Packsize and Swisslog are joining forces to connect automated packaging with the wider warehouse control process. The collaboration is intended to help companies design fulfilment systems in which storage, retrieval, order sequencing and carton production work as one coordinated flow.
At the centre of the partnership is Packsize technology for producing packaging matched to the dimensions of each order. Swisslog contributes experience in warehouse automation, robotics and system engineering. By planning these capabilities together from the beginning, the companies aim to reduce manual handling, limit packaging waste and raise throughput.
Packaging becomes part of the automation architecture
For many warehouses, packaging is still treated as a downstream activity after goods have moved through storage and picking. The partnership takes a different approach: packaging requirements are considered alongside inventory movement and order orchestration during system design.
That can allow products to be delivered to the packaging stage in a planned sequence, with the packaging process aligned to the broader fulfilment workload. The expected operational benefits include fewer touches, more consistent flows and a simpler route from storage to shipment.
“Packsize and Swisslog will work together to help customers design and realize smarter fulfilment systems by integrating right-sized packaging into the flow of goods to improve efficiency, scalability, and the customer experience,” said Paul Roy, Packsize’s senior vice-president for global partnerships and business development.
A unified route from storage to shipment
Swisslog, which provides data-driven and robotic logistics solutions, views the cooperation as a response to the growing automation of fulfilment operations. Bill Stenger, its senior vice-president of sales, said that packaging automation needs to be included in holistic warehouse designs rather than added as a separate capability later.
The companies have already delivered several projects together globally. Those implementations provide the basis for a broader model in which right-sized packaging, automated storage and retrieval, and orchestration are developed as a single fulfilment strategy. For industrial and e-commerce operators, the approach could simplify the integration of packaging technology while supporting scalable warehouse expansion.
More information on the technology is available from Packsize and Swisslog.
