Maybe you are embarking on an exciting new business venture and looking to bring your product to market.Or perhaps your company is well established and exploring ways to make your production and packaging process more efficient.Whatever the case, the manner in which you package your product is a vital component to overall company success.
There are two main avenues to take when making this decision:
Use the services of a contract packager. This involves subcontracting the packaging of your product to a third-party company.
Invest in automating packaging in-house. This usually involves acquiring capital packaging equipment and performing the packaging process in-house.
It's an important decision that often comes down to a few important details: Available resources and expertise, crunching the long and short-term budget implications, and maximizing plant-wide efficiencies.
When to consider outsourcing your packaging
In general, a contract packager is chosen by a manufacturer when it is less costly and more efficient than packaging its product in-house.
Contract packagers also bring very specific expertise to the table, as they live and breathe packaging all day, every day. A rapidly growing small business can turn to a house hold powder packing machine to quickly scale their packaging and production to a higher level than they would be able to achieve on their own without significant investment and reorganization.
In the same vein, a large multi-national corporation may find it easier and more efficient to outsource their packaging so they can focus on other matters.
According to the Contract Packaging Association, there are many reasons a business might consider a co-packer, including:
No available in-house equipment or expertise for a particular job
Not economically feasible to invest in their own packing equipment
Geographically separated facilities could serve the product better for national distribution
Non-standard packaging requiring special machinery or labor-intensive work is specified
Product may more economically be shipped in bulk to a distant market, then unit packed locally
Short-term requirement that may be better served by specific experience or equipment you don't have
There's a warehouse full of a product that needs re-working to make it saleable
There's a corporate downsizing in personnel, facilities or both
When to consider bringing packaging in-house
There are also many companies, small and large, that choose to package their product in-house. In general, packaging your product on-site requires a higher upfront cost, but as soon as the machinery is paid off, the return on investment can be substantial over the long-term. The only continuing expenses will be paying machine operators/technicians, wear parts replacement, and maintenance. Additionally, a business can receive certain tax benefits from the acquisition and depreciation of capital equipment.
Many business owners report a certain sense of satisfaction derived from having direct influence and control over the production of their product, from initial sourcing to packaging to delivery. Having the in-house talent and capabilities to manage your entire production process, while certainly challenging and costly upfront, is an asset and investment in the enterprise's future.It must be a carefully considered decision and must be considered on a nearly case-by-case basis.
Some companies decide to utilize both methods: Packaging their core product in-house by their own milk powder packing line and subcontracting more specialized or promotional products to a contract packager.
Helpful resources
Whatever your decision, you can be confident in your choice of contract packager or capital equipment with the help from the packaging experts at Viking Masek.
If you think using a contract packager is the best decision for your needs, many contract packagers across the United States use our flexible packaging equipment, and we are happy to share those contacts with you. Another great resource is the Contract Packaging Association's member directory.
Interested in bringing your packaging in-house? We're happy to answer any questions you may have about the process, from start to finish. Contact us today at (920) 564-5051 or request a packaging equipment consultation to get started.
When that happens, you want to be prepared with the info you need at your fingertips.So we've compiled the top film issues we see, what they mean, and their possible causes.General powder filling machine film troubleshooting tipsIf your vertical form fill seal machine is having film issues, error messages will report issues on the HMI (human machine interface) screen.
The message will remain present on the screen until it is acknowledged by an operator.If you experience an error message or are having filling film issues, first ask yourself 3 general questions:Did you switch over to new film with a different structure?Have you recently spliced the film?Are machine components dirty or worn?Often one of these three things is the main culprit when you have film issues on a filling machine.
If the above questions don't uncover anything abnormal, you can move on to more specific film troubleshooting, starting with 5 common issues and their possible causes below:1.
When the milk powder filling line cannot 'see' the film eye mark, it will not 'know' how long a bag needs to be.
This will often cause bag sizes to be inconsistent or too long.Possible causes:Dirty registration photo-eye sensor lensFilm is too shiny or reflectiveOptical probe of registration photo-eye is in a bad positionThe film has been splicedThe registration photo eye sensor is out of placeBad color contrast between eye mark color and background color on filmPull belts are slipping2.
Film feed faultThis error means the film is not feeding properly through the filling machine.Possible causes:Registration photo-eye did not see registration mark on filmPull belts slippingMachine ran out of filmFilm is broken or splicedSplice table clamps are down3.
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