Packaging For Tomorrow

John Bauschka asked:


Kitting and packaging are integral elements in the typical manufacturing process. In most cases of sourcing in supply chain management, these elements are taken for granted, such that many manufacturers underestimate the myriad advantages to be gained from streamlining these important tasks.

Electronics manufacturers, in particular, stand to benefit from more efficient kitting and packaging systems. These manufacturers are often faced with the unique challenge of having to find ways to effectively ship the most up-to-date products and the latest packaging to retailers. This can be a difficult feat to accomplish in a timely manner due to the frequency with which product upgrades, documentation changes, software updates, and changes in promotional strategies are made by the engineering and marketing departments. Due to the speed with which these elements can change for any given product, manufacturing departments often cannot effectively keep up with these changes in the context of conducting their kitting and shipping procedures.

Here are 5 benefits manufacturers can realize by streamlining their kitting and packaging processes:

1 - Ability to implement special offers and product upgrades with shorter lead time:

In today’s competitive environment, corporate marketing departments need to remain responsive to market needs by offering special promotions in short order. When such promotions are implemented with short lead times, the situation affords the manufacturing department insufficient lead time to reflect those special offers in the packaging. Similarly, the need to upgrade products due to the detection of product defects or the introduction of new technologies puts pressure on the manufacturing department to respond to these changes quickly and efficiently.

When such promotional changes or product upgrades are required, manufacturers who are not streamlined are often forced to unpack and then repackage existing stock before it leaves the warehouse. Or, just as inconveniently, the special offer or product upgrade is not implemented in time for shipments to be made. However, by outsourcing these tasks to a third-party logistics partner who manages the kitting and packaging tasks on site, products can remain unpackaged until just days before they are to be shipped. The result is a much more flexible and responsive manufacturing process.

2 - Ship only the most up-to-date product software and documentation:

Electronics and software manufacturers face the unique challenge of needing to implement product updates much more frequently than do manufacturers of most other types of products. Firmware updates, new specifications, actions by competitors, and other realities of the high tech world force engineers to update product software and documentation within very short time spans - often much more rapidly than manufacturing planners can respond to effectively.

By streamlining the kitting and packaging processes so that they can be performed as closely in time as possible to actual product ship dates, manufacturers can realize a significant savings in terms of avoiding these unpacking and repacking costs.

3 - Improve relationships with retailers:

Retailers do well when their customers are happy, and their customers in turn are happy when they feel they have access to the latest products and services in retail stores. Fortunately, manufacturers stand to improve the relationships they have with their distribution partners and retailers by supplying them with the latest, hottest products in a more timely manner. By being able to react quickly to market changes through better efficiency in packaging, manufacturers can keep retailers (and their customers) pleased.

4 - More effectively target specific customers:

Manufacturers that can flexibly tailor their marketing efforts to specific target segments have a decided advantage in the marketplace today. With the increasing availability and use of sophisticated market segmentation techniques by many companies, they have the ability to more specifically target very well-defined, niche segments. This trends often manifests itself in the diversification of a brand’s product lines, as well necessitating the tailoring of product positioning and messaging for various segments or niches simultaneously.

By remaining as flexible as possible through streamlined packaging, more variation (in terms of both product diversification and product positioning) becomes possible - and better profitability follows.

5 - Saving money on shipping costs:

For companies whose original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) ship their products from overseas locations (e.g., China) to in-country distribution warehouses, shipping costs comprise a significant portion of total cost of goods sold. However, by shipping finished goods to distribution centers in an unpackaged state, companies can ship up to 2-3 times more product per pallet - resulting in significant shipping cost savings.

Taking advantage of recent advances in kitting and packaging can afford significant advantages to electronics manufacturers. These advantages include the ability to avoid the additional cost of relatively last-minute unpacking and repacking, lower shipping costs, and greater responsiveness to making needed product, packaging, or documentation changes due to internal or market demands.



Ernest

Leaftech asked:


Robotic strapping and packaging systems are the latest innovations in the shipping of manufactured goods. Robotic strapping systems have several advantages over human systems, most notably in the areas of labour costs, uniformity, and timeliness.

Robotic packaging systems also carry another advantage over human, assembly line style packaging, in that they offer a packaging for your goods that is guaranteed to be secure. Packaged materials are in for a lot of abuse, and secure packaging can mean protecting them in several different situations:

Loading Once your product has been assembled, it has to go on the truck for shipping. Forklifts, employees, and accidents can all take their toll on products that have been loosely packed. A robotic system specifications will allow for the least possible wiggle room within a package.

Shipping Another area where products can come in for quite a lot of abuse is in transport. While most companies make sure that products are tied down and packed tight, the immediate package around the product can make all the difference during transport. Robotically packaged products can withstand some incredible jolts and remain intact in the roughest transport situations.

Unloading As with loading, there are a lot of potentially damaging situations that can occur as products are being taken out of transport. Robotic packaging minimizes the damage that can occur by being tight, and designed for efficient pick up.

Unpacking Human packaged products are often wrapped to such a degree in order to prevent damage that they are frustrating to open, and doing so requires tools which may actually damage the product themselves. Robotic packaging means the least amount of securing materials, used in the most efficient manner.

Robotic packaging systems are available to take care of all packaging needs when it comes to secured packaging, including both inner security in which the products are bound together and outer packaging that protects the package as a whole. The tighter the packaging, the more secure the product is from damage caused by bumping into other products or within the package itself. Manufacturers can ensure maximum satisfaction on the part of buyers, and minimize costs due to replacing damaged product, through the secure packaging offered by robotic systems.



Alice

Jumphigher asked:


Packaging is very important for sale, storage and shipping of supplies. A major portion of packaging is used for food. Packaging for food is cheap as well as light and can fit any preferred sizes. Apart from these, packaging elongates the storage period of the products. To store solid and liquid food, glass containers are preferred due to their chemical resistance, clarity and durability, whereas for boiled or frozen food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical substances and toiletries plastic are used. For packaging of liquid, metal or plastic containers are used.

Food packaging materials are cheaper, user friendly and safer. Every food packaging manufacturing unit ensures a clean and efficient production environment in the factory for producing food packaging material using latest technology. Products are available in different sizes and shapes catering to food packaging supplies, keeping in mind the needs of customers. Good packaging means lower prices of food, reduce sing the cost of transport, distribution, storage and retailing along with reduce sing the costs associated with food wastage.

Every food packaging company has the mission to satisfy market needs for attractive high quality packaging systems. This is achieved by continuous focus on consumer and customer satisfaction, innovation, operational efficiency and human capital development.

Benefits of sophisticated food packaging material are as follows

It gives you an aesthetic look to your product, which adds cost to your product.

It conveys your quality to the market.

It gives you, hygienic packing to your product.

Essential for mass production.

Easy for serving to end-user.

Century Ultrapack is a food packaging manufacturer, which focuses on thermoforming, injection moulding and vacuum forming of HIPS and PP cups, glasses, containers, disposable table ware, tray, and many more. Proactive team of experience personnel offers commitment to customizing product development for food packaging supplies in short span of time. Find paramount supplies in food packaging material through Century Ultrapack. We at, Century Ultrapack ,manufacturers disposable food packaging materials for hot and cold food items, liquid food products, and many more.

For on time delivery of food packaging material through opportune supplies, dont hesitate to contact Century Ultrapack.





pvyas asked:


‘Turn Green’ is the mantra that seems to be enveloping the world, at present. This fact is clearly evident by the fact that now even packaging supplies are turning green. A host of various green packaging supplies and environmental friendly products have flooded the markets. Also referred as eco friendly packaging supplies or Eco Products, various packaging application goes into making these successful packaging supplies. Recently many packaging manufacturers have shown great interest in turning the packaging industry green with more environment friendly products. Even the government of countries all over the world are getting pro actively involved to to replace all non eco friendly options sooner rather than later.

The eco industry is growing rapidly and there is a huge demand to reduce the hazard environmental impact through by providing safe and natural alternatives in order to deliver materials, processes and technology solutions. According to ETAP (Environmental Technologies Action Plan), The global eco-industry is fore casted to be worth some 700 billion by 2010. Following the suit, the packaging industry and manufacturers have come up with various green packaging solutions to reduce environmental jeopardy. Almost everyday, a new idea is created. Some of the recently innovated measures taken for checking harmful packaging supplies, following are some of the green characteristics that are generally adopted by the manufacturers.

Made from recycled materials (100% or varying lesser percentages)

Made from annually sustainable materials (ex: bamboo farms, corn, soya, cotton)

Made from organic farmed materials (ex: organic bamboo, organic corn)

Biodegradable materials (ex: clam shells, unbleached paper)

Recyclable material (ex: cardboard papers, corrugated paper, glass)

Reusable products (ex: glass bottles)



Energy efficiency, such as achieved by reduction in packaging processes, packaging systems, manufacturing process or distribution savings (ex: using plastic bottles instead of glass bottles because of reduced carbon output in the shipping of a lighter product).

The most efficient markets for the implementation of the green methodology are the cardboard boxes, compost able food containers and biodegradable products like biodegradable bags, biodegradable trash bags, biodegradable garbage bags, biodegradable plastics, biodegradable paper, biodegradable films and biodegradable green materials.

Today, business realize that materials, systems, and processes need to be greener as the choice of caring about the impact for the environment is not only the ethical but also the future of the packaging industry. It is being realized that all the business that do not have any alternatives for greener packaging supplies and also do not incorporate environmental friendly products in their line of manufacturing, tend to lose their market share to environment friendly business that aims to create a new generation of eco friendly alternatives and solutions.

In present scenario, the packaging supplies have been evolved in a manner that can be reused by the consumer rather than just being tossed. Upscale, longer lasting packaging like thick wall boxes, handled containers, rope handle bags, etc. can be used over and over by many consumers thus allowing a longer life span for a brand. These are some of the reasons that have earned huge recognition for greener packaging supplies in the packaging industry.



Cael

pvyas asked:


‘Turn Green’ is the mantra that seems to be enveloping the world, at present. This fact is clearly evident by the fact that now even packaging supplies are turning green. A host of various green packaging supplies and environmental friendly products have flooded the markets. Also referred as eco friendly packaging supplies or Eco Products, various packaging application goes into making these successful packaging supplies. Recently many packaging supplies manufacturers have shown great interest in turning the packaging industry green with more environment friendly products. Even the government of countries all over the world are getting pro actively involved to to replace all non eco friendly options sooner rather than later.

The eco industry is growing rapidly and there is a huge demand to reduce the hazard environmental impact through by providing safe and natural alternatives in order to deliver materials, processes and technology solutions. According to ETAP (Environmental Technologies Action Plan), The global eco-industry is fore casted to be worth some 700 billion by 2010. Following the suit, the packaging industry and manufacturers have come up with various green packaging solutions to reduce environmental jeopardy. Almost everyday, a new idea is created. Some of the recently innovated measures taken for checking harmful packaging supplies, following are some of the green characteristics that are generally adopted by the manufacturers.



Made from recycled materials (100% or varying lesser percentages)

Made from annually sustainable materials (ex: bamboo farms, corn, soya, cotton)

Made from organic farmed materials (ex: organic bamboo, organic corn)

Biodegradable materials (ex: clam shells, unbleached paper)

Recyclable material (ex: cardboard papers, corrugated paper, glass)

Reusable products (ex: glass bottles)

Energy efficiency, such as achieved by reduction in packaging processes, packaging systems, manufacturing process or distribution savings (ex: using plastic bottles instead of glass bottles because of reduced carbon output in the shipping of a lighter product).



The most efficient markets for the implementation of the green methodology are the cardboard boxes, compost able food containers and biodegradable products like biodegradable bags, biodegradable trash bags, biodegradable garbage bags, biodegradable plastics, biodegradable paper, biodegradable films and biodegradable green materials.

Today, business realize that materials, systems, and processes need to be greener as the choice of caring about the impact for the environment is not only the ethical but also the future of the packaging industry. It is being realized that all the business that do not have any alternatives for greener packaging supplies and also do not incorporate environmental friendly products in their line of manufacturing, tend to lose their market share to environment friendly business that aims to create a new generation of eco friendly alternatives and solutions.

In present scenario, the packaging supplies have been evolved in a manner that can be reused by the consumer rather than just being tossed. Upscale, longer lasting packaging like thick wall boxes, handled containers, rope handle bags, etc. can be used over and over by many consumers thus allowing a longer life span for a brand. These are some of the reasons that have earned huge recognition for greener packaging supplies in the packaging industry.



Shiloh