Walmart opens new high-tech fulfilment centre

Retail giant Walmart has opened a new 2.2 million square foot fulfilment centre 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis, US

The McCordsville fulfilment centre is the second of four next generation facilities that brings the combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery, while increasing Walmart.com order fulfilment capacity.

“The McCordsville grand opening marks a major milestone in our supply chain modernisation journey,” said Karisa Sprague, senior vice president, Fulfilment Network Operations for Walmart U.S. “With more customers shopping online, we’re leveraging state-of-the-art technology to increase speed of delivery all while creating tech empowered career opportunities for our associates.”