Lam’s Largest Manufacturing Site Gets Bigger

• Lam's newest warehouse is the most automated within the company, enabling seamless movement of materials
• It's co-located with a Lam manufacturing site, reducing transportation time, cost, and carbon emissions

This week, Lam celebrated the grand opening of the company's largest and most advanced warehouse at Lam Manufacturing Malaysia (LMM).

Why it matters: LMM allows Lam to work closely and efficiently with key customers and suppliers in the region, setting the standard for Lam operations and better positioning us to support the rising demand for semiconductors.

• Maximum efficiency: Like the LMM production facility, the warehouse features modern automation capabilities that are efficient, operationally friendly, and cost-effective, making the LMM warehouse a smaller capital investment than a traditional warehouse.
  
• No wasted space: Though the warehouse is our largest, it maximizes vertical space by stacking crates and palettes to the top of its 25 meter-high (nearly 90 foot) roof. Since storage and retrieval are automated, the storage locations are higher, deeper, and more compact. If the warehouse had been traditionally constructed, its operational footprint would have been up to four-to-five times larger.
  
• Expansion capability: Similar to its companion manufacturing facility, the new warehouse was designed and built with growth in mind. The warehouse can be extended and fitted with additional automated storage systems with minimal disruption to operations as LMM's demands and requirements evolve.

Investment in a skilled workforce: Since the warehouse is three times more efficient than a traditional warehouse, it requires only one-third of the headcount.

Due to the increase in operational complexity at the warehouse, Lam will offer skills development training-in collaboration with local partners-for supervisors, and electrical and mechanical maintenance upskilling programs for employees tasked with maintaining the automated systems.

The bottom line: LMM's new warehouse strengthens Lam's focus on delivering value for customers, shareholders, the communities in which we operate, and the industry at large.

What we're hearing:

• "Our new state-of-the-art automated warehouse in Malaysia represents a significant milestone in our mission to harness the power of technology and innovation, further solidifying our position as a leader in the industry, while also providing the scalability and labor flexibility necessary to navigate the challenges of the post-COVID landscape," says Toby Finnell, senior director of Logistics.

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