Blog — Page 19

More posts from the Advantive team. 323 posts total.

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  Sep 21, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Top 5 Reasons to Implement a CRM

  In this day and age, packaging companies have to react quickly and creatively. With increased demand and changing behaviors, the industry is faced with the challenge of keeping up with their growing list of responsibilities. That is why it’s important to have reliable solutions in place that empower companies to operate more efficiently and make … Continued

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  Sep 11, 2020 · Grace Barton

  The Number One Key to Reducing the Risk of Product Recall

  There are two main causes of product recalls: engineered defects and manufactured defects. In an engineered defect, the product was specified to be built incorrectly in the first place. For manufactured defects, the parts or products weren’t made quite to specifications. Of course, there are dozens of subcategories under each of those but generally, all … Continued

• Sep 9, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Hemp and CBD: Ensuring Compliance through Change

  As the Hemp, CBD, and Cannabis markets continue to expand and evolve through the United States, good traceability can be a big differentiator. Across most of the US, the cannabis, CBD and hemp markets are booming. The wave of legalizations that began in the 1990s has only gained speed, creating millions of potential new customers … Continued

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  Aug 24, 2020 · Grace Barton

  9 Reasons to Invest in Manufacturing Execution Software

  If you’ve got a strong understanding of manufacturing, have made good decisions, and maybe hit a bit of luck here and there, then you’ve probably been able to grow your business and have had some success. However, if you’re not using Manufacturing Execution Software (MES), then you’re missing some incredible opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce … Continued

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  Aug 13, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Enacting Quality Control in the Bottling Industry

  A bottling company is more than just a company that mixes drink ingredients and fills up cans and bottles with the drink. It’s a purveyor of things we use and enjoy every day. It supplies the products we love to the stores we frequent in containers that give us a sense of continuity, comfort, and … Continued

• Jun 11, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Can a Wellness-Focused WMS Increase Your Sales Potential?

  The benefits of a robust WMS can go far beyond the factory floor One of the unexpected benefits of ParityWellness, and one that we rarely share, is how valuable our wellness-focused WMS solution can be to our client’s sales departments. While it may seem counter-intuitive at first, what’s going on in receiving, production and shipping … Continued

• Jun 9, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Support Your Fulfillment Clients From Anywhere, Anytime

  Most 3PLs have had their lives, and businesses turned upside down after the COVID-19 outbreak. Teams have had to battle through challenges at work and in their personal lives, with daily routines disrupted from childcare/school closings. For many, putting the health and safety of employees first was mission #1. Many 3PLs choose to have non-warehouse … Continued

• Jun 7, 2020 · Grace Barton

  How Much Can a Mismanaged Recall Cost Your Business?

  When it comes to recalls, manufacturers stand to lose a lot more than just money. If it seems like recalls are getting more common nowadays, that’s probably because they are. On average, we experience 10% more recalls today than a a few years ago in 2013. This may seem alarming, but it doesn’t reflect sloppier processors or … Continued

• Jun 6, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Why Barcoding for Wellness Manufacturers?

  Barcoding, labeling and scanning are all just tools, but! If used effectively, with the right WMS platform powering them, there’s no investment wellness manufacturers can make that has a quicker return on investment or further-reaching benefits. Barcode scanners, just like barcode printers, are only as good as what’s running them. We visit several new processing … Continued

• Jun 1, 2020 · Grace Barton

  The Worst Reason to Keep Safety Stock

  Most processors are holding onto safety stock for the wrong reasons To keep a competitive edge, it’s critical for consumable goods processors to minimize their need for safety stock. There are a few understandable reasons for maintaining excessive inventory, however, unreliable balance reporting isn’t one of them. There are many different names for safety stock … Continued

• May 28, 2020 · Grace Barton

  How Barcoding Can Cut Turnover and Training Costs

  With an ever increasing public focus on health, wellness, and beauty, Wellness brands are growing faster than ever. This is great news, but it can also lead to major issues when it comes to keeping factory floors staffed, especially when you have to contend with high turnover and ever-increasing staffing needs. The goal of lot … Continued

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  Apr 29, 2020 · Grace Barton

  Bringing Statistical Process Control (SPC) to Operators with a Smile

  In today’s blog we’re revisiting a favorite topic of ours, statistical process control (SPC), this time with guest Ian Farrell, Quality Manager for Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. in the Pacific Northwest. He’s a proponent of using SPC in manufacturing and has been using InfinityQS quality management software for a while now. Statistical Process Control is … Continued