From Warehouse to Production Line, Seamless Coordination: A New Smart Logistics Model for the Printing and Packaging Industry May 05, 2025

Survival Challenges for Print and Packaging Enterprises Amidst the Digital Transformation Wave

The printing industry's vast product range and complex workflows make automation upgrades and warehouse–logistics integration particularly difficult. In packaging printing, raw materials, semi‑finished goods and finished products must shuttle constantly between pre‑press, press and post‑press stages, yet reliance on manual forklifts today leads to low efficiency, chaotic line‑side storage and lengthy verification times. Rising labor costs and quality issues from human handling only exacerbate the problem, making an intelligent transformation imperative.
One leading high‑end packaging manufacturer—whose portfolio spans luxury cosmetics, perfumes, premium spirits and cultural goods—has long held an industry‑leading position and earned the trust of many top global brands, even winning the printing world's "Oscar", the Benny Award.



Current Situation 1: Space Planning
The printing‐and‐packaging sector handles many large, varied items—raw paper rolls, cartons, bags, etc.—yet the on‑site storage near the shop floor uses flat racking without zoning by paper type, width or grade. This leads to stockpile backlogs, time‐consuming searches for materials, and poor support for efficient production supply and turnover.

Current Situation 2: Information Management
Throughout production—from raw and auxiliary materials, to semi‑finished and finished goods—there’s no digital or automated management system. All inventory records are handwritten, and data travels via paper cards, making errors inevitable, breaking the data chain and preventing any traceability of product quality.

Current Situation 3: Distribution Operations
All workshop logistics—internal deliveries and warehouse in/out—are done by hand. Without smart delivery equipment or automated slot management, workers must hunt for items manually, resulting in low delivery efficiency and high labor intensity.

Current Situation 4: Environmental Requirements
Raw paper and finished paper products are flammable, prone to spoilage and moisture deformation. They must be stored in a dry, clean environment with controlled temperature and humidity, never in high‑heat or high‑pressure areas. Otherwise, friction can build static and pose a serious fire risk.


A Tailored Smart Warehousing & Logistics Solution for Packaging & Printing
We design and customize an end‑to‑end intelligent logistics system around your actual production logistics and storage needs—covering everything from raw materials and work‑in‑progress to finished goods and consumables. By integrating automated inbound/outbound handling, storage optimization, distribution, and digital data capture and management, this has become one of the industry’s most effective smart‑logistics templates and a benchmark for intelligent manufacturing in printing and packaging.

This project spans multiple zones—cutting, printing, screen‑printing, laminating, folding/gluing, raw‑material storage and finished‑goods warehousing. On the technology side, we've deployed "5G + logistics robots, four‑way shuttle systems and narrow‑aisle three‑directional‑fork AGVs", all orchestrated via MES/ERP and WMS interfacing with WCS/RMS. This solves complex storage, transfer and flow challenges, driving cost reduction, efficiency gains and full‑plant smart‑factory implementation.

Raw‑Material Warehouse: Four‑Way Shuttle Dense Storage
To maximize capacity in limited space and overcome height restrictions, we've installed a four‑way shuttle dense racking system—and added an automated shuttle‑inventory cycle function—to boost accuracy and operational efficiency in raw‑material management.



Smart Logistics in the Printing Workshop
Yufeng Intelligent designed a narrow‑body stacker AGV—optimized for load capacity, vehicle dimensions and turning radius—to handle packaging paper with high efficiency. The AGV delivers sheets precisely to each station, preventing edge tightness or scalloping from temperature and humidity changes.

Once the paper is wrapped, the AGV transports it to designated printing and post‑press lines, digitizing raw‑material data capture and management. This enables fully automated, real‑time and precise shop‑floor deliveries, cuts down on temporary on‑floor storage, boosts space utilization and reduces manual labor intensity.



Finished‑Goods Warehouse: Narrow‑Aisle Stacker AGV + Three‑Way Fork AGV Collaboration

The finished‑goods warehouse uses compact narrow‑aisle stacker AGVs alongside high‑level three‑way fork AGVs for flexible vertical coordination. The narrow‑aisle stacker AGV is small and agile—perfect for transfers between production stages, with robust task‑handling capacity for clustered operations and seamless inbound/outbound handling of finished goods.



After printing, finished goods must be exported to multiple countries and regions—with each using different pallet sizes—so the finished‑goods warehouse needs flexible, diversified storage. A narrow‑aisle three‑way‑fork racking system effectively eases space constraints and mixed‑pallet storage challenges, delivering high storage efficiency and maximized slot utilization.


Value Reimagined to Power Smart‑Manufacturing Upgrades

Digital‑Intelligence Enablement
By deeply integrating MES, ERP, WMS, WCS and RMS, the system issues real‑time material‑picking orders based on live demand, inventory and production needs. A 5G‑linked network of robots handles final output—boosting transport efficiency by 40%, cutting labor costs by 30%, slashing damage rates and sharpening production‑plan accuracy.

High‑Density Storage
To overcome old‑plant space limits, Yufeng Intelligent chose a four‑way‑shuttle solution. Its compact shuttles and intelligent lift‑and‑drive layer‑exchange feature minimize aisle footprint, maximize three‑dimensional rack use and lower equipment investment compared to traditional stacker systems.

Scalability
Aligned with the client’s long‑term growth plan, the facility layout and process design reserve expansion zones for future end‑to‑end smart‑manufacturing upgrades—ensuring each phase delivers maximum ROI with minimal extra spend.

Industry Impact
As manufacturing evolves, boosting warehouse utilization and outbound speed is critical. This flagship packaging‑printing rollout—delivering efficient storage and order‑handling—has not only accelerated the customer’s logistics but also set a benchmark for smart‑factory transformations across the industry.

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