Substantially reduce cost and increase production output with Automation If you are responsible for some or all of a manufacturing operation, you know metrics are important in determining if you are running at peak efficiency. The introduction of automation to a packaging production line can have a substantial (positive) impact both of output and labor costs. A measure that should be part of your labor review is line realization.

How do you open a shrink-wrapped package of test tubes when you’re wearing surgical gloves? A global manufacturer of laboratory instruments wanted our help with an industrial packaging challenge. The products in question—medical test tubes—are shrink-wrapped to ensure antiseptic delivery to the life science research and clinical testing labs that use them. No problem there.

When a line is down due to a part being needed, you incur the double whammy of both wasted labor cost and lost production output.