Walmart to open automated fulfilment centre in Lebanon, Tennessee

Walmart’s high-tech fulfilment centre will include the unique combination of associates, AI-software and automated robots that work together to ship orders to customers even faster. The high-tech fulfilment centre supports an initiative the retailer shared earlier this year to build additional supply chain capacity using automation to stay ahead of demand, improve the customer experience and increase productivity. It will store millions of items from Walmart’s everyday low-priced merchandise to be shipped directly to customers as soon as next-day. Once an online order is placed, a fleet of automated robots navigate a compact storage system to retrieve products and bring them to associates for packing. The order is then shipped directly to the customer, with speed, Walmart said in a media statement.

“We’re thrilled to be bringing a new high-tech fulfilment centre to the community of Lebanon. The facility will include game changing automation technology that’s radically disrupting the supply chain, improving the customer experience and saving time for associates,” David Guggina, senior vice president, automation and innovation at Walmart US said in a statement.

“Walmart’s fulfilment centre in Wilson County will play an important role in our broader supply chain network, focused on fulfilling Walmart.com orders and supporting our promise of free next-day and two-day shipping. We’re thrilled to be opening our newest fulfilment centre in the great state of Tennessee and look forward to a long relationship with the community of Lebanon,” Steve Miller, senior vice president of supply chain operations, Walmart US said.

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