2023
Service

Robot delivery

Background
S-kaupat has made partnership with Starship for robot delivery to meet growing demands for quick delivery needs. The aim of the project was to create nation-wide quick delivery solution which needs to be sustainable and efficient.
My role
I was responsible for implementing changes for digital products for store managers and picking tools to handle robot delivery. I contributed to the implementation of the fulfilment process for robot delivery. I created various visual instructions for store personnel to learn new processes and how to handle possible corner cases with other designers.
Design process

How to ensure successful operation of robot delivery from fulfilment side?

01 Define the touch-points to develop by use cases and identify jobs-to-be-done

I played a pivotal role in translating the fulfilment side's jobs-to-be-done into specific product design feature requirements. For digital a product that store manager uses, robot delivery requires 1) adding robot delivery as a new delivery method for stores, and 2) monitoring robot delivery orders from receiving orders to completion of dispatching robots. For a picking tool, I improved the design of functionalities for 1) receiving, filtering, and selecting robot orders, 2) the picking process, 3) check out, 4) loading, and 5) sending. To guarantee efficient and error-free operations, I contributed to identifying and addressing all potential error and corner cases, ensuring coverage from both a product design and service process perspective.

02 Creating UX/UI design and visual instructions to onboard store personnel and and to handle corner cases.

I have utilized a storytelling board as a base for designing the UX flow. This allows a holistic approach to how product design should interact with the service process and ensures no missing details. I have created visual instructions to onboard store managers and personnel for the new robot delivery service and a quick guide for what to do for various error and corner cases.

03 Test and iteration

The task force team has tested the end-to-end flow of robot delivery service with stakeholders as well as instructions with various store managers and personnel.

Meaningful impact

There has been some meaningful figures that indicate the success of the project. In addition, S-kaupat robot delivery service won the award in the best use of AI or other new technologies category at the Grand One, one of design competition in Finland.