Walmart celebrated the grand opening of a new 2.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center twenty miles northeast of Indianapolis in McCordsville, IN. The next-gen facility is Walmart’s largest fulfillment center to date and enable the retailer to fill orders more quickly.
“Indiana is proud to welcome this next-generation Walmart fulfillment center, which represents a significant investment in our industry and our people,” said Ann Lathrop, chief strategy officer of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. “Walmart has long been a good corporate partner in Indiana, and we’re excited to see their commitment grow in Hancock County.”
Walmart said in a release that the McCordsville fulfillment center is the “second of four next-generation facilities that bring the powerful combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery while increasing Walmart.com order fulfillment capacity.”
The facility is said to be Walmart’s largest fulfillment center to date and is designed to expand access to the retailer’s next- or two-day shipping. Combined with the rest of Walmart’s fulfillment network, its nex-gen fulfillment centers will enable the retailer to reach “95 percent of the U.S. population with the service.” Walmart Fulfillment Services, Walmart’s end-to-end third-party fulfillment service, will also use the space to fulfill Marketplace items.
“The McCordsville grand opening marks a major milestone in our supply chain modernization journey,” said Karisa Sprague, senior vice president of Fulfillment Network Operations for Walmart U.S. “With more customers shopping online, we’re leveraging state-of-the-art technology to increase the speed of delivery all while creating tech-empowered career opportunities for our associates.”
