retail · mid-market · US Southwest
Retail chain automates inventory counts
Quarterly counts closed stores and still ran 6% off.
Implementation cost
$175,000
Annual savings
$163,000
ROI
93% first year
Payback
12.9 months
Hours saved / yr
5,400
Timeline
4 months
Success rating
3/5
Forecast accuracy
-14%
Verified result
Predicted $190,000 a year. Actual $163,000 measured over 12 months. Store-level adoption was uneven.
Lessons learned
- • Planogram data quality drives accuracy
- • Weekly counts changed buying behaviour more than the labour saving
Solution deployed
Hauler AMR Fleet — Autonomous mobile robots that move pallets and totes between dock, storage and pick faces.
Vendor: Hauler Robotics · 4.3/5 from 61 reviews · Within 2 business days · success rate 78%
Known limitations: Wi-Fi coverage is the most common failure point; Long ramp on mixed-SKU sites
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