Amazon is investing hundreds of millions in the logistics center in Bad Hersfeld!

Amazon is investing hundreds of millions in the logistics center in Bad Hersfeld!

Amazon has big plans for the future of the Bad Hersfeld logistics location: The online giant is investing a three-digit million amount in a comprehensive modernization of its shipping center FRA3. This massive investment is intended to optimize the work processes and increase efficiency by integrating transport robots. In the future, employees should be supported by the robots, which means that they have to travel less paths in the huge warehouse, which is 110,000 square meters in size and employ 1,850 employees. The step is interpreted by Amazon as great progress to make the location fit for the future. According to Amazon, no job cuts are planned, which brings great relief for the workforce, as krone.at reported.

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The introduction of technology also includes modern control systems through artificial intelligence, cameras and QR codes that will navigate the robots through the warehouse. These media are intended to help transport the products more efficiently by being able to weight evenly. Amazon plans to complete the implementation of these new systems by late summer 2025 in order to optimally use the momentum of the Christmas business. In the past few weeks it has already been shown that Amazon delivers an average five -digit number of packages a day, which is a considerable amount with approx. 11 million articles in the FRA3 warehouse, such as hessenschau.de reported.

The deputy chairman of the works council, Benjamin Arendt, pointed out that the introduction of robotics was not only in the sense of efficiency, but also lives up to the employee. The modernization is welcomed by the Verdi union, which demands a reduction in physically stressful work by the robots. When visiting the location, Prime Minister Boris Rhein emphasized the importance of the new technologies, which do not necessarily have to lead to job losses, but rather could contribute to a positive work environment.