Anheuser-Busch InBev throws light on inventory 'black hole' with in-store drones

摘要

Anheuser-Busch InBev has completed a pilot of a new store inventory project that aims to end the out-of-stock "black hole" by using drones to check what products are on shelves. The test, carried out in an IGA grocery store in Montreal, used automated drones to collect hourly and daily data on out-of-stock products and share of shelf in the beer aisle. At the end of the two-week pilot - during which the drones collected almost 16 million SKU images in 200 flights - out-of-stock detection rates were said to be at 98%.