Medline celebrates latest robot installation
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:09 AM CDT, Tue April 2, 2024
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WILMER, Texas – Medline hosted more than 100 community leaders, local officials and health care partners on March 28 to celebrate the AutoStore installation at its Wilmer, Texas, distribution center. Today, the 800,000-square-foot distribution center manages more than $1 billion in medical supplies. “This distribution center and Medline’s other recent investments in infrastructure, operations and technology reflect our unwavering commitment to making healthcare run better in Texas,” said Steve Miller, Medline executive vice president, supply chain. “We know that our health care partners rely on us to provide consistent, timely delivery of vital medical supplies. These robotic upgrades help us to do just that.” Medline has a total of 20 AutoStore installations featuring 1,700 robots. The installations are part of the company’s Healthcare Resilience Initiative, a more than $2 billion investment to support the supply chain needs of health care providers. The energy-efficient, LEED-certified Wilmer distribution center delivers medical supplies to local hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinics, physician offices, rehabilitation centers, long-term care facilities and patient homes – the full continuum of care – in northern Texas.
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