Schneider Electric opens its first Smart Distribution Centre in bhiwandi, India

Schneider Electric opened its first Smart Distribution Centre in India. Located in the commercial hub of Mumbai, it has been digitally transformed with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture to be energy efficient and provide real time access to information right across the supply chain. Early results from this digitisation initiative are showing expected energy savings of 10-12% and an increase in logistics efficiency of 5% at the site.
This is Schneider Electric’s fifth Smart Distribution Centre launch in 2019, following inaugurations in Australia, China, Brazil and France. Smart Distribution Centres are fundamental to Schneider Electric’s Tailored Sustainable Connected (TSC) 4.0 supply chain digital transformation. Under this initiative, Schneider Electric implements its EcoStruxure platform and architecture across its supply chain operations to deliver end-to-end integration to improve predictability and reliability for customers by providing visibility, early detection and mitigation of supply related incidents across the complete value chain.
The Centre is the first of Schneider Electric’s showcase Smart Distribution Centres that has been set up as a 3PL site, in association with global logistics giant, DHL.