Selecting A Contract Packager選擇一個合同包裝

Contract packagers (or co-packagers) can offer expert, cost-efficient, practical solutions to help you initiate, organize, streamline or improve your packaging or packaging operations.合同包裝（或共同包裝）可以提供專家，具有成本效益的，切實可行的解決辦法，以幫助您發起，組織，簡化或改善您的包裝物或包裝業務。

The secret is finding a co-packager who can offer the specialized services you need.秘訣是找到一個共同包裝誰可以提供專門的服務，您的需要。 Here are some important points to consider when selecting a co-packaging service:以下是一些重要的觀點時要考慮選擇一個共同的包裝服務：

• Determine, as closely as possible, the nature and scope of the problem to be addressed, and the specific problem or task that you would like the co-packager to work on.確定，盡可能密切的性質和範圍的問題加以解決，具體的問題或任務，你想共同包裝的工作。
• Consult this website to find professional co-packagers with the specific expertise you need.本網站協商，尋找專業合作包裝的專門知識您所需要的。
• Identify co-packagers with the expertise you require.確定共同包裝與您所需要的專門知識。 Conduct a preliminary assessment of each of the most promising and appropriate candidates.進行初步評估的每一個最有前途的和適當的候選人。
• If you have questions about a candidate’s background, call and ask questions.如果您對此有疑問的候選人的背景，電話和提問。 The key staff at a professional co-packaging service will be happy and proud to discuss the company’s qualifications to solve your problems, the staff’s professional experience, offer references, and supply any information needed to help you make your decision.關鍵的工作人員在一家專業公司包裝服務將高興和自豪，討論公司的資格，以解決您的問題，工作人員的專業經驗，提供參考，並提供任何必要的信息，以幫助您做出你的決定。
• Interview by phone or in person the most promising candidates to verify that their experience matches your needs.面試通過電話或親自最有希望的候選人，以確認他們的經驗符合您的需求。
• Find out if the candidate is an active, professional co-packager.查找如果候選人是一個積極的，專業的合作包裝。 Be sure to ask any question that might have a bering on a contract packager’s qualifications.一定要問任何問題，可能有白令合同包裝的資格。 What types of projects has the company worked on in the past?哪些類型的項目公司的工作在過去的？ How long has the company been in operation?多久了該公司一直在運作？ How big is the company?究竟有多大的公司嗎？ What size company does the contract packager most frequently work with?什麼大小公司沒有合同的包裝最常見的工作？ How are fees typically determined?如何費用一般確定？ How many of the contract packager’s accounts are repeat business?有多少合同包裝的決算是重複的企業？ Is it a member of and active in the Contract Packaging Association?它的一名成員，並活躍在合同包裝協會？
• Meet the key staff.滿足的關鍵人員。 Make sure you are introduced to the quality control and operations people.請確認您介紹了質量控制和操作人員。 The managerial and supervisory staff should have extensive experience in your industry with an understanding of your markets and a strong engineering background.的管理和監督人員應具有豐富的經驗與您所在行業的了解您的市場和強大的工程背景。 The co-packager also should have training records for inspection by a prospective customer for the asking.共同包裝也應該有培訓記錄，檢查潛在客戶的要求。
• Visit the facility to check out the housekeeping.訪問該設施，檢查了工地。 A co-packager should be agreeable to letting you view the premises unless it would violate a confidentiality agreement.阿合作包裝應同意讓您檢視的處所，除非它違反了保密協議。
• Once you’ve finished the interviewing process, request project proposals from the contract packagers whom you are seriously considering hiring.一旦您完成了面試過程中，要求項目建議書從合同包您正在認真考慮聘用。 Make sure the final proposal(s) contain well-defined “Scope of Work,” “Services to be Provided,” and “Description of Fees” or “Fee Schedule” sections.請確定最後建議（星期日）載有明確界定的“工作範圍” ， “提供服務”和“收費說明”或“費用表”章節。
• Consider what is not in the proposals as well as what is: production rates, number of shifts, penalties for order changes or cancellation, storage for raw materials and finished product, and so forth.考慮什麼是不建議以及什麼是：生產速度，一些變化，為了刑罰變更或註銷，儲存原材料和成品，等等。
• Resist the temptation to base your decision on price alone.抵制誘惑，基地的決定僅在價格上。 A co-packager should ultimately act as an extension of your business.阿合作包裝最終應作為一個延伸您的業務。 Often, what appears at first to be a more expensive contract packaging service will more than make up for the difference in the fees by saving you more money and solving your specific problems more efficiently.通常，似乎首先是一個更昂貴的包裝服務合同將超過彌補差異的費用節省你更多的錢和解決的具體問題，更有效。
• After you’ve fine-tuned details and reached an agreement on the co-packager’s proposal (particularly the “Scope of Work” section), sign a contract and/or issue an appropriate purchase order.在您微調細節和達成一項協議，共同包裝的建議（尤其是“工作範圍”一節） ，簽訂合同和/或問題的一個適當的採購訂單。
• Provide input, support and on-going interest to the co-packager thoughout the project.提供投入，支持和正在進行的利益共同包裝thoughout項目。 Bear in mind that you may be asking the contract packager to become familiar overnight with the knowledge of systems, technology and product quirks your company has had years to develop and work through.記住，你可能會問合同的包裝熟悉一夜之間的知識系統，技術和產品怪癖貴公司已來制定和通過。
• Be open to suggestions.開放的建議。 Contract packagers are innovative, versatile and accustomed to efficiently working within narrow time frames.合同包裝具有創新性，多功能和習慣能夠有效地縮小內工作的時限。 From experience, they often can suggest minor modifications that will save your company time and money.從經驗看，他們往往可以建議略作修改，將您的公司節省時間和金錢。
• Be sure the co-packager knows and your organization understands that the contract packager is working for an executive within your company with sufficient authority to ensure that the contract packager has the full cooperation of everyone involved with the project.可以肯定的共同包裝知道和了解您的組織，合同包裝正在努力執行貴公司內部有足夠的權力，以確保合同的包裝已充分合作，每個人都參與了這個項目。

If you are ready to hire a contract packager, please call us today!如果你願意僱用合同包裝，請撥打我們今天！

Polyethylene Bagging Services聚乙烯套袋服務

There are always new and outstanding opportunities for packaging retail products.總是有新的機會和優秀的包裝零售產品。

For example, an item in a poly bag with a header could be upgraded to a blister pack and garner a higher price point due to a greater perceived value.例如，一個項目在一個多袋頭可升格為吸塑包裝，並獲得更高的價格點由於更大的感知價值。 Or a product on a skin board could be packaged into a clamshell and, not only look better, but offer greater protection from damage.或產品對皮膚董事會可以打包到一個翻蓋式和，不僅好看，而且提供更大的保護免受損壞。

Recently a major snack food manufacturer discovered that the printed polyethylene sack offered numerous benefits over the corrugate trays they had been using for their individual snack items.最近的一個主要零食生產商發現，印刷聚乙烯袋提供了許多好處的波狀托盤，他們一直在使用他們的個人小吃項目。 Not only did the printed sacks cost less than the printed trays but consumers loved the brighter and snappier graphics available on the plastic sacks and thus bought more product!不僅印刷袋的成本低於印刷托盤但消費者喜愛的光明和snappier圖形可在塑料袋，從而購買更多的產品！

The brown bag with a handle on it has been around grocery and department stores for decades but the idea of delivering multiple single serve units within a sack just hadn’t caught on in the manufacturing arena.棕色袋子的處理上已經有雜貨店和百貨公司，但幾十年來的想法，提供多種單服務單位一袋只是還沒有發現在製造業領域。 That is, not until high impact graphics were added and a manufacturing system that could be used to package large numbers of sacks within a single shift.也就是說，不高的影響，直到增加了圖形和製造系統，可用於包裝大量的麻袋在一個單一的轉變。

But how did this revolutionary sacking technology and solution evolve?但是，怎麼這個革命性的罷免技術和解決方案演變？

Aaron Thomas Company, working with the FORMOST Equipment Corporation, took basic bread bagging equipment and re-engineered the loading areas and in-feed designs to handle the loading of multiple single-serve corn and potato chip bags into pre-made printed sacks.阿龍托馬斯公司工作的首要設備公司，在基本麵包裝袋設備和重新設計的裝載地區和飼料的設計處理裝載多個單一服務玉米和馬鈴薯片包到預先取得印刷袋。 The mechanisms necessary to automatically fill the sacks were then fine tuned to neatly pack the sacks with organized rows of product to reduce damage and enhance customer satisfaction.必要的機制來自動填充的袋子，然後良好的調諧，以整齊的麻袋包裝與有組織行的產品，以減少損失和提高客戶滿意度。

Later, a process to automatically seal the bags with standard or double heat seals was incorporated as was in-line pass or fail check weighing validation, automatic bag labeling, and multi-wicket sack feeding.後來，一個進程，自動密封袋標準或雙熱封條被納入作為在網上通過或失敗的驗證檢查稱重，自動包標記，多邊門一袋餵養。 It took almost a year to incorporate all the modifications necessary to maximize production throughput and to minimize production costs.花了將近一年，將所有必要的修改，以最大限度地提高生產能力和生產成本降到最低。

This revolutionary packaging technology is now available in all three of our locations.這一革命性的封裝技術，現已在所有三個我們的位置。 It has even been co-opted by our client and is used now nationwide in each of their manufacturing facilities!它甚至被增選我們的客戶和現在使用在全國各自的生產設施！ This resulted in our being honored with the prestigious “Contract Manufacturing Supplier of the Year” award in recognition of our efforts and accomplishments.這導致我們被榮幸的聲望“合同製造年度供應商獎” ，以表彰我們的努力和取得的成就。

As you can see, packaging revolutions are challenging but not impossible if the right conditions are met.正如你所看到的，包裝革命的挑戰，但並非不可能，如果適當的條件得到滿足。 First, you need a strong vision of how you want your product packaged and the benefits it offers over existing packaging solutions.首先，你需要一個強有力的遠景如何您希望您的產品包裝和它的好處提供了在現有的封裝解決方案。 Second, you need a product that has the volume and longevity to justify the emotional buy-in and capital investment of your contract packaging partners.其次，你需要一個產品，數量和長壽的理由感情買進和資本投資的合同包裝合作夥伴。 And finally, you need a contract packager that has the ability to think out side the box… or tray in this case… to get the job done.最後，你需要一個合同的包裝，有思考能力的一方的方塊或托盤...在這種情況下， ...才能完成任務。