
On-demand packaging automation solved a real problem: no more warehouses stacked floor-to-ceiling with pre-made cartons in unnecessary sizes. Whether box-first or box-last, these machines create the right-sized box directly at the pack station.
But on-demand packaging machines only know how to cut a box to fit the order. There are a multitude of costs across an order lifecycle from picking to freight to putaway. These machines don’t know which size is the least expensive one to ship. Machines still need to be told the right size for a particular order, and that's where the savings actually live.

Paccurate's Packing Control System (PCS) makes that a cost decision instead of a volume guess, factoring in your actual carrier rate cards alongside the physical fit. Every box is sized around what it actually costs to fulfill, so net costs decrease. The box is cut and ready before the order ever reaches the pack station, removing the bottleneck.
Paccurate PCS can determine a box size in milliseconds, keeping up with an on-demand packaging machine instead of slowing it down. With box-first machines, the right-sized box is already cut and waiting by the time the order hits the pack station. No repacking. No stopping to grab a different size. No volume lost to a decision that couldn't keep pace.
The PCS ensures every order that can go to an on-demand packaging machine, will. If it can’t, it can route orders to other pack stations for stock boxes or even to an autobagger, if required, or if it’s less expensive for a given order.

Right-sizing isn't just a shipping cost story. Paccurate's analysis of live cartonization data found the average shipped carton is 40% larger than necessary, which means more corrugated, more void fill, and more trucks hauling empty space.
Pairing an on-demand packaging machine with Paccurate closes that gap on both ends. The PCS determines the right-sized, cost-optimal box, and the machine cuts exactly that, with no oversizing built in for either side to correct. This results in less corrugated waste, less void fill and few trucks on the road.
Read the Filterbuy Case Study to learn how Paccurate and Packsize partner to reduce material waste and trucks on the road.

Paccurate is Packsize's exclusive cartonization partner, built directly into their on-demand packaging systems. Already using Packsize machines, ask your rep about Paccurate or learn how the integration works.