No longer in one place: Nova Poshta changes storage of goods due to strikes

After the destruction of the fulfillment center in Sviatopetrivske in the Kyiv region, Nova Poshta is changing its product storage model. The company plans to use freight and postal offices throughout Ukraine as local warehouses in order not to concentrate customer goods in one place and reduce the risk of their loss due to Russian attacks.

The change in approach was announced by Yevhen Tafiychuk, CEO of Nova Poshta.

The company is moving to a decentralized fulfillment model. Instead of storing a large number of goods in one center, the customer assortment will be distributed among different locations.

To do this, Nova Poshta freight and postal offices throughout the country will actually receive the additional function of local warehouses.

Why is Nova Poshta changing the system

The main goal is to make logistics more resistant to Russian attacks.

The distribution of goods between different locations should reduce dependence on one large logistics center. Even if one of the locations is damaged or destroyed, businesses will be able to continue operating thanks to supplies located elsewhere.

The impetus for this decision was the Russian strike on the night of August 28, as a result of which Nova Poshta lost its fulfillment center and sorting depot in Sviatopetrivske, Kyiv region.

According to the company, it was its most modern robotic fulfillment center, the creation of which had been created over the years with significant technological and engineering resources.

Thousands of books were destroyed in the strike

Along with the logistics infrastructure, customers’ goods were lost.

Among them were thousands of copies of books, including world bestsellers and works by Ukrainian authors.

The warehouses stored products from the publishing houses A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA, Vivat, Osnovy, and other companies.

Nova Poshta emphasizes that after the attack they are working with every publishing house and store whose goods were destroyed.

The company promises to compensate for losses

Nova Poshta announced its intention to compensate partners for losses and help restore lost goods.

In the case of publishing houses, this includes support in releasing new editions of books to replace those destroyed.

The company’s CEO, Yevhen Tafiychuk, emphasized that the stability of a business in wartime lies not only in protecting buildings and equipment, but also in the ability to quickly restructure work and distribute risks.

It is the decentralization of warehouses that should become one of the mechanisms for protecting customers’ goods from the consequences of possible new Russian attacks.

On the night of August 28, Russian troops launched three strikes on one Nova Poshta location in Svyatopetrovsk, Kyiv region.