SSI Schaefer-Nahdi Alliance
SSI Schaefer and Saudi Arabia’s Nahdi Medical Company launch partnership The Middle East’s first Automated Pharmaceutical Distribution Centre established in the Kingdom
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SI Schaefer, the world’s leading provider of modular warehousing and planning solutions, in cooperation with Nahdi Medical Company, Saudi Arabia’s largest pharmaceutical retail chain, announced the implementation of the country’s first world-class pharmaceutical system in March 2022. In the heart of Jeddah’s industrial zone, the new facility significantly increases the country’s logistics capacity and preparedness for safe and reliable pharmaceutical distribution. Nahdi Distribution Centre (IMDAD) in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, is the Kingdom’s first-ever automated
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pharmaceutical facility and falls in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative, which aims to turn the Kingdom into a global logistics hub and create a longterm investment environment in the industrial and logistics sector.
SFDA Regulations Covering an area of 250,000sqm, the facility features temperature-controlled logistics, flexible distribution center and automated order fulfillment using cuttingedge technology and systems to support Nahdi to guarantee medical security in accordance with the latest international standards and SFDA (Saudi Food & Drug
Authority) best practices regulations. Powered by SSI Schaefer technology, the facility was developed in cooperation with the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) as the first smart distribution center in the retail sector for Middle East and North Africa (MENA). IMDAD is designed to handle an annual 200 million units of medical products alone. This is an unprecedented feat and is made possible by SSI Schaefer’s state-of-the-art SSI Cuby shuttle technology in combination with conventional Pick-by-Light picking consolidated by an intelligent system infrastructure.
