en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Exotec automation system deployed by Decathlon at its warehouse in Ferrières-en-Brie, France, which began operations three years ago, has now been expanded to six other logistics centers across Europe. This project is part of the Skyfleet initiative, which aims to achieve rapid replication and cost control of warehouse automation systems through a standardized approach, serving Decathlon's European B2B operations.

The first system is located at Decathlon's Ferrières-en-Brie warehouse (covering 37,000 square meters). The Exotec system occupies two units totaling 13,000 square meters, deploying 127,349 storage bins, approximately 200 robots, and 11 picking stations. The entire project took 18 months to complete. Exotec adopts a standardized design approach, integrating the R&D and deployment phases to form a reusable "common base" template, requiring only minor customization for subsequent sites. This strategy reduces the implementation cycle for individual projects to 12 months, lowers integration costs through economies of scale, and facilitates cross-site management and best practice sharing.

Within three years, Decathlon has equipped six other European warehouses with Exotec systems featuring the same characteristics: Ensuès-la-Redonne near Marseille, France; Campania and Bologna in Italy; Germany's Schwetzingen; Northampton in the UK; and Setúbal in Portugal. All seven systems maintain highly consistent parameters: storage locations ranging from 100,000 to 125,000 units, 150 to 200 robots, 7 to 13 picking stations, a processing capacity of 3,000 to 4,000 order lines per hour, and 150,000 to 200,000 items shipped to stores daily.