TORONTO—Cardinal Health Canada announced plans to open a new distribution center in the greater Toronto area (GTA), expanding its distribution footprint to nine strategic locations with a goal to better meet the medical and surgical product demands of the Canadian health care system.
Cardinal Health said the 163,000 square-foot facility will integrate state-of-the-art robotic technologies to deliver operational efficiencies as well as enhanced employee, customer and supplier experiences. Working with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) means each employee stays within a specific zone in the facility and becomes an expert on the products located in that area, reducing physical labor while improving productivity. For customers, the AMR implementation will increase picking and packing accuracy.
"Beyond growing our already significant distribution footprint across Canada, this distribution center supports Cardinal Health's market-leading just-in-time Stockless solution, which takes on the complexities of procurement, supply chain, warehousing and transportation within hospitals, so they can focus on what hospitals do best—patient care," said Russell Schuster, president, Cardinal Health Canada.
The new GTA distribution center is estimated to be fully operational in late 2023 to early 2024. This will bolster Cardinal Health Canada's distribution footprint in Ontario to 541,000 square feet and raise its national footprint to 1,120,000 square feet.
This is the third new distribution center for Cardinal Health's Medical Segment to be announced within North America since April 2023. More information about these openings can be found here.
