The Flexible Packaging Blog
Reviews, trends, and tips covering all things flexible packaging to protect your products and your bottom line.
Equipment | Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Technical Service and Support | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging | Plant Performance | Investment
By:
David Roberge
August 6th, 2015
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.
Equipment | The Business of Packaging | Technical Service and Support
By:
David Roberge
July 30th, 2015
"Im sorry, all orders for delivery yesterday must be placed by noon today."
Equipment | Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Technical Service and Support | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging | Investment
By:
David Roberge
July 23rd, 2015
Understanding Business Pressures on Purchasers In our business, we get to spend a lot of time working with Purchasing Agents, Buyers, etc. Based on what we see, its a tough job. Here are some of the pressures that our customers are under.
Equipment | Packaging Materials | The Business of Packaging | Technical Service and Support | Supply Chain Services/ Contract Packaging | Plant Performance | Investment
By:
David Roberge
July 16th, 2015
Understanding that different businesses have different cost constraints and working to stay within those bounds to provide the best quality product, service, or equipment is what we do best. All of our customers have cost constraints, and they generally fall into a few areas. The first, and most prevalent, is the pricing pressure from their customers. We have a specific approach to helping you with these pressures.
Equipment | Packaging Materials | Technical Service and Support
By:
David Roberge
June 11th, 2015
...It Shouldn't Be This Hard Spare Parts.. Replacement parts.. When you are in need of either, you can save time and money by leveraging our knowledge and experience (over 60 years of it)! Our team thrives on, and excels at providing the parts that you need for your packaging equipment.. What parts? All of em! For machines that we sell. For machines that we don't sell.
Equipment | The Business of Packaging | Technical Service and Support
By:
David Roberge
May 29th, 2015
First, What is Process Standardization? Simply put, process standardization is to define all of the steps in a process so that they are executed the same way, every time. Whether its booting up your laptop, (literally open the computer, press the power button, and so on), or brushing your teeth (grab toothbrush, grab toothpaste, remove cap, moisten bristles, squeeze small amount of toothpaste onto bristles, brush all teeth, sides,front, behind etc.), your brain will map out and follow the same process every time to achieve the desired result. So, What About Packaging?