LogiMAT 2026: Exotec deploys Skyfleet across multiple Decathlon sites

At LogiMAT 2026 in Germany, global warehouse robotics provider and integrator Exotec announced the deployment of a multi-site program for Decathlon called Skyfleet. 

This program covers a total of seven warehouse sites across five European countries: France, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy and Germany. Exotec said that it is enabling Decathlon to standardize and manage supply chain flows across Europe, while also providing a better working environment for its operators.  

Standardized store replenishment across Europe

Exotec said that Decathlon’s Skyfleet represents a new step in its unique positioning as both an OEM and integrator, delivering a full inbound to outbound system within a unified architecture.

“When we launched our first Skypod robotic system nearly ten years ago, we brought flexibility and resilience to storage and order picking,” said Romain Moulin, co-founder and CEO of Exotec. “As intralogistics has become strategic for our clients, we now create value across the entire warehouse, and through this Skyfleet program, we demonstrate our ability to orchestrate multi-site deployments.”

Exotec added that the goal of this program is to accelerate multi-site deployments on an international scale by simplifying processes.  

After deploying its first Skypod robotic system in its Tilburg warehouse in 2021, Decathlon said that it looked to expand this partnership with an ambitious project: standardizing store replenishment across the European continent. To accomplish this goal, Exotec said that it designed a warehouse based on a replicable and scalable architecture to deploy across seven of Decathlon’s European sites.   

Each Skyfleet warehouse is based on a typical configuration: 

• A fleet of 150 to 200 Skypod robots

• 100,000 to 125,000 storage locations

• Capacity of 3,000 to 4,000 lines per hour

• 150,000 to 200,000 items per day

• 7 to 13 picking stations (single stations and stations with order movers)

• Parcel buffering before shipping within the same storage system
• Full automation of inbound and outbound flows 

Standardized end-to-end integration 

At each Decathlon site, Exotec said it systematically integrates additional automated equipment to maximize warehouse intralogistics automation: automatic depalletizers, automatic carton opening machines, RFID tunnels, automatic palletizers etc.

“We were looking for a partner to support us in rationalizing our logistics network,” said Jérôme Saillour, head of logistics automation at Decathlon. “We chose Exotec because they were able to deploy many sites in a short time and integrate scalable solutions that adapt to our evolution. In five years, we have profoundly transformed the experience of our warehouse employees and written the next chapter of logistics for Decathlon.”  

Exotec said that for these specialized machines - whose selection during the design phase can be costly and time-consuming - standardizing across multiple sites has generated substantial efficiencies and cost savings. 

Flow orchestration and equipment coordination are handled by Deepsky, Exotec’s proprietary Warehouse Execution System (WES). The company said that this software layer unifies interfaces and ensures end-to-end operational continuity across the warehouse. Exotec said that the site standardization enabled it to develop a single software codebase shared across all seven warehouses, simplifying deployment.

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