Increasing productivity is a topic on everyone’s mind no matter what business you are in. Whether you are looking for yield from your products or ways to be more efficient. Historically, all businesses including agriculture have focused on factors such as limited resources, increasing yields, and packaging to increase productivity results.
Farm Technology Used in Other Industries
Moving food from the field to the market has always been a challenge. Products are perishable, shipping is hazardous, and proper storage is essential for reaching the customer and making the sale. These issues grow exponentially as the loads increase to large volume, bulk sizes. The advances in farm technology that make this possible today are now available for other industries. Here is where the innovations from farm tech can work for other industries.
Bulk Packaging and Shipping:
- Bulk Bags
- BOPP Bags
- Handheld Printers
Many of the packaging options used today for food and agriculture translate easily to other industries where the needs are similar. Such as protective, strong anti-rip, moisture preventive, easy to use bags. Bulk bags (FIBCS), also known as totes, jumbo sacks, and super sacks, are used across the industrial spectrum for food grade as well as industrial products. Bulk bags are available in many configurations and are often customizable to suit your needs.
Bulk Bag Options include:
- Custom Printing and Fabrics
- Anti-Static
- Remote Discharge
- Food Grade
- Pharma Grade
- And many more
BOPP bags have the properties of being long-lasting, and printable making them perfect retail solutions for everything from pet food to concrete and plaster mixes. You will see them everywhere once you see what they can do. Racks of pet food are full of these bags. These bags are manufactured to be waterproof so they work for materials that you want to keep dry.
BOPP Bags Are Used for:
- Animal Feed
- Fertilizers
- Industrial Mixes
- Dirt and Soils
- Sands
- Seeds
- Powders
- Water and Flood Barriers (UV resistance model)
Labeling Made Easy
Labeling is key to efficiency and productivity. None of the productivity in farming or other industries would be measurable without proper labeling. All the tracking, government agency requirements, record keeping, inventory control, and best if used by dates, etc.. hinge on proper labeling. And this becomes a bigger challenge as businesses expand. Printers by nature are typically parked close to where they are used most. And when labeling is the focus these printers are specialized with their own stock and network connections.
What if you could bring the printer to your product for labeling, instead of the reverse? What of you could have the ability to print directly on your package or product without a label or a wired connection? Handheld printers have been in use for some time and continue to improve. Take for example the EBS Handjet.
The EBS Handjet is portable, wireless, paperless, gripped like a power tool, and prints onto a large variety of surfaces. Printing barcodes, dates, lot numbers, serial numbers, etc… on your product or package with this compact tool makes labeling easy. It is handheld and portable for use in warehouses, production, assembly, and everywhere it is efficient for your business. Multiple ink colors are available for your coding and appearance needs as well. A user-friendly touch panel is an interface that allows you to script your labels as you need. With this tool your business’s productivity increases by:
- Saving Time
- Saving Money
- Saving Downtime or Maintenance
- Tighter Inventory
- Faster Shipping
- Data Accuracy
Call Us Today
These are just a few of the products Western Packaging offers for your business needs. We are here to help you with all of your product packaging and storage needs, no matter what business you are in. Give our friendly professionals a call today.
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