Day-old data left apps blind to shelf changes. Now, AI maps natural queries to real-time aisle locations in seconds.
One of the UK's largest supermarkets serves nine million weekly customers across 2,100 locations, managing complex inventory that fluctuates with seasonal promotions and store rearrangements.
Locating specific items was frustrating for shoppers during busy periods when shelf layouts changed, and staff were often unavailable to assist....
“We can be far more expressive in exploring the data and modeling it for whatever purpose we need, whether that’s trying to predict how many items we might sell next week, whether a customer is likely to buy a product from us, or how we optimize our network to reduce the number of miles we drive every year. There's a whole range of business problems that we can now solve easily using Vertex AI.”
Supermarket chain and food producer in the United Kingdom.
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