Four Tips for Reducing Packing Errors and Increasing Efficiency

[China Packaging Network News] Over the past five years, there have been many changes in the cosmetics market, mainly due to: continuous innovation in packaging forms and materials, consumer demand for convenient packaging, and a large demand for personal care products for men. increase. Dealing with multiple products and multiple batches requires multiple conversions, which can result in coding errors and, in turn, adversely affect brand reputation.

In this article, we will introduce some basic considerations to help you avoid packaging errors that can cause damage to your profits.

It is better to prevent it than it is to remedy it.

The survey found that 50-70% of the coding errors were caused by operator errors. The most common errors included data entry errors and job selection errors.

During the packaging operation, multiple quality checks do not solve the most basic problem—there is no reason to find the wrong code. Taking preventative countermeasures to eliminate errors can increase your factory's productivity and ensure that you meet industry standards and retail coding standards.

Coding Quality Assurance: A Way to Ensure Coding Quality

The coding quality helps prevent or even eliminate errors in the coding and marking processes. We believe that the human-machine interface (including hardware and software components) can and should be able to simplify data entry and help prevent operators from making mistakes during coding input and job selection, when properly designed. At the same time, we firmly believe that by redesigning the structure flow of the coding process, we can minimize operator intervention, thereby reducing the risk of error, and even automatically distribute correct codes for the corresponding printers that perform the corresponding operations.

Four steps to success

The coding quality assurance method is based on four basic principles. These principles are indispensable for avoiding packaging errors.

First, we recommend that manufacturers simplify information selection so that operators can choose the right information for the job.

The operator should only need to enter at the absolutely necessary contact points.

Automate information as much as possible and avoid input errors through pre-established rules.

Manufacturers should use authoritative data sources such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), or other enterprise IT systems so that when the operator selects a job, the system can automatically The right information is transferred to the printer.