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Feeding a Nation –RedMart West Fulfilment Centre, Singapore
Providing productivity, space efficiency, speed, and accuracy for online grocery fulfilment
Occupying 32,500 square metres (350,000 square feet), one of the largest logistics facilities in the country belongs to the biggest online grocery platform in Singapore – RedMart. RedMart is the online grocery service of e-commerce giant, Lazada, which serves all of Singapore.
RedMart’s West Fulfilment Centre is powered by market leading automation from Dematic to meet the increasing demand for online grocery shopping. The Dematic automated solution includes robotic shuttles, ergonomic high-speed pick stations, an intelligent conveying system, and a high-rate sortation system, all managed by a sophisticated software platform to make processes incredibly easy and efficient for pickers, packers, and management staff.
The online market for groceries had seen a growth rate of 300% since 2017, however with RedMart’s previous infrastructure and manual processes, it would not have been able to cost-effectively take advantage of this growth opportunity.
“Our previous model was no longer working for us as we continued to grow.