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8 Pitfalls to Avoid on Automated Packaging Lines
Jun 24, 2020
Your automated secondary packaging line will operate much more smoothly if you consider potential drawbacks, including a lack of redundancy and ignoring worker input to low magazine capacity and missed cybersecurity.
How to better control net content fills in your packages
How to better control net content fills in your packages
Jan 29, 2020
When a consumer purchases a 500-milliliter bottle of a soft drink, how do they know if they get the amount of product that they paid for? Fortunately, in most—if not all—developed nations, there are legislations that enforce acceptable levels of...
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Jan 16, 2020
While not quite controversial, the results of our first poll on the viability of using voice-assistants to help monitor or control packaging machines or a packaging line were surprising.Our 2017 survey results showed that 70% of potential users at...
How packaging suppliers can deepen their value to customers
Sep 16, 2019
When it comes to packaging solutions, brands need more than just a product that works. Watch this short video (1:17 minutes) to hear what packaging users really need from their suppliers.Also see other videos in this series: “How to identify...
How do you measure the value of your packaging supplier?
How do you measure the value of your packaging supplier?
Aug 27, 2019
With so many packaging suppliers out there, is there a way of measuring and identifying the good ones? Yes, there is! A McKinsey & Co. executive shares a formula for success: Quality of Revenue.For most of my life, I’ve thought of packaging the...
3 ways to boost ‘first time fix rates’ on your packaging line
3 ways to boost ‘first time fix rates’ on your packaging line
Aug 15, 2019
An increasing ability to directly access printer data, modular equipment design and growing predictive maintenance are steadily improving First Time Fix Rates.The term First Time Fix Rate (FTFR) indicates the percentage of the time that a system...
Diverse packaging topics star in July 2019
Diverse packaging topics star in July 2019
Aug 14, 2019
Popular articles on PackagingDigest.com in the month of July 2019 were among the most diverse in recent memory, as far as topics go. Besides the ever-present interest in sustainability, readers explored packaging for #SpaceWeek, innovative snack...
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