We have customers that need Supply Chain Services, and we do what we can to provide for them, whether planned or in a pinch. Here is a recent, real-life example of our capabilities coming together for a customer to make them more efficient for their customers.

Have You Given Thought To All Of Them? We all know in order to get your product out of the store, you have got to get it into the store. Offer your retail outlets varied Product Placement Options! The greater the number of options that you offer to the retailer, the greater the chances that the retailer places them. This is a conversation about product placement, not about package design (although, we can help you with that). Here are some of the options available:

Are you Overlooking this Critical Cost? When you are costing out your projects, how often do you remember to factor in Opportunity Costs? Do you know what Packaging Opportunity Costs are? We've referred to them a few times in our weekly releases. Here are some thoughts on opportunity costs.

Better yet, why buy another one? One of the significant advantages to outsourcing is preservation of capital. In many cases, we've got the equipment available to provide a final packaged product that sells itself.

The Price is the Price is the Price, unless it's A-La-Carte. Traditionally, people price their product assuming that everyone needs everything. Rarely do we find that all of our customers need the same things. The actual price of a product is dependent on many aspects of the purchase.

Until It Is. In today's high-pressure business environment, with fewer people doing more work, we tend to focus only on what's urgent. The time-tested priority matrix and the time-tested risk matrix, when blended together, yeild clear guidance on where we should spend our time.