GDLC is a state-of-the-art smart distribution center. The 150,000-square-foot facility allows Spirit to decrease flow time, improve inventory accuracy and increase storage capacity for Wichita operations. Spirit’s leading-edge logistics center is equipped with a 40-foot-tall automated high-bay shuttle system (HBSS) that stores and retrieves more than 95,000 unique parts used in the assembly of large aerostructures, with the capacity to move up to 120,000 parts per day. The center’s shuttle system is the largest and most advanced in the world, driving to 99.97% part kit delivery accuracy.
