Australia is building 209,000 square meters of Warehouse consisting of four-level fulfillment centers about to complete in 2025.
The association between the Amazon and Australian branches is working together to build the country’s most giant Warehouse. The project’s highlight is that the entire Warehouse will be operated using Amazon’s existing automated robot system.
A fleet of robots will operate the facilities, which are the size of 29 soccer pitches. The Australian branch is creating a sustainable model where less human effort is involved and more automation is done to increase efficiency.
Amazon has been working on the technology for several years, and they have managed to build the robotic infrastructure to operate their Warehouse in various countries.
Managing a giant warehouse is a critical task. You need more employees to operate the vast warehouse facilities. In contrast, the execution time of the warehouse increases when you put the human on the job. Replacing humans with automated robots gives you the advantage of running a factory efficiently and speeding up the entire process according to the demand.
When the product sales shoot up and more load is in the factory, the management team can simply increase the speed of the robots or add more machines to generate the maximum output. Moreover, robots are powered by electricity. Thus they can run 24×7 and 365 days without taking a break. It leads to faster delivery service and reduction of the cost in operation.
About the Warehouse
The Warehouse is spread in 209,000 square meters of land. It will have four levels of the fulfillment center. The facility is projected to complete in the year 2025. Once it is fully operational, it is estimated that the fulfillment center will house as many as 25 million small items sold by the ecommerce giant.
Besides, the facilities will create more than 2000 jobs in the warehouse alongside the robots. On top of that, the construction workers will have a job opportunity to work on the ambitious project. It would create another 2000 jobs in the construction sector.
Per the official statements, the robots are used in part of the operations and are not entirely replacing the employee. Workers will work alongside the robots to manage inventory. The advantage of robots is adding a helping hand to support the entire facility, reduce the operation cost and increase the package delivery time.
The Pension fund, AustralianSuper, owns the warehouse. It is managed and developed by the famous Logos company. The construction will begin once it receives government approval and the necessary document is complete. The foundation will be laid, and the development process will start soon.
Why invest in a big warehouse?
As we all know, the online shopping industries are rising yearly. People are moving towards the instant facility where they do not have to leave their houses and go to the nearby shopping market to purchase goods. Online facilities in Australia have seen rapid growth in recent years. Home delivery services are getting good responses from the locals.
E-commerce has changed traditional customers’ habits. It is estimated that millions of orders will be placed through online facilities every week, which would be challenging to manage if there is no infrastructure.
The new warehouse facility will power the existing e-commerce facilities and make them work towards efficiently managing goods. Speeding up the e-commerce business will lead to the countries’ economic growth as production and consumption rise, creating more market opportunities for manufacturers.
Furthermore, the warehouse’s centralized management process gives the companies a cost advantage. When the packages are managed through a single source, the efficiency increases. Employing robots in warehouse factories will trim the unwanted expenses when hiring an employee for the job. Robots will never need to have wage conditions and insurance facilities. Thus, managing robots are way cheaper than having an employee.
On top of that, you can run the robotic system the entire day without taking a break. It cannot be possible with the employee. A good amount of production houses are lost to allow employees to rest and get back to work again. As soon as the robots replace the employee in the warehouse, the robotic arms can easily manage the ordinary process, such as moving goods from point A to point B.
A single operator in the warehouse could manage the entire facility from the control room. Fixing and replacement of the robots is relatively easy. Change the non-working parts, and they are ready to move again.
Conclusion
Amazon has tested a formula to manage warehouse facilities using robots. Australian companies want to leverage their facilities to deploy autonomous operations for their existing infrastructure. The new development will make the companies work more efficiently and offer quicker customer service.
