A new micro-fulfillment center in the Washington DC area is set to launch FreshDirect’s same-day warehouse delivery service. The new center will expand the service for consumers and businesses, offering customers the option of same-day delivery. This will improve local businesses’ ability to deliver products quickly and affordably. FreshDirect will launch its new Washington DC warehouse delivery service at the end of April. The company is also looking to expand its warehouse delivery service with the addition of a same-day pickup option.
Fabric’s warehouse delivery service
After launching FreshDirect Express in New York last month, Fabric announced its first deployment in the U.S. by partnering with online grocer FreshDirect to offer two-hour on-demand grocery delivery in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The company, formerly known as Commonsense Robotics, plans to launch the service later this year. Fabric’s new Washington DC warehouse will be supported by FreshDirect’s primary facility in the Bronx.
The partnership also extends FreshDirect’s existing metro D.C. delivery service to the Silver Spring/Potomac, Maryland, and Vienna/Dulles, Virginia areas. The new service will allow customers to place orders within two-hour windows, and will complement the existing next-day service offered by the company. With more than 170 team members globally and two live micro-fulfillment centers, Fabric is quickly expanding its U.S. operations.
FreshDirect’s micro-fulfillment center
A micro-fulfillment center is a distribution center that can handle orders on a small scale. The new Washington DC facility will house approximately 10,000 square feet and process orders daily. The center will be receiving product daily from FreshDirect’s Bronx warehouse. The new facility was originally scheduled to open sometime this summer. However, FreshDirect decided to delay the opening and instead announced it would begin operating in late 2020.
Fabric offers service-based and on-site micro-fulfillment solutions designed to increase the speed of filling orders in small spaces. FreshDirect plans to implement Fabric technology in its Washington DC micro-fulfillment centers to ensure faster delivery times to customers in the Washington DC, Silver Spring-Potomac, and Vienna-Dulles metro areas. The partnership with Fabric will allow FreshDirect to offer same-day and two-hour on-demand services to customers across the metro area.
Fabric’s inbound and outbound logistics
A new micro-fulfillment center called Fabric is set to launch in Washington, D.C., this year. The company will use shuttle robots to move product containers to human assembly workers, who will assemble orders and merge items that are picked outside the robotic system. The facility will be a micro-fulfillment center run by Fabric workers and FreshDirect. Inbound and outbound logistics will be handled by FreshDirect.
FreshDirect recently rebranded from FreshDirect to launch a similar on-demand service in New York City. But the company’s micro-fulfillment technology is being tested at Fabric’s Washington, D.C., facility. The company said it is looking at adding the technology to its other facilities. The Washington, DC,-metro area could accommodate up to four MFCs under a single brand.
Fabric’s Green Delivery Service
The company’s green warehouse delivery service can help customers save money and the environment while still offering the convenience of online grocery. It uses a hybrid fulfillment method that combines automation and human labor. Fabric’s robotics are orchestrated by artificial intelligence (AI) that breaks orders into tasks and delegate them autonomously. Robots pick up packages awaiting shipment, move them to dispatch, and load them onto vans and scooters. Fabric debuted its first sorting center in Tel Aviv last October. It covers 6,000 square feet and services approximately 400 orders a day. That’s a lot smaller than most fulfillment centers that service as many as a million orders daily.
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