illment successfully involves more than just the automation platform. It’s also a software play, Schmidt said, because “the traditional large WMS platforms aren’t geared for micro-fulfillment” or some aspects of grocery, like items that are sold by the pound – where catch weight is important – rather than by the packaged item. “If you order 3 apples, we put them on a scale at the pick station to c apture the catch weight, and the order is updated in the ERP. Before this, we never thought of selling things by the pound, so the software is evolving in this space,” Schmidt said. And, if you think ...