Artist’s rendering of the future Sacramento, California, distribution center.
Cardinal Health’s at-Home Solutions business is growing its infrastructure to keep pace with distribution needs.
at-Home Solutions has opened a 340,000 square-foot distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, which “will ship approximately 10,000 packages per day directly to people’s homes across the country,” Cardinal Health said in a Sept. 3 press release. “These shipments contain critical medical supplies needed to help manage chronic conditions like diabetes, sleep apnea and urological conditions.”
And the company announced it plans to begin building another distribution center in Sacramento, California, this fiscal year.
Both facilities are dedicated to the at-Home Solutions business. “In just three years, at-Home Solutions has added more than 750,000 square feet to its nationwide distribution network with three new buildings in Ohio, South Carolina and now Texas — all equipped with the latest robotics and automation technology,” Cardinal Health added.
“Investing in our supply chain is not a ‘nice to have’ — it is a must-have,” said Jamie Deist, senior vice president of supply chain for at-Home Solutions. “We will always prioritize what is needed to ensure that our distribution network is built with our customers’ needs in mind. We’ve been intentional as we design our supply chain of the future, being extremely selective of the robotics and automation technologies that enhance our ability to get supplies shipped to patients more quickly and efficiently. No doubt this focus led to what has been the best year on record in at-Home Solutions’ history for warehouse service levels, quality and safety.”
The Sacramento facility should be “fully operational” in summer 2027. An existing distribution center in Ontario, California, will also be retrofitted with a state-of-the-art, fully automated outboard conveyor system and other technology featured at the newer facilities.
“Expanding in the West Coast is absolutely critical as we seek to get packages to the people we serve faster and more efficiently than ever before,” Deist added. “With numerous carrier hubs and a significant number of our customers located on the West Coast, we knew that now was the right time for us to focus on both expanding our presence and further automating our existing sites in that region of the U.S.”
During Cardinal Health’s Aug. 12 earnings call, CEO Jason Hollar described “strong growth” in the at-Home Solutions business, which completed its acquisition of Advanced Diabetes Supply Group in April.
