Hear some buzzing while shopping for furniture pieces? It might be an IKEA drone stocking inventory. IKEA partnered with the Ingka Group to develop a fully autonomous drone solution to track inventory as well as improve the wellbeing of its co-workers on the warehouse floor.
As of today, there are 100 autonomous drones deployed in 16 different locations to improve stock accuracy and to secure availability of products for online and physical retail stores. To see them in person, you’ll have to head to either Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, or Switzerland. Ingka Group hopes the revamp more IKEA stores around the world to improve their handling capacities.
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Being at the forefront when it comes to innovative and value adding solutions is part of the IKEA heritage. We are always curious of learning from others and this project is a great example of how we have collaborated across IKEA and together with an external partner come up with a solution that we all benefit from,” said Peter Ac, Head of Innovations in Logistics & Fulfilment, Supply Chain Development, Inter IKEA Group.
