Walmart Automating 25 Regional Distribution Hubs
Walmart is automating 25 of 42 regional distribution centers after testing a Symbotic system in its Brooksville, Florida, center, blogged Joe Metzger, executive vice president-supply chain operations. It’s using automation to sort, store, retrieve and pack freight onto pallets, replacing…
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a process that uses manual labor to pack a 53-foot trailer “in a human game of Tetris for transit,” said Metzger. An algorithm helps to “store cases like puzzle pieces” in stores, using high-speed mobile bots that speed up the intake process and increase accuracy, he said Wednesday. Modular storage expands building capacity, and high-speed “palletizing” robots create custom store- and aisle-ready pallets. That takes guesswork out of unloading trucks, Metzger said of the “game changer.”