Applied Materials automates warehouse ops as AI accelerates chip demand [Video]

The component manufacturing company has modernized warehouse processes with a network of robots, RFID technology, and automated ‘Goods to Person’ workflows that are increasing productivity manyfold.

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Applied Materials has modernized its warehouse distribution operations just in time to serve the rapidly transforming semiconductor industry for the AI era.

Beginning in June 2022, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s worldwide operation team went live with its new 725,000-square-foot Logistic Service Center (LSC) in Austin, Texas, which houses a network of robots, RFID technology, and innovative “Goods to Person” technology to create a low to no touch automated workflow for warehouse management, earning the company a a 2024 CIO Award for IT leadership and innovation.  

Applied Materials, which employs 33,000 in 120 cities globally, is a major supplier of semiconductor equipment to chipmakers, making it a core partner in the semiconductor ecosystem.

The company’s modernized LCS eliminates the need for workers to walk around multiple warehouses to locate parts and place …