Warehouse automation is moving beyond storage and picking. Packsize and Swisslog are collaborating on systems that bring packaging into the same digital and operational design as automated material handling, creating a more continuous path from inventory to shipment.
The partnership combines Packsize’s right-sized packaging technology with Swisslog’s capabilities in robotics, warehouse automation and system engineering. The companies intend to help customers plan, sequence and implement these elements together, rather than connect packaging after the main warehouse project has been completed.
Efficiency through coordinated flows
Packaging matched to the dimensions of an order can reduce unnecessary material and limit empty space in the finished parcel. When the packaging operation is also synchronised with storage, retrieval and order sequencing, the potential benefit extends beyond the carton itself. Fewer handovers and manual touches can create a more predictable movement of goods through the facility.
This integrated architecture may also support scalability. As fulfilment volumes change, operators can assess packaging capacity alongside warehouse throughput and orchestration instead of managing each function in isolation. For industrial companies, that can make future expansion and process optimisation easier to plan.
Paul Roy, Packsize’s senior vice-president for global partnerships and business development, said the companies aim to improve efficiency, scalability and customer experience by placing right-sized packaging within the product flow.
Automation with resource awareness
The collaboration also has a sustainability dimension. Reducing packaging waste is linked to the design of the order process, not treated as a separate environmental initiative. Better coordination can help operators use material more deliberately while reducing avoidable movement inside the warehouse.
Bill Stenger, Swisslog’s senior vice-president of sales, said packaging automation should be included in holistic warehouse designs as fulfilment becomes more automated. Swisslog provides data-driven and robotic logistics solutions supported by modular service concepts.
The partners have already completed multiple projects together globally. Their stated ambition is to build on those implementations and offer a unified strategy covering right-sized packaging, storage, retrieval and orchestration. Such integration can strengthen operational resilience by reducing the number of disconnected interfaces between warehouse and dispatch processes.
Further information is available from Packsize and Swisslog.
