# Ocado Smart Platform at Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre: deployment

Canonical ID: `c18c7a85-748b-4ac8-8eff-cfaaab16bf74`

[Ocado](/companies/ocado-group.md) opened its sixth customer fulfilment centre, a robotic warehouse at Purfleet, in 2021, adding 1,500 jobs; once fully ramped it is designed for more than 80,000 orders a week. In September 2023 Ocado Retail said Purfleet regularly achieved more than 220 units per labour hour. Ocado's history page lists the Purfleet CFC among its 2021 openings.

## Key facts

- **Country:** [United Kingdom](/locations/united-kingdom-3.md)
- **Sector:** Grocery e-commerce fulfilment
- **Operator:** [Ocado](/companies/ocado-group.md) (for Ocado Retail)
- **Capacity:** More than 80,000 orders per week once fully ramped (company-stated)
- **Jobs:** 1,500
- **Productivity:** Over 220 units per labour hour (September 2023) (company-stated)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-10-31_

- **Slug:** ocado-osp-purfleet-cfc-uk
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Ocado Smart Platform](/models/ocado-smart-platform.md) (id: `fa37baec-4f69-477a-a794-813f797314f8`)
- **Category:** [Warehouse & Logistics Robotics](/amr)
- **Company:** [Ocado Group](/companies/ocado-group.md) (id: `b277f606-b499-4f8f-81e5-890c58814eef`)
- **Location:** [Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre](/locations/united-kingdom/essex/ocado-purfleet-cfc-uk.md) (id: `d62cf21e-2a02-47b7-80df-442344be277e`)
- **First seen:** 2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. **Ocado opens robotic warehouse with 1500 new jobs** · https://retail-systems.com/rs/Ocado_Opens_Robotic_Warehouse_With_1500_New_Jobs.php · 2021-09-01
2. **Ocado Retail opens robotic fulfilment centre in Luton** · https://www.uktech.news/foodtech/ocado-robotic-fufilment-20230919 · 2023-09-19
3. **Our history** · https://www.ocadogroup.com/about-us/our-history

## Common questions

### What is the Ocado Smart Platform deployment at Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre?

[Ocado Smart Platform](/models/ocado-smart-platform.md), built by [Ocado Group](/companies/ocado-group.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre](/locations/ocado-purfleet-cfc-uk.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [Ocado Group](/companies/ocado-group.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Ocado Smart Platform at Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre?

[Ocado Group](/companies/ocado-group.md), the manufacturer of [Ocado Smart Platform](/models/ocado-smart-platform.md), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Ocado Smart Platform deployment at Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 1, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Ocado Smart Platform deployment at Ocado Purfleet Customer Fulfilment Centre?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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