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Automation Driving Estée Lauder's Supply Chain Operations
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Fusion42 · 27 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Estée Lauder’s Whitman manufacturing site in the UK combines human skill with extensive automation, robotics, and AI to enhance supply chain precision, flexibility, and responsiveness while maintaining high quality across skincare and fragrance products. Since 2020, over US$72m has been invested in digitalisation, advanced manufacturing, and sustainability, making the site a highly integrated and sustainable operation.
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Your manufacturing operation now needs to blend automation with skilled human teams to unlock faster, more flexible production without sacrificing quality. This opens routes to embed AI and robotics for precision but demands investment in workforce development alongside tech upgrades.
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