John Lewis to upgrade Milton Keynes e-commerce facility

John Lewis Partnership, comprised of John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners, has launched a project to optimise its e-commerce distribution centre in Fenny Lock, Milton Keynes.

The 1 million ft² facility, formerly leased by Tesco, was secured by the John Lewis Partnership on an 11-year lease in August 2021.

Upgrading technology at the Fenny Lock site was always the plan. When the lease was secured, Andrew Murphy, Partner and Executive Director of Operations at the John Lewis Partnership, said: “We will invest in the site’s automation capability to support future growth”.

Logistex will implement its Reflex warehouse management and control software as a warehouse execution system at the distribution centre. The company said that the system will “orchestrate the picking of orders across multiple zones of the Fenny Lock distribution centre and provide full integration with conveyors, robots, and automated bagging machines”.

Managing Director of Logistex Tony Gruber said: “We are delighted to be working with John Lewis on this
strategically important initiative. It combines all of our key capabilities in one project: solution design, the deployment of our Reflex WES platform in a multi-agent robotic-based automation environment, and complete project life cycle support. We look forward to a successful project and an enduring relationship with John Lewis”.

Source: logisticsmanager.com