FedEx Corporation announced a strategic alliance and investment with Nimble, an AI robotics and autonomous e-commerce fulfilment technology company, to scale FedEx Fulfilment with their fully autonomous 3PL model. To support this alliance, FedEx has made a strategic investment in Nimble.
FedEx offers a comprehensive approach to help e-commerce and omnichannel brands make faster, smarter decisions about their supply chain. With more than 130 warehouse and fulfilment operations in North America and 475m returns processed annually, FedEx Supply Chain is helping brands consolidate functions, increase agility, and accelerate click-to-door speed to maximize value throughout their supply chain.
“Our strategic alliance and financial investment with Nimble expands our footprint in the e-commerce space, helping to further scale our FedEx Fulfilment offering across North America,” said Scott Temple, president, FedEx Supply Chain. “Nimble’s AI robotics and autonomous fulfilment systems will help FedEx streamline operations and unlock new opportunities for our customers.”
“We’re thrilled to be engaging in this multifaceted alliance with a logistics industry leader like FedEx to pioneer and scale autonomous fulfilment,” said Simon Kalouche, founder and CEO of Nimble. “This collaboration will help enable FedEx to leverage Nimble’s fast and cost-effective fulfilment centres, powered by our next-generation intelligent general purpose warehouse robots and AI technology.”
With the mission to make supply chains smarter for everyone, FedEx is continuing to optimise its physical and digital networks to deliver more for its customers. FedEx continues to deliver digital solutions to help its customers compete in the dynamic e-commerce space.
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