Fifth, the shoes are shipped to the Nike warehouses for storage and distribution. The distribution centers are in Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America, Africa, Canada, and the US. One of the largest Nike distribution centers in the world, and the largest in Asia, is located in Taicang, Jiangsu (China). Distribution centers often have excessive energy costs, so at this large distribution center, Nike is doing its best to reduce energy use.
“A large part of the energy consumed in a distribution center is used to run the sortation equipment and conveyors, so NIKE decided on cross-belt and tilt-tray sorters that use linear synchronous motor technology to reduce energy consumption by 75 percent compared with sorters using conventional technologies” (Mhlnews).