Cardinal Health building new distribution center

DUBLIN, Ohio – Cardinal Health says construction is underway on a new distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, to support its at-Home Solutions business, which provides medical supplies to more than 5 million patients annually in the United States. The new 340,000-square-foot distribution center will consolidate two existing warehouses into one larger facility, creating approximately 74,000 additional square feet of inventory capacity, and will retain the current workforce. Once open, the facility will ship an average of 10,000 packages per day to patient homes across the country.  “Our business plays a critical role in the lives of the patients we serve, and we are honored to continue this important work in the Fort Worth community,” said Rob Schlissberg, president, Cardinal Health at-Home Solutions. “When it comes to delivering medical supplies directly to patients in need, there is absolutely no room for error. Our team in Fort Worth is passionate and committed to delivering on our promises, and I am thrilled to see what they accomplish in this new space.” Similar to the distribution centers recently opened in South Carolina and Ohio, this new facility is fully equipped with some of the world’s leading robotics and automation technologies. Key technology features include 74 robots, a 1,500-foot-long automated conveyor system and four automated box-making machines that create 500 custom boxes per hour while minimizing waste. Additionally, the facility will use a leading cloud-based warehouse management system that uses artificial intelligence to maintain resiliency and flexibility in inventory volume management. The system is used across at-Home Solutions’ entire warehouse network to unify distribution operations across demand, labor, robotics, automation, inventory and transportation within a single platform. The building is anticipated to be fully operational in the summer of 2025.