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Supply Chain Logistics for Refrigerated & Frozen Food

Dematic Debuts Warehouse Command Center

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The development pipeline has fallen from recent record highs to roughly 5.9 million square feet, its lowest point since 2020, signaling a gradual easing of supply pressure.

March 24, 2026

Dematic, a global leader in supply chain automation announces Command Center, a vendor-agnostic, centralized intelligence platform for warehouse operations. The solution unifies real-time monitoring, AI-enhanced decision support, and operational analytics into a single interface to help distribution and fulfillment centers better understand and manage complex operations. 

“Warehouse operators have more data at their fingertips than ever before, but data alone doesn’t drive performance,” said Chris Steiner, senior vice president, product management, Dematic. “Dematic Command Center brings together information from automation, software systems, and manual processes to create a unified layer of operational intelligence for confident decision making. With the ability to quickly understand not just what happened but why, teams can resolve issues faster and keep their operations running at peak performance.” 

Modern warehouse environments generate large volumes of data from automation equipment, warehouse software, and enterprise systems. However, this information is often fragmented across multiple vendors and monitoring tools, making it difficult for operators to quickly diagnose issues and understand what is driving performance changes. 

The platform helps distribution and fulfillment operations make more confident decisions with centralized analytics and performance visibility.

Dematic Command Center incorporates operational insights derived from the company’s experience across more than 9,000 automation projects worldwide. This helps the system recognize patterns in warehouse performance and guide operators toward the most effective responses. 

The initial release delivers unified operational visibility and insights across warehouse environments. Future releases will expand on this foundation with enhanced AI decision support, advanced orchestration, and warehouse data twin modeling with what-if analysis, giving single and multi-site operations the tools to translate insights into coordinated decisions. 

Dematic will showcase its Command Center at upcoming trade conferences, LogiMAT (Hall 1/H61) and MODEX (Booth B11919), where attendees can experience live demonstrations of the platform. 

About Dematic
Dematic delivers intelligent automation solutions for the supply chain that adapt to change, maximize productivity and capacity, reduce risk, and create lasting competitive advantage. Drawing on the combined expertise of more than 10,000 employees worldwide, Dematic develops, implements, and supports operations featuring advanced technologies and software.  With consulting, research, engineering, manufacturing, and service centers in over 26 countries, Dematic is a trusted partner for distributors, warehouses, and manufacturers globally. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia Dematic is a member of KION, the Supply Chain Solutions Company.

KEYWORDS: Dematic material handling warehouse control software warehouse optimization

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