Artificial intelligence launches at Tia

Ecuadornews:

The long lines to pay at ATMs will no longer be a problem in Tia. The supermarket chain will have the first futuristic store in the country, which in addition to adopting this system, will complement its service with the use of an artificial intelligence robot.

It will be named Lucia and this morning it will be presented to the clients of the new store that the firm plans to inaugurate in the Ciudad Celeste (Samborondón)urbanization. The goal is to streamline the purchasing process and provide abetter experience for its users.

The payment method, unusual in Latin America and that was announced at the beginning of the year with surprise by the multinational Amazon Go, required five months only for its implementation. In the case of the robot, the time required was nine months for his tasks to be to organize the hangers of products, reviewing the spaces exhausted and correcting human error coding and prices of the items.

Achieve it, say Tia executives, “is a milestone at the business level, as it confirms the commitment of the company to continue investing in new technologies and innovation for the service of its customers and business partners.”

 It isa step that demonstrates the turn that this company is having, which todaycelebrates 58 years of life in the country and celebrates opening its 200thlocation. “This will have 600 square meters and will offer about 8,000items. A local that will attend the 11 stages of this urbanization and also offer home service.

Leonardo Pesantes, corporate director of Tía, explains that this innovation occurs in asustainable manner and in the hands of the different actors that are part of the value chain: suppliers, collaborators, customers, among others.

Currently,Tía is ranked number nine among the companies with the highest income in the country. According to the Superintendence of Companies, in 2017 it invoiced659’995,668 dollars. In the social field, it stands out as the number four among the largest employment generating companies (more than 8,000 people).

Tía established her first location in the city of Guayaquil on November 29, 1960.The chain currently has a presence in 94 cities in 22 provinces of the country,but the goal is to continue expanding its domain. According to the programmed,the idea is to finish this year with 205 stores and to reflect innovation and technologies in each of them. It is also planned to implement the newself-payment system in the location located in the La Joya urbanization. (I)

Source: https://www.expreso.ec/economia/inteligencia-artificial-tia-comercio-robot-AC2501031