Walmart next-gen fufilment centres taking shape
Walmart next-gen fufilment centres taking shape
Walmart has opened a vast new 2.2 million-square-foot fulfilment centre near Indianapolis .
The next-generation facility is Walmart ’ s largest fulfilment centre to date , and will enable the retailer to fulfil more orders , more quickly .
The centre is the second of four next-gen facilities that brings people , technology and machine learning together , to achieve faster shipping and delivery , while increasing Walmart . com order fulfilment capacity .
It is the company ’ s largest fulfilment centre to-date , and is designed to expand access to the retailer ’ s nextor two-day shipping .
Combined with the rest of Walmart ’ s fulfilment network , these centres will allow it to reach 95 % of the US .
“ Indianapolis marks a major milestone in our supply chain modernisation journey ,” says Karisa Sprague , SVP Fulfilment Network Operations for Walmart US . “ With more customers shopping online , we ’ re leveraging state-of-the-art technology to increase speed of delivery all while creating techempowered career opportunities for our associates .” helps put in place a middleman that everybody trusts .”
Underpinning Melonn ’ s solution is a technology platform that incorporates all aspects of fulfilment , including management systems for transportation , warehousing and orders .
“ We store the inventory of our sellers in our warehouses ,” Archila explains , “ and when a customer buys online we do the fulfilment – the picking , packing and the shipping .