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An autonomous and digitised supply chain is remodeling the grocery industry in China

Dada Group, a renowned local on-demand delivery and retail platform in China, is bringing a number of unmanned, autonomous delivery fleets to transform China’s digital supply chain. The on-demand delivery platform has teamed up with JD Logistics, the logistics wing of giant JD, and White Rhino, a firm that builds autonomous delivery vehicles. Customers can place an online order, including fresh produce, dairy, and meat, from the app of digital grocers. The autonomous delivery vehicles will deliver the order in the next 20 minutes. Shoppers receive an advanced notification before the arrival of the unmanned delivery vehicles. Dada Group revealed that Seven Fresh, JD’s supermarket chain, Yonghui Supermarket, and Walmart’s Sam’s Club have already collaborated with it to deploy the autonomous delivery fleet.

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