Walmart ASR is a thought leader in grocery automation, driving innovation that improves lives by transforming how retailers operate and people shop. An industry leader in robotic e-grocery fulfillment, Walmart ASR developed the Alphabot® system, a unique automated fulfillment solution that utilizes patented omnidirectional robots in a temperature-controlled system for fresh, efficient, and high-quality grocery fulfillment. In addition, the company designed Novastore™, a store concept utilizing the Alphabot system, delivering a dynamic and efficient shopping experience.
100% data accuracy 100% of the time. Propel mitigated technical, schedule, and product quality risks during change management.
Propel provided fast and nimble business processes while in startup mode, and the scalability to support Walmart ASR’s 100% growth over a three-year period.
Propel’s single product record ensures that the integration of software engineering into the Propel PLM framework is quick and efficient, fostering swift interdepartmental collaboration.
Acquired by one of the largest worldwide retailers in 2022, Alert Innovation became Walmart ASR, evolving from a bustling tech startup to an integral player in a $600 billion company with two million employees. This rapid growth required a scalable technology solution compatible with the processes of a large organization with numerous teams and a wide array of products deployed throughout North America.
Walmart ASR therefore needed to build a dependable technology solution capable of transforming data into actionable business insights for effective decision-making, with a focus on achieving 100% accuracy, every time.
"Continuous improvement is the backbone of our ethos at [Walmart ASR]. Propel offers invaluable support for the scalability of our operations by delivering consistent new features that align with our business strategies.”
Heather Multhaupt, VP of Team Services
Propel Software was selected as it offered an expandable architecture, enabling Walmart ASR to extend its processes on a single platform. Propel provided fast and nimble business processes while in startup mode, and the scalability to support Walmart ASR’s 100% growth over a three-year period.
Building a strong partnership between IT and business begins and ends with selecting applications that solve problems and establish contextual collaboration throughout the organization. To do this, Walmart ASR’s IT team has a detailed view of how the business runs, where information goes, how processes flow, and which workflows are needed to maximize efficiency.
“As owner of the PLM solution at [Walmart ASR], one of the areas we prioritize as we scale is making product change management robust. That requires a great partnership with the head of software and the head of hardware because it’s the engineering change order (ECO) process that’s going to be the last workflow, the last gate, between good and bad change in the field,” said Heather Multhaupt, Walmart ASR’s VP of Team Services.
Over the past three years Walmart ASR has relied heavily on Propel to ensure quick adoption of processes as it continues to scale the business to support retail requirements. By prioritizing scalability from the outset, Walmart ASR can address needs today and in the future, maintaining its focus on growing the business instead of its technology stack.
Propel's start anywhere, go anywhere, solution has been a key element supporting Walmart ASR’s hyper growth business model addressing today’s ongoing needs, while strategizing to solve tomorrow’s next challenge.
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