Packsize and Swisslog are collaborating to integrate automated, right-sized packaging into warehouse fulfilment systems. The companies say the approach will bring packaging into the same planning process as storage, retrieval, order sequencing and shipment.
Packsize contributes technology that produces packaging matched to the dimensions of an order, while Swisslog provides expertise in robotics, warehouse automation and system design. The intended result is a more coordinated flow of goods, with fewer manual touches, less packaging waste and improved throughput.
The partnership reflects a shift away from treating packaging as a separate downstream function. By considering it during the initial design of an automated warehouse, operators can align packaging capacity and order sequencing with the wider material-handling system.
Paul Roy, Packsize’s senior vice-president for global partnerships and business development, said the companies would help customers develop fulfilment systems that improve efficiency, scalability and the customer experience.
Swisslog senior vice-president of sales Bill Stenger said packaging automation had become increasingly important as fulfilment operations adopt more automation. The company supplies data-driven and robotic logistics solutions supported by modular service concepts.
The two companies have already completed multiple projects together worldwide. Those implementations are intended to support a broader model in which right-sized packaging, storage, retrieval and orchestration are delivered as one fulfilment strategy rather than as disconnected systems.
