From the Boston Globe Business Team
Walgreen Co. installs Kiva system
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November 8, 2007 08:09 AM
Kiva Systems said that Walgreen Co. has installed a Kiva fulfillment system at the drug chain's distribution center in Mount Vernon, Ill.
Woburn-based Kiva focuses on mobile fulfillment technology and robotic solutions for the storage, movement, and sortation of inventory.
Walgreen will use Kiva's Item-Fetch split-case packing system, which employs mobile robots to bring inventory to Walgreen distribution team members in a specific sequence required for efficient restocking of store shelves; the system's efficiencies reduce in-store labor, Kiva said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)
