A C-store warehouse is a rapid-fire, small-batch operation that hinges on accuracy.
Your stores need to have exactly what the customers want, when they want it. But in convenience retail, customer cravings change by the hour. If your warehouse can’t adapt, stores are sure to see empty shelves and lost revenue.
C-stores depend on just-in-time restocking, and that’s exactly what Geek+ robotic warehouse solutions deliver.
Imagine this. It’s Monday at 6 a.m., prime time for the coffee rush. An employee at one of your stores needs to refill the coffee cups. He heads to the back only to find that the overnight warehouse delivery didn’t include coffee cups. Your store loses hundreds of dollars in sales that morning.
Whether it’s salads during the lunch hour or cases of beer on Friday night, your stores’ revenue directly depends on timely warehouse deliveries to stock the shelves. If the delivery is too early, the product spoils because there’s nowhere to store it. If the delivery is late, you’re certain to lose customers to your competitors.
Without a robotic warehouse, your deliveries are subject to human errors. Your pickers waste time walking up and down the aisles, looking for individual SKUs. They might grab the wrong SKU or misread the delivery schedule. These mistakes can throw off the timeline of the entire supply chain.
Another challenge in your warehouse is the outdated design. Typical warehouses are built to optimize large, infrequent shipments. The operation is entirely different from the frequent, small-order restocks your stores need.
Geek+ robotic warehouse systems are specifically designed to meet the tight deadlines and small-batch orders that c-stores demand.
The shelf-to-person and tote-to-person systems provide split-case picking and mixed-SKU storage. Products are intelligently organized to maximize speed and efficiency. Plus, the robots deliver every SKU to the employee at the picking area. This significantly improves the time to delivery and reduces picking errors.
Behind the scenes, the Geek+ warehouse software suite automates the entire warehouse, tracking several performance metrics and analyzing demand trends in real-time. That data can be used to predict specific replenishment cycles for each of your stores.
Circle K, a global convenience store network, can’t afford to have empty shelves and unhappy customers. That’s why they reached out to Geek+ for help in serving their 300 Hong Kong stores and 600,000 daily customers with just-in-time deliveries.
Geek+ provided 100 P800 robots, enabling the Circle K warehouse to operate 24/7 and deliver more than one million items to its stores each day.
With a robotic warehouse, Circle K was able to decrease its dependence on human labor while increasing its efficiency. Fulfillment is now much more reliable, and stores can trust the warehouse to be accurate and on time with critical deliveries.
Now, imagine this. It’s 6 a.m. on Monday. It’s the coffee rush again, but this time, your store is prepared because they’ve received the delivery on schedule. The store serves dozens of customers, and the bottom line surges ahead.
Geek+ makes just-in-time deliveries the standard. With a robotic warehouse, you can pack thousands of SKUs without a mis-pick or a missed delivery.
Contact salesamericas@geekplus.com to launch your new warehouse today.