Walmart announced it is building four next-generation fulfillment centers (FCs) over the next three years, with the first opening this summer in Joliet, Ill.
These FCs combine people, robotics, and machine learning to set "an entirely new precedent for us on the speed of fulfillment," the company said.
They feature an automated, high-density storage system that streamlines a manual, 12-step process into five. Its benefits include more comfort for associates, double the storage capacity and double the number of customer orders Walmart fulfills in a day.
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