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Sustainable Packaging Part 1: Polybags with Recycled Content

Sustainable Packaging Part 1: Polybags with Recycled Content Sustainable packaging is no longer just a trend—it’s becoming law across the U.S. States like Maine, Oregon, New Jersey, Minnesota, Washington, California, and Colorado have enacted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, pushing businesses to adopt sustainable practices. More states are considering similar measures, and packaging is at… Continue reading Sustainable Packaging Part 1: Polybags with Recycled Content

Three Ways to Incorporate Sustainability into Packaging Operations

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3 Ways to Incorporate Sustainability into Packaging Operations    Environmental concerns are at the forefront of consumer and corporate priorities. This is especially true in packaging and related industries: Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to make their operations more sustainable. Packaging, a critical component of product delivery, often contributes significantly to waste and environmental… Continue reading Three Ways to Incorporate Sustainability into Packaging Operations

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 5, Service and Support Considerations, Installation

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Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions Part 5: Equipment Installation, Service and Support Considerations  Your company has completed all the planning to analyze what automation equipment your fulfillment processes need to eliminate bottlenecks and provide a pathway to sustainable growth. Congratulations! You may correctly feel that the light at the… Continue reading Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 5, Service and Support Considerations, Installation

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 4, Equipment Recommendations: What Is the Best Option?

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions  Part 4: Equipment Recommendations: What Is the Best Option?    If you’ve read our previous installments in this series, then you can probably already anticipate the short answer to the question “What is my best option for automation equipment?”:    “It depends.”     While… Continue reading Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 4, Equipment Recommendations: What Is the Best Option?

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 3, Order Flow from Pick to Ship

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Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions  Part 3: Order Flow from Pick to Ship    In the first two parts of this series, we laid out preliminary steps that set the stage for making strategic choices on how best to incorporate automation into order fulfillment to increase accurate throughput, reduce… Continue reading Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 3, Order Flow from Pick to Ship

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 2, Aligning Productivity Goals with ROI

High angle view of lines of packing stations in a fulfillment center. A team of packers are packaging up orders brought to them on carts from the picking area, then throwing them onto a conveyor belt.

Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions    Part 2, Aligning Productivity Goals with ROI   In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the first step a business should take when it has become apparent that relying on manual labor alone isn’t enough to meet their fulfillment demands—taking stock… Continue reading Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions | Part 2, Aligning Productivity Goals with ROI

MODEX 2024 Highlights Cost Performance Through Automation

MODEX 2024 Highlights Cost Performance Through Automation  MODEX 2024, the premier trade show for supply chain professionals, wrapped up in Atlanta last week. Held from March 11 to March 14 at the Georgia World Congress Center, MODEX 2024 provided over 45,000 supply chain professionals and 1,200 exhibitors a glimpse into the future of our industry.… Continue reading MODEX 2024 Highlights Cost Performance Through Automation

Tension Packaging & Automation Introduces Innovative fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System

Tension Packaging & Automation Introduces Innovative fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System    March 11, 2024 – KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tension Packaging & Automation, a leader in packaging automation solutions for both eCommerce and pharmacy order fulfillment operations, announced their launch of the innovative fitPACK 500 right-sized packaging system for eCommerce order fulfillment.    Designed… Continue reading Tension Packaging & Automation Introduces Innovative fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System

Product Spotlight: fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System

Product Spotlight: fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System  Growth in direct-to-consumer (DTC) business and labor shortages have led to increased investments in warehouse and packaging automation. Distribution operations are faced with needs for more throughput, cost performance in automated packaging equipment and sustainable solutions – all demands in addition to a changing warehouse model from eCommerce… Continue reading Product Spotlight: fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System

Tension Packaging & Automation to Debut New fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System at MODEX 2024

Tension Packaging & Automation to Debut New fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System at MODEX 2024  March 4, 2024 – KANSAS CITY, Mo., and Atlanta, Ga. — Tension Packaging & Automation, a leader in packaging automation solutions for both eCommerce and pharmacy order fulfillment operations, announced plans to introduce their new fitPACK 500 right-sized packaging system… Continue reading Tension Packaging & Automation to Debut New fitPACK 500 Right-Sized Packaging System at MODEX 2024