Palletizing automation is one of the clearest wins in end-of-line operations. The ROI is real, the labor savings are immediate, and the technology is mature. Yet many manufacturers stall out, spending months on projects that should take weeks, or deploying systems that work in the demo but struggle on the production floor. The good news: most of these failures follow predictable patterns. Here are five pitfalls we see repeatedly, and how to avoid them, illustrated by how Molino Merano , a histor