbe Robotics. “This is just one of many ways that Schnucks is staying at the forefront of technology to enhance our customers’ shopping experiences.” Schnucks — which operates more than 100 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa — will initially use the adjustable 38-inch, 30-pound robot to monitor items on store shelves but is hopeful that the robot “may open up a world of other possibilities” with the data it collects, Steck said. Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea says that the robot’s ability to find items that need to be restocked and pricing errors allows employees to focus on other tasks. The robot has already been scanning aisles in other stores across the country, including some Target stores in San Francisco last year. “The goal of Tally is to create more of a feedback mechanism,” Simbe says “Although most retailers have good supply chain intelligence, and point-of-sale data on what they’ve sold, what’s challenging for retailers is understanding the true state of merchandise on shelves. 

Everyone sees value in higher quality, more frequent information across the entire value chain.” Many other hypermarket companies are also inspired by this idea, and have started robotics-assisted services in their business.

Based on the case below, you are required to answer the following questions in 250 words each (for answering follow the business brief writing guidelines attached at the end of the assignment):

a. Evaluate the feasibility of the case for real-time businesses in terms of its pros and cons.

b. Assume that you are (Mineral water production and sale factory) and critically explain the feasibility of the case matters in your business considering the cost concerns (both advantages and limitations).

c. Following Business brief writing guidelines
1. The phrases not to be used by the student in the assignment are:
 I think
 I feel
 I believe
 My opinion is….
2. The phrases that must be used by the student in the assignment are:
 The analysis indicates
 Study demonstrates
 The data reveals
 Forecast specified

Case 1

Schnuck’s “TALLY”;

A Case study: Schnuck’s, a family-owned grocery chain in the Midwest started an aisle-roving robot, joining technology-savvy retails. The robot, named Tally, scans store aisles at three St. Louis-area Schnucks grocery stores. The robot checks aisles three times a day to look for out-of-stock items and make sure items and price tags properly correspond. Dave Steck, the Schnuck’s chain’s vice president, said in a statement on its collaboration with San Francisco-based Simbe Robotics. “This is just one of many ways that Schnucks is staying at the forefront of technology to enhance our customers’ shopping experiences.” Schnucks — which operates more than 100 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa — will initially use the adjustable 38-inch, 30-pound robot to monitor items on store shelves but is hopeful that the robot “may open up a world of other possibilities” with the data it collects, Steck said. Simbe CEO Brad Bogolea says that the robot’s ability to find items that need to be restocked and pricing errors allows employees to focus on other tasks. The robot has already been scanning aisles in other stores across the country, including some Target stores in San Francisco last year. “The goal of Tally is to create more of a feedback mechanism,” Simbe says “Although most retailers have good supply chain intelligence, and point-of-sale data on what they’ve sold, what’s challenging for retailers is understanding the true state of merchandise on shelves. Everyone sees value in higher quality, more frequent information across the entire value chain.” Many other hypermarket companies are also inspired by this idea, and have started robotics-assisted services in their business.

Based on the case below, you are required to answer the following questions in 250 words each (for answering follow the business brief writing guidelines attached at the end of the assignment):

a. Evaluate the feasibility of the case for real-time businesses in terms of its pros and cons.

b. Assume that you are (Mineral water production and sale factory) and critically explain the feasibility of the case matters in your business considering the cost concerns (both advantages and limitations).