Decathlon operates a large central warehouse in Lodz, Poland to service its 46 stationary stores in the country and online sales. The 32,000 square meter facility uses rotational zoning, LED lighting, and natural light to optimize product storage and fulfillment of around 1,000 online orders per day. Decathlon was also an early adopter of RFID technology in Poland, allowing for faster inventory counts and reduced theft compared to traditional barcode systems. Key processes at the warehouse include accepting shipments from producers, sorting at receiving, order picking, inventory management, quality checks, and dispatching products to stores and customers.

1. Decathlon for Business (B2B)

2. Main information
 A network of large (from 2 to 10 thousand m²) French
sports markets.
 Since 1976, Decathlon has been innovating to make sport
accessible to everyone.
 Decathlon already has nearly 700 stores worldwide
 Daily deliveries are delivered to all stores
 Interurban consignments dispatched
 Sales from trucks in cities where there are no
stationary stores
 The company creates, designs and manufactures its own
products. Currently they have over 20
Decathlon brands, each one dedicated to a different
sport.

3. Cooperating brands

4. Main store
 The facility is dedicated to servicing both stationary
stores and online sales.
 Sport for all-everything for sport. Under this slogan
Panattoni Europe and Decathlon officially opened
the central magazine of the international manufacturer
and distributor of sportswear and equipment.
 Decathlon has been operating in Poland since 2001,when
it opened its first facility in the Warsaw Targówek
Shopping Centre. Today, the chain has 46 stationary
stores in the country and sells online, systematically
implementing the motto ”Sport for all -
everything for sport".

5. Decathlon's central warehouse is located in Lodz
and has an area of 32000m^2.

6. Continuation
 Decathlon's logistics centre has a rotational
character - warehousing takes place
in 3 zones, each with 10,000 m^2 of space, with low
and high storage, among others. The e-
commerce department has been equipped with speci
al ramps dedicated to particular regions. It is here th
at all orders coming from the online store will be pro
cessed -about one thousand a day.
In the whole building was used LED lighting,
as well as additional skylights and windows in the
elevation, so that increased access to natural light.

8. Technology
 Since 2014 Decathlon is the first retailer
in Poland and one of Decathlon's two national branches in the
world, where all products in the supply chain are RFID
tagged.
 Radio data technology helps the network streamline cash flow
processes, saving time and money for teams. This means that
employees can devote more of their time to customer service
and help them choose the right products.
The introduction of RFID technology also enables
current inventory control and identification of specific
products at checkout desks, which translates into elimination
of theft. The biggest benefit, however, is the acceleration of
the inventory process - now it is 5 timesfaster than in the past.

10. Some of the processes performed in the
warehouse:
 The acceptance of parcels from the producer
 the reception desk at the department, which is the
address of the packages
 order picking
 inventory and visualisation
 Quality control and expedition