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Through the Line Podcast: Medline Automates Packaging for Throughput and Sustainability Gains

How is end-of-line automation reshaping high-volume medical product distribution? Medline Industries partnered with Ranpak Holdings Corp. to deploy the Cut'it! EVO right-sizing system and Form'it! automated case erector at its distribution operations.

Elisabeth Cuneo
Jun 26, 2026

The shift eliminated a manual pack-out bottleneck downstream of Medline's AutoStore goods-to-person picking system, with workers now picking directly into automatically formed trays that are lidded and sealed further down the line. 

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