Intralogistics leader, Swisslog, and global snack food leader, Mondelēz International, have won an Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Association (ASCLA) award for a new automated distribution centre (DC) in Truganina, Victoria.
Swisslog’s new automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for Mondelēz International won the “automation, robotics, or emerging technology award” category at the 2025 ASCLA awards. This award category recognises an organisation that has made a significant impact to the supply chain through devices, robotics, automation, wearable, or other emerging physical technologies. The ASCLA Awards is Australia's most prestigious recognition of supply chain and logistics excellence.
“This is a fantastic achievement, and a testament to the hard work of the entire Swisslog team, who created a flexible and efficient solution tailored to the current and varied potential future needs of Mondelēz,” said Swisslog Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, Dan Ulmamei.
“This is Mondelēz’s first national DC in Australia, and it was developed and implemented by Swisslog’s local teams for sales, design, engineering, controls, software and integration,” he added.
Swisslog’s automation solution for Mondelēz involves the latest generation of best-in-class ASRS cranes, including 11 Vectura vertical stacker cranes, each 32m tall, with double-deep load handling forks, and an inverted monorail circuit equipped with 22 dual-load trollies. It also features 16 dual pallet flow lanes, 490 metres of pallet conveyor, 56,100 pallet locations in the high bay (with room to expand the ASRS up to 62,000 in the future as the business grows), and Swisslog’s SynQ software, which will be used as the Warehouse Execution System (WES).
The system’s designed throughput includes 218 total inbound pallets per hour, and 255 total outbound pallets per hour.
The double deep ASRS solution provides a high level of flexibility in operation for both storage utilisation and selectivity. A double deep rack design is also economical due to simpler, safer, and quicker lead time to delivery, and installation procedure. The system has been designed with additional throughput capability in cranes, monorails, and conveyors for operational redundancy, creating a future-ready solution.
Mohammed Ali Idrees, Vice President, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International, said, “Mondelēz International is investing in the future of our supply chain capabilities and strengthening our operations through the opening of a national distribution centre, creating efficiencies to offset rising costs, while increasing our network storage capacity and overall productivity. Swisslog was able to present the best solution for the long-term benefit of our operations.”
