MonarchFx partners with NFI to create Rapid Deployment MonarchFx Center in California
January 11, 2018 - MonarchFx, a Tompkins International company, partners with supply chain solutions provider, NFI, to select the first Rapid Deployment MonarchFx Center (RDMC), located in Chino, California. The RDMC is imbedded within the NFI distribution center campus, having the capacity to provide 19 million consumers with same day delivery, 22 million with one-day delivery, and 51 million with two-day delivery.
Executives from MonarchFx and NFI came together recently to sign the agreement to begin implementation of the RDMC. The Chino location is the first of five locations around the United States, slated to open within the next six months.
The Chino RDMC will include Tompkins Robotics, the SensorThink IoT platform, the Softeon technology platform, and the Tompkins Warehouse Execution System, all working together in a seamless manner. Along with the NFI team, this solution provides a powerful unichannel distributed logistics capability.
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