Design & Delivery of a 90,000-Pallet State-of-the-Art Cold Chain Distribution Center

Industry: Cold Chain / Defense Logistics
Themes: Warehouse Design · Network Planning · Execution
  • ~90,000 pallet positions
  • Multi-temperature (ambient, chilled, frozen)
  • Designed for 3-year demand horizon
Large-scale food distribution operation in Afghanistan requiring a purpose-built, temperature-controlled logistics hub under extreme conditions.

Core challenges:

  • No suitable infrastructure
  • Highly variable order profiles
  • Multi-temperature storage requirements
  • High throughput under security constraints

Intervention:

  • Inside-out warehouse design based on forecasted order lines, cube, and velocity
  • 3-year inventory and demand projection modeling
  • Selection and design of storage systems and MHE
  • Oversight of construction and operational readiness

Outcomes:

  • Streamlined end-to-end warehouse operations
  • Improved throughput and picking efficiency
  • Stable, scalable cold-chain backbone for the entire program

Maps to services:

  • Warehouse Design & Automation
  • Network Optimization
  • Execution-Focused Transformation