Amazon : les coulisses du roi de l'e-commerce
Trente-six mille m2, 800 000 produits différents, jusqu’à 1000 employés en période de forte activité… Pour la première fois, Amazon, leader mondial de la vente en ligne, a ouvert ses portes à une caméra de télévision dans l'un de ses 4 sites logistiques français, celui de Montélimar. Sept à Huit a tenté de suivre la cadence des centaines de « pickers » de l’entreprise qui chaque jour préparent 200.000 commandes à destination de la France entière.
Today, a new layer is beginning to appear in highly automated facilities: the Warehouse Operating System (WOS).
Cainiao plans to build a large-scale global network of robotic warehouses in 2026 as it expands local fulfilment and delivery operations tied to cross-border eCommerce.
Ocado has delivered a cube-based automation system for McKesson Canada, representing a continued expansion of its technology beyond e-commerce grocery fulfilment.
Ocado is facing reports of up to 1,000 job cuts
The prominent robotics startup entered bankruptcy protection in July after raising more than $200 million dollars from investors.
Another Ocado robotic cube warehouse goes dark. Sobeys’ decision highlights how fragile large, robot-heavy fulfillment models become when growth underperforms.
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Gartner forecasts that fewer than 100 companies will move humanoid robots beyond proof-of-concept.
Automation alone does not deliver sustainable performance or return on investment.
AutoStore has been positioned as the most space-dense ASRS solutions available. The claim has been repeated so often that it is rarely questioned.
The German online fashion retailer said activities at the Erfurt fulfilment site will end by September 2026.
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For years, cube-based ASRS systems — most notably AutoStore — have been positioned as the most space-dense storage solutions available. The claim has been repeated so often that it is rarely questioned.
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UPS Buys Hundreds of Robots to Unload Trucks in Automation Push.
Zebra Technologies is winding down its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) business, built around its $290 million acquisition of Fetch Robotics in 2021.
Kroger has announced a brand-new, $391 million automated distribution center in Franklin, Kentucky.
Kroger has taken another decisive step away from the automated fulfillment strategy it launched with Ocado in 2018.
The site in Wilcza Góra was taken from groundbreaking to operational readiness in roughly a year — significantly faster than the large Ocado CFCs launched elsewhere.
Offering high performance and excellent payload capacities, these robots makes the perfect solution for a multitude of high-payload applications.
Kroger cancels plans for additional CFCs, to pay $350M to Ocado.
Walmart is using next-gen automation to cut a 12-step process to five and challenge Amazon on delivery speed.
Walmart’s engineers are moving away from writing every line of code and toward guiding AI-driven processes.
Watch how a full-store inventory scan can now be completed by one person in 18 minutes or less, with 100% accuracy.
Walmart’s leadership credits its momentum to one thing: using data aggressively.
The AI-supported system factors in live traffic and driver location to give customers a more accurate delivery timetable.
AutoStore reported its 2025 results this week, outlining a year that moved from early caution to clear second-half acceleration.