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Dive brief:
- United Natural Foods, Inc. A new distribution center in Sarsota, Florida, has opened, filled with automation technology designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of the order.
- According to the company, the equipment helps UNBI improve its ability to serve grocers as well as reduce operational costs and improve work conditions for employees.
- Shortly after programs to repair its supply chain capabilities by investing in automation technology, in the middle of 2023 it was in the distribution center.
Dive insight:
1 million square meters of unbi distribution center is equipped with selected robots by Logistics Warehouse KnApp, which uses artificial intelligence to identify the physical characteristics of the goods when taking and moving them. The distribution center, which accounts for more than 400 people, also has a KNAPP system that offers products directly to workers.
The company also added in a statement Tuesday that it also added automation equipment to distribution centers in other areas, including Centralia, Washington. And Carlyle and Manchester, Pennsylvania.
Over the past two years, Unbi has focused on what the CEO of Douglas has been “the agenda of transformation”, with the aim of improving its performance following the anticipated challenges in 2023 and leading to a sharp decline in company profitability.
While the company has made progress since then, it has dealt with costly problems.
In June, UNBI severely disrupted its ability to execute retailers with a cyber attack that was forced to temporarily destroy its online ordering systems. The company later announced that the infiltration is expected to be at least $ 350 million in sales.
Unbi also revealed in June that it agreed to shorten the multi -year distribution agreement with key foods expected to reduce $ 10 billion in sales over a 10 -year period. The company said the decision would result in the closure of a distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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