Migros Ticino and Migros Lucerne together for the logistics of the future

Post on: 17.10.2024

The Migros Ticino and Migros Lucerne cooperatives are using synergies to shape the logistics of the future. The Migros Cooperative Lucerne is hiringà logistics services for the Migros Ticino Cooperative in stages by 2030. Through its automated systems and systems, it will ensure order picking for the branches in the distribution centre in Dierikon.

" Thanks to this solution, the advantages are not limited to cooperatives in Lucerne and Ticino; the entire Migros Group benefits from the simplification of the logistics landscape" , says Guido Rast, Managing Director of Migros Lucerne.

In the future, the distribution centre in Dierikon will use the its modern, automated order picking systems for all Migros branches in Ticino. The goods, divided by branch, will be loaded onto containers that will arrive in Ticino during the night, by rail, crossing the Gotthard base tunnel.

From Sant' Antonino leavà the widespread distribution of containers to branches by truck. The headquarters of Sant' Antonino, however, remains and maintains its function as an important logistical hub in Ticino. " This flagship project in logistics" è the demonstration of how we can exploit the synergies between regional cooperatives" , says Mattia Keller, director of Migros Ticino.

The staff of the logistics services of Migros Ticino affected by the change will be accompanied over the next five years for the purpose of relocation, to the internal or at the Migros Ticino.