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The baking process made product that was funnelled into tote bags then stored in the warehouse before being packed into cartons from the tote bag. However, the baking line ended meters from where the packing line began, yet product had to travel to the warehouse before it could be made into finished goods. This inefficient process had an impact of product quality and used spaces in the warehouse that were sorely needed. The solution In order to produce directly into the packing line, we had to get over some significant obstacles - the temperature of the baked product before it was packed into film bags had to be sufficiently cool, the overall quality of the finished product had to match...

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Direct packing eliminates work in progress

The baking process made product that was funnelled into tote bags then stored in the warehouse before being...

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New performance monitoring system in two weeks

Increased demand for retail products was driving the need to standardise the performance of the client’s packing machinery.

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Reducing process deviation waste by 20%

Fully automated, state of the art facility was wasting over a ton of product on each start-up procedure

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Production increase makes half a million a year

The business needed to build stock to enable the factory to move to a bigger site, without disrupting...

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Factory move maintains 97% OTIF

To move the company’s total manufacturing operation, including four packing lines, into a new factory building while maintaining...

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