The end-of-line bottleneck
A facility can optimise production upstream and still bottleneck at dispatch, where manual strapping takes over two minutes per pallet and ties up two operators. Pallets queue, trucks wait, and labor that could add value elsewhere is consumed walking around loads.
Strapping automation as a throughput multiplier
- Cycle time drops from 120 to under 40 seconds — a 66% reduction — so the dispatch dock stops queuing.
- One operator does the work of three, freeing labor for QA, staging and replenishment without new headcount.
- Processing 50 pallets/shift falls from ~350 minutes of strapping labor to ~100 minutes.
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View the ROI & Cost ComparisonFrequently Asked Questions
- How does pallet strapping automation improve floor efficiency?
- It removes the end-of-line bottleneck. Cutting strapping from 120 to under 40 seconds per pallet, and from two operators to one, clears dispatch queues and frees thousands of labor hours a year for higher-value tasks — without adding headcount.
- What is a throughput multiplier in packaging?
- Equipment that lets the same workforce process more output. A mobile ErgoPack system multiplies dispatch throughput by cutting strapping cycle time 66% and letting one operator achieve the output of three.
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Book a free on-site capacity audit — we bring an ErgoPack 726X, GO or 700 to your pallets and measure the time and labor you'd save.