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When choosing a contract packager, you are developing a partnership. As such, a contract packaging partner must be able to complete your project at a competitive cost aligned with your time schedule with quality assurance. They may also solve common problems in start-up businesses, limited production facilities, concerns about equipment investments, physical facilities, personnel training and more.
Here are some reasons why you may want to consider selecting a contract packager:
- There is no available in-house equipment or expertise for a particular job
- There's an alternative use viewed as a higher priority for the in-house equipment
- A series of geographically separated facilities could serve the product better for national distribution
- New packaging forms unfamiliar to your staff and equipment are being considered
- Your actual or projected product volume under or over employs your own manufacturing lines, either short or long term
- There's a short run for a new product market test, gift pack or seasonal appeal, which may require your company to invest in new equipment
- Promoting your product with non-standard packaging or promotional inserts requiring special machinery or labor intensive work is specified
- The pressure of new business or deadlines creates a heavy, short term workload for which you require experienced help to supplement the efforts of in-house staff
- A product may more economically be shipped in bulk to a distant market, then unit packed locally
- There's a specific, short-term requirement that may be better served by specific experience or equipment you don't have
- Operations problems such as your plant closing for maintenance or your being faced with a labor availability problem cause you to consider alternative options
- There's a warehouse full of a product that needs re-working to make it saleable
- There's a new package form that is to be market tested before general introduction
- There's a corporate downsizing in personnel, facilities or both
- The company is faced with a high investment to meet regulatory and environmental requirements
However, there may be times when it may be premature to talk to a contract packager. For example, when:
The need is unclear or at least not clearly stated
The problem can be more effectively and efficiently addressed using other methods
You think the contract packager can salvage a project that you suspect is no longer salvageable
The company is not organizationally or financially prepared to implement the contract packager's suggestions |
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