Walmart Leverages AI to Streamline Deliveries, Offering Optimization Tech to Other Businesses
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Walmart's Route Optimization software uses AI to determine the most efficient delivery routes, considering factors like traffic, timing, vehicle capacity, etc. This has helped Walmart eliminate 30 million miles driven and 110,000 inefficient paths.
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The technology has made work more efficient for Walmart employees and drivers by organizing loading intelligently and removing unnecessary wait times.
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Route Optimization is now being offered to other businesses as a service, as the software can be tailored to companies across industries and sizes that have delivery needs.
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This is the second major tech offering from Walmart Commerce Technologies, after its Store Assist fulfillment software.
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Walmart has gotten more efficient with offerings like this to better compete with rivals like Amazon and Target, with unexpected savings so far.