For any manufacturing or packaging business, as demand increases, packaging processes must also evolve. In fact, in some cases, a lack of packaging capacity could actually be preventing a business from growing to meet demand. As a business grows and demand for their products increases, in order to keep up with this demand, packaging processes must also evolve. Whilst investing in automated packaging machinery certainly means up front costs, the benefits of automated packaging processes far outweigh this.
Here are just five of the ways automated packaging machinery can improve your business:
Saves Money
The upfront costs of packaging machinery are outweighed by the savings that can be made by reduced labour costs. Employing staff members to carry out manual packaging tasks can be extremely costly, especially when you factor in meeting deadlines to deliver shipments on time. Replacing manual processes with automated or semi-automated packaging processes can considerably reduce the cost per package as packaging machinery requires only one person to operate it, and works much more quickly and precisely than human labour.
Improves Quality
With automated packaging operations, packaging is completely standardised, leaving much less room for mistakes. As technology for pouch filling machines and other packaging machines improves, packaging processes can be carried out with ultimate precision and quality control. Using artificial Intelligence (AI), packaging machines can catch nearly 100% of errors and operate with much more precision than human hands.
Improves Productivity
With automated packaging solutions in place, it’s possible to considerably increase the speed of production and overall output. Packaging machines can also multi-task, carrying out multiple processes, for example, forming pouches or doy packs, filling, sealing and boxing them in a single production line.
As a result of increased production speed, staff labour can instead be shifted to other tasks such as shipping or warehousing. It’s also important to consider that automation also helps to lower the risk of employee injury as there is a reduced need for employees to perform repetitive tasks over long shifts.
Adds Capacity
Investing in packaging automation can help to make better use of floor space in a packaging environment, allowing for increased production and packaging capacity. With modern design and technology, a range of packaging processes can be carried out by one machine in a very small floor space.
Reduced Waste
Packaging machinery helps to cut out waste by reducing scrap. Using sophisticated technology, packaging machines ensure that only the intended quantity of a product is packed at a time and the set amount of packaging material is used to prevent the overordering of pouches, doypacks and other flexible packaging materials.
As a result, automation helps to reduce material costs, as well as helping to reduce the environmental impact of packaging materials.
Automated Packaging Machinery for your business
If you are looking to make the switch to semi or fully automated packaging processes, then Intamac Packaging Systems can help you to choose the right solutions. Based in Hampshire, Intamac specialise in packaging machinery such as pouch filling machines and form fill and seal machines.