Faster short-date management to ensure zero expired products on shelves

Before adopting Smartway and VusionGroup solutions, Carrefour Pénestin managed short-date products entirely manually. Each product had to be checked one by one across all aisles, meaning over 5,000 items needed verification every day. This method was time-consuming and unreliable: employees spent 2.5 hours daily on the task, yet some expired products still slipped through, remaining on shelves.

Looking to automate this process and ensure zero expired products on shelves, Carrefour Pénestin implemented Smartway’s Smartdetection solution. This innovation allows teams to check only 4% of products instead of scanning the entire store. The result? Significant operational time savings, enabling employees to focus on higher-value tasks.

To further accelerate the process, the store later adopted Smartdetection Flash Evo, a combined solution integrating VusionGroup’s electronic shelf labels.

Record time savings with Smartdetection Flash Evo

With Smartdetection, employees are guided via a PDA, which directs them to the exact products needing verification. No more searching through the entire store—only short-date products are flagged, leading to massive time savings.

The real breakthrough came with Smartdetection Flash Evo, the joint innovation by Smartway and VusionGroup. Flashing electronic shelf labels from VusionGroup instantly highlight products to check. The results speak for themselves:

• Before Smartway: 2-2.5 hours to check the entire store
• With Smartway: 1 hour
• With Flash Evo: 30 minutes
  ✅ Zero expired products on shelves

“With Smartdetection Flash Evo, there’s no more searching. The labels flash, so we know exactly where to go. We’ve saved an additional 50% of our time!”
Luc Duluard, Store Manager, Carrefour Pénestin

An intuitive solution, adopted in just days

The installation of Smartdetection Flash Evo was seamless. In just a few days, employees had fully integrated the tool into their daily routines.

“Before, it was tedious and error-prone. Now, the task is clear, fast, and efficient. Our employees can learn how to use it in just three minutes.”
Luc Duluard, Store Manager, Carrefour Pénestin

The solution also simplifies training for new hires. From their first week, they are fully operational.

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