Perfetti Van Melle Skolkovo of Intelligence Retail implements the solution of the resident

On May 20, 2019 in Skolkovo Foundation reported that the Perfetti Van Melle company starts the project on automation of process of control of outlets and increase in goods availability on the shelf. The company selected the solution Intelligence Retail, the resident of an IT cluster of Skolkovo Foundation. Within a pilot project the high accuracy of recognition in difficult category "prikass" at the level of 96% and was confirmed above.

Based on implementation of Perfetti Van Melle expects reduction of labor costs on audit of outlets for 40% and growth of the actual representation of goods on the shelf on 3-7%. In the long term - implementation of automation of control of observance of the regular prices, promotion actions and plano-grams.

"We believe that the technology of computer vision is the future of control systems and data collection in sales points. The huge labor costs connected with manual collection of information gradually will consign to the past, as well as opacity of all market of consumer goods. The solution Intelligence Retail most fully conforms to functional and production requirements. The pilot project confirmed the high accuracy and quality of data". Nikita Kostyunin, head of service of analytics Perfetti Van Melle

The solution Intelligence Retail is based on use of technologies of computer vision for recognition of goods of different categories for the purpose of control of existence and correctness of the calculation of goods. A system allows the field employee of the company to obtain necessary information on the range and the calculation within 10 seconds. The analyst's online in shops allows to increase efficiency of a visit, having excluded collection of information manually.

"We welcome the solution Perfetti Van Melle to begin the large-scale project on deployment of the solution Intelligence Retail. High speed and accuracy of recognition will allow Perfetti Van Melle to increase quality and transparency of the reporting and also to increase sales through quick response to key absence reasons of goods on the shelf". Maxim Morozov, CEO of Intelligence Retail

Recognition of goods at the level of the list of the range (SKU), the prices and other information on a photo online gives ample opportunities for increase in an indicator of existence of goods on the shelf (OSA).