Plug and Play Cooling Solutions That Scale with Ease
e-GROCERY
Phononic’s ACS Ecosystem of totes, racks, carts and connected data services enables stores to unlock huge benefits from tri-temp order consolidation – opening up a multitude of revenue options per square foot – a key growth metric for grocery retail. And our new Growth Accelerator analytics tol helps to unlock new visibility into tote temperature and operations – with ongoing monitoring and real-time alerts.
e-Grocery
Solution Benefits
Reduce staging footprint by 50%
Phononic's scalable tri-temperature order consolidation solution can help grocers save over 50% of their order staging footprint. By integrating refrigerated, frozen and ambient storage, they can optimize that space for other revenue-generating activities without the need for store expansion.
Cut employee touches by 50%
Incorporating Phononic’s ACS™ ecosystem helps grocers reduce the labor required for order staging by over 50%. Associates can pick orders directly into refrigerator and freezer totes, which eliminates the need for additional touches. This streamlined process reduces redundant tasks, improves associate efficiency and enhances overall operational workflow.
Shut down totes when not in use
Phononic's solutions can adapt to fluctuations in demand, giving you the ability to turn off totes when not in use – something not possible with traditional freezers and refrigerators. This flexibility helps ensure that energy for cooling is only used as needed, significantly reducing energy consumption and operational costs. It also helps grocers better manage inventory and reduce waste.
Speed your curbside delivery
Phononic's flexible solutions enable grocers to handle higher order volumes without overbuilding their fulfillment, effectively helping reduce curbside delivery times by up to 72%, This increased efficiency helps boost high customer satisfaction, which in turn helps drive e-Grocery business growth
Phononic ACS™ Ecosystem
ACS™ TOTES
Whether you’re running a fulfillment operation in a manual environment or need a cooling within a micro-fulfillment center, our Intelligent Actively Cooled Totes are a flexible, sustainable and efficient solution. Totes are available in refrigerator and freezer versions, with an LCD screen on the front of the tote that displays the temperature and status of the totes in real time. Phononic ACS Totes use wireless contact charging and are Wi-Fi- and IoT-capable, for real-time insight into cold chain automation process to help increase in operational efficiencies
ACS™ INTEGRATION KITS
Our ACS Integration kits help you easily add carts and racks to your ACS Totes to expand the functionality of your order staging and storage. A cooling solution that includes ACS totes, carts and racks provides you with a comprehensive, tri-temp location to stage frozen, refrigerated and ambient items together, reducing footsteps, touches and potential for error. Our Integration Kits are plug-and-play and include easy-to-follow wire management, power conversion, and power delivery instructions.
ACS™ GROWTH ACCELERATOR
Our ACS Growth Accelerator analytics feature provides real-time, ongoing data monitoring of system operations to help to optimize energy costs and ensure peak performance. The system’s proactive alerts will help you ensure that ideal temperatures are maintained, eliminating food waste and safety concerns.
Partners
Phononic is pleased to work with leading e-commerce cart manufacturers, including National Cart, Winholt Equipment and Cannon Equipment to easily integrate Phononic ACSTM Refrigerator and Freezer totes onto picking and staging carts. Adapt your existing cart design, or choose from any of the designs from these manufacturers to seamlessly integrate the Phononic ACSTM Solution into your existing workflows.
Vidir Solutions, a leading manufacturer of vertical motorized material handling systems, partners with Phononic to offer the Vidir Powered Carousel – a first-of-its-kind automated BOPOS (Buy Online Pick-up On Site) fulfillment and staging solution. It combines Phononic’s actively cooled refrigerator and freezer totes with Vidir’s vertical lift system, enabling grocers to stage frozen, chilled and ambient orders in one central location. This helps retailers reduce the number of touches needed to fulfill an order and reduces the needed to get an order to customers for curbside pickup and grocery delivery.
NanoFulfillment Inc., a pioneer of logistics automation, partners with Phononic for efficient delivery of temperature-sensitive grocery orders to hyperlocal, urban ecommerce customers. By combining Phononic’s sustainable active cooling technology in their freezer and refrigerator totes with NanoFulfillment’s automation technology, the two companies bring a uniquely scalable and cost-effective experience for grocery retailers.
Shyft Global Services, a premier provider of outsourced technology services, is proud to serve as Phononic’s strategic professional services partner for its cold chain fulfillment solutions. Shyft partners with Phononic to provide services throughout the product lifecycle, including warehousing and fulfillment, configuration, project management, onsite installation and post-deployment support. Shyft’s global infrastructure, scalable resources and proven service delivery methodologies maximize the benefits that customers receive from Phononic’s cold chain fulfillment solutions.
Kicking e-Grocery into High Gear
Space Savings + Revenue Growth = Greater Earnings/Sq. Ft.
Whether you’re just starting out with e-Grocery or are realizing major growth, Phononic’s ACS Ecosystem is a flexible solution that can scale with your business. Phononic’s Freezer and Refrigerator totes, carts, accessories, and our integrated of Growth Accelerator data can help you customize your upfront investment, ensure backend ROI, and maximize your store’s available footprint without requiring a rebuild or expansion.
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