We gathered in depth knowledge of the current AAP customer and employee experience.
Store Environment
Time Spent in Store
Privacy Concerns
Hopes and Fears Surrounding AI
Employee Roles
Pain Points on Both Sides
Insights:
Despite privacy concerns surrounding facial recognition, the decreased wait time in a crisis was welcome.
Customers often didn't know what parts fit their car, but were willing to learn.
The result as a whole was a well orchestrated and intricate behind the scenes implementation and organization of the data gathered by the AI.
AAP employees in actuality are part of the UI for the store. Turning the recognition AI into a useable tool that empowered employees to provide fast, informed and personalized service to customers had the most seamless improvement to user experience.