Dermalogica is a manufacturer and distributor of professional skincare products. It builds to tight sales forecasts with minimal buffer inventory, making accurate, reliable warehouse visibility essential. The company chose the Corvus One inventory drones for its distribution center in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles-based Dermalogica has a global network of more than 100,000 trained skin therapists in over 100 countries. The company serves retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels in more than 80 countries. For high-value products manufactured for global distribution, accurate inventory visibility directly affects revenue, fulfillment performance, and customer experience, noted Corvus.
“Retailers and brands operating global distribution networks cannot afford blind spots,” stated Jackie Wu, CEO of Corvus Robotics. “Dermalogica’s Carson facility is a high-throughput environment serving customers around the world. Corvus One provides continuous, autonomous inventory intelligence without disrupting operations. This is the standard modern supply chains are moving toward.”
Corvus One provides visibility without disruption
Before deploying Corvus One, inventory counting at Dermalogica required a dedicated cycle counter and could take up to two months to complete a full pass through the entire facility. Inventory discrepancies created risk between sales forecasts and production output.
To get more frequent validation of on-hand inventory, reduce its dependency on manual counting, and obtain accurate data without disrupting warehouse operations, Dermalogica deployed Corvus’ drones.
The company said Corvus One is an aerial system using onboard AI and computer vision to navigate complex indoor environments and capture high-resolution data that integrates into existing warehouse workflows. It does not require any infrastructure modifications and can scan outside active picking hours to deliver consistent, facility-wide inventory data, noted Corvus.
Deployment was completed during working hours with no operational downtime. The system images the warehouse 52 times per year, representing a 600% increase in inventory imaging frequency compared with prior manual cycle-counting processes.
Dermalogica reallocates labor time saved
With Corvus One, Dermalogica said it has repurposed approximately 120 labor hours per month, reallocating that time to higher-value operational work.
“Deployment was seamless and required no downtime,” said Jason Brown, director of U.S. logistics at Dermalogica. “Corvus One delivers the consistent accuracy we need to protect revenue and operate to tight forecasts. With continuous warehouse visibility, we can sell what we produce with confidence and plan future growth on a stronger operational foundation.”
Mountain View, Calif.-based Corvus asserted that Its data-driven, robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model allows companies such as GNC, MSI Surfaces, and Staci Americas to quickly respond to changes in demand. They can also reduce labor costs, save hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, and enhance the customer experience.