From the monthly archives: May 2012
Transporting your product from plant to plant
On May 31, 2012
What is the ideal packaging container for plant to plant transport? What would some of the criteria be? How about the following list:
Environmentally friendly 100% protection for your product Is efficient to use Is easy to store Holds up to the environment [...]
Don’t be penny wise, but pound foolish with your packaging
On May 26, 2012
It is tempting to go with the cheapest package material when shipping your product. Many companies have a shipping department that carries a few standard sizes of corrugated paper boxes and makes due. Sometimes the packaging choice is left to [...]
There is no question in our mind that improperly designed shipping containers can do more harm than good. Often standard corrugated cardboard boxes are used. This may be the right choice in some applications, but if you have a sensitive [...]
Paper or plastic; which is worse for the environment?
On May 20, 2012
There has been a lot of press lately on the environmental problems that plastic bags are causing. A recent study showed that plastic buried in land has been slowly migrating out to the ocean and collecting in a central area. The [...]
What are Custom Kanban Carts?
On May 16, 2012
Kanban is a system that pulls inventory or work in process (WIP) through the manufacturing process. A Kanban is a signal to the previous operation that it requires more work. An effective Kanban system controls the work in process. Kanban is one of the key [...]
Reduce Cycle Time by implementing a Kanban System
On May 14, 2012
The time it takes a part to make it from the beginning of the manufacturing process to the end is called the cycle time. That time is proportional to the amount of WIP (work in process) in the system. A simple example [...]
Packnet Offers On-site Packing and Crating
On May 9, 2012
Packnet continually strives to make it as easy as possible for its customers to utilize its packaging expertise. One example is Packnet’s on-site packing and crating services. If you are located in the Upper Midwest, Packnet will come to your facility and crate your [...]
Reusable Packaging Saves Money and the Environment
On May 6, 2012
Packaging, while extremely valuable for safely transporting or storing products, usually doesn’t add much functionality to the product. It simply gets discarded when the product reaches its destination. For larger and more expensive industrial products, packaging containers can be fairly expensive so why [...]
Back in 2009, Dave Carroll, lead musician in a Canadian band called “Sons of Maxwell” had a bad experience on a United Airline flight connection inChicago. His expensive guitar was broken as it was being loaded onto the airplane. Dave and [...]
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