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Brooklyn Kiosow
Marketing Communications Manager  
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

10 Signs It's Time to Automate Your End of Line Packing & Stacking

Labor challenges and rising costs aren’t going away, and your end of line operations need to keep up.

If you're still relying on manual labor for packing and palletizing, you’re not alone. But it might be costing you more than you realize: downtime, missed shipments, injuries, and inefficiencies.

We’ve put together a fast, no-fluff checklist that reveals the most common signs it’s time to automate your end of line processes. From high turnover to excessive downtime, these signals show up long before most teams realize automation is the answer.

Download the Checklist Here
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