Walmart associates, elected officials and community leaders celebrated the grand opening of a new 725,000 square-foot perishable distribution center (PDC) in Wellford, South Carolina. In a press release, Walmart explained the state-of-the-art facility is designed to receive and process fresh produce, eggs, dairy, meat and frozen goods for delivery to 180 Walmart stores. The Lyman area facility is the third of five new high-tech PDCs Walmart is opening nationwide, marking a significant milestone in the company’s supply chain transformation, Walmart added. These facilities leverage advanced automation to process more than double the volume of a traditional distribution center. These PDCs leverage technology from warehouse automation company Witron, as Walmart noted in this announcement about its high-tech PDC network plans.