Tech News, Magazine & Review WordPress Theme 2017
  • Supply Chain Updates
  • GLOBAL NEWS
  • REGIONAL NEWS
  • Industry Buzz
  • CURRENT ISSUES
No Result
View All Result
  • Supply Chain Updates
  • GLOBAL NEWS
  • REGIONAL NEWS
  • Industry Buzz
  • CURRENT ISSUES
No Result
View All Result
United States Supply Chain Management Council
No Result
View All Result
Home Supply Chain Updates

Inside Takealot’s upgraded warehouse and distribution centre

usscmc by usscmc
November 19, 2019
Inside Takealot’s upgraded warehouse and distribution centre
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

SA’s largest online store, Takealot.com, has expanded its Johannesburg-based warehouse and distribution centre (DC), to enable it to store almost four million items and scale to roughly 10 000 boxes leaving the warehouse every hour.

Launched in June 2011, the shopping site has rapidly evolved over the years, opening warehouses throughout the country, expanding its selection to over 21 departments, creating a third-party sellers’ marketplace, and most recently, adding pickup points across the country.

As the company prepares for what it calls the “biggest Black Friday yet”, it has strengthened its DC visibility and tracking technologies, to enable it to ship one order every second.

The company has also increased its Johannesburg DC staff to around 750, while up-scaling its contact centre agents from 380 to over 700.

The local online retailer, which has over 1.8 million customers, has three large warehouses, based in Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, and has several branches throughout the country, which handle orders for Takealot.com and its sister company, online fashion storeSuperbalist.com.

Kim Reid, Takealot CEO, told the media during a tour of the warehouse yesterday that the expansion is a culmination of months of tech and operational business-wide focus, to prepare for increased predicted traffic and shopper volumes on Black Friday and beyond.

“After expanding our Johannesburg DC, our warehouse storage space now stands at 75 000m2. We house over 3.7 million items at any given time, and have opened 47 Takealot Pick-up Points in all provinces.

“The Takealot delivery team delivers to more South African homes than any other courier company in the country. On a monthly basis, we carry out over 1.6 million deliveries, with this number expected to increase to over two million during the festive shopping season.”

Around 80% of the ordered items are already available on the warehouse shelves; the rest are ordered and bought from distributors as the orders come in.

Through the recent expansion and upgrade, the orders have been streamlined to ensure a seamless process takes place between the DC’s receiving depot, storage of items on shelves, boxing and packaging, and classifying orders according to their delivery destination.

Conveyor belts are systematically used to track the items and ensure the correct classification of items, before the collection trucks arrive.

More than 4 500 drivers deliver for the Takealot delivery team; a number the company says is growing every month. The Takealot group anticipates they’ll travel over 4 000 000km while delivering orders from Black Friday until 24 December.

Takealot trucks collect the orders and distribute them to the local branches. From the branches, they are either taken to the collection points or delivered direct to the customer.

usscmc

usscmc

No Result
View All Result

Recent Posts

  • Supply Chain Issues Delay Michigan Statehouse Welcome Center
  • Last Mile Delivery Market Size, Growth And Forecast
  • High shipping rates could increase inflation by 1.5%: IMF
  • Coast Guard responds to adrift cargo ship off California
  • Underinsurance as a Persistent Driver of Cross-Border Antibiotic Procurement in U.S. Border Communities

Recent Comments

  • Top 5 Supply Chain Certifications that are in high demand | Top 5 Certifications on Top 5 Globally Recognized Supply Chain Certifications
  • 3 Best Procurement Certifications that are most valuable | Procurement Newz on Top 5 Globally Recognized Supply Chain Certifications

Archives

  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • September 2019

Categories

  • Global News
  • Supply Chain Updates

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
United States Supply Chain Management Council

Categories

  • Global News
  • Supply Chain Updates

Tags

APICS Globally Recognized Supply Chain Certifications IIPMR Certifications International Institute for Procurement and Market Research (IIPMR) ISM Next Level Purchasing Top 5 Supply Chain Certifications top supply chain certifications

Trending

No Content Available
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Antispam
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact Us

© 2022 www.usscmc.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Supply Chain Updates
  • GLOBAL NEWS
  • REGIONAL NEWS
  • Industry Buzz
  • CURRENT ISSUES

© 2022 www.usscmc.com

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.

SAVE & ACCEPT