Operational Excellence

LifeCell’s pilot program shows promise

Reusable 'cold chain' shipper provides sustainability, economic, and customer benefits.

September 28, 2012

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Bottle manufacturer gains anti-counterfeiting evidence

The use of special UV-readable ink helps ensure the authenticity and traceability of a range of bottles produced by rigid plastics packaging manufacturer RPC Containers Llantrisant.

September 24, 2012

Material handling

Product protection rises as a top supply chain concern among healthcare executives

UPS survey shows healthcare execs continue expansion and IT investments despite cost control pressures and global economic challenges.

August 28, 2012

Operational Excellence

Cold chain packaging with biodegradable components

ThermoPod® introduces super insulated temperature control and protective mailers and packaging liners made with components that are completely biodegradable.

August 28, 2012

Operational Excellence

Healthcare Packaging signs marketing partnership with global event producer IQPC

Partnership agreement with global conference and events producer IQPC aims to expand each organization’s reach into the cold chain packaging and logistics marketplace.

August 20, 2012

Operational Excellence

What do Sam’s Club, Sunkist, and Nestlé have in common?

And what do they share with topics such as track and trace, package design, clean rooms, and medical devices?

August 8, 2012

Operational Excellence

Nestle articulates PackML’s benefits

The Automation Conference, held in Chicago May 22-23, provided a golden opportunity for Nestle’s Bryan Griffen to deliver an update on recent initiatives of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup.

August 6, 2012

Operational Excellence

Package-testing laboratories occupying new niches

Pre-shipment package testing performed objectively by a laboratory contributes to a competitive advantage.

July 23, 2012

Material handling

Cold chain: Cooler battles antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis

MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs and records doses, overcoming obstacles in Ethiopia.

July 13, 2012

Conveying & accumulation

Catalent’s three aisle-changing cranes drive efficiency

Automated storage and retrieval design helps Catalent Pharma Solutions handle up to 630 pallet moves per day in and out of 19,000 pallet locations at its Philadelphia facility.

May 30, 2012

Sustainability

LIVE FROM PHARMAPACK NORTH AMERICA: Biodegradable shipping system

William Hingle, director of marketing, TCP Reliable (www.tcpreliable.com), demonstrates TemPak™ + Green, an eco-friendly system from Cryopak (www.cryopak.com). TemPak protects product during shipping and maintains product temperature for 24 hr at 1°C to 10° C. Uses insulation, gel packs, bubble wrap, and a corrugated outer box that all incorporate biodegradable components.

May 24, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Discrete, Process Automation and Packaging Come Together at The Automation Conference

The first annual Automation Conference, bringing together process, discrete and packaging professionals in one conference, kicked off this morning with keynotes speakers from Boeing and ExxonMobil. The conference runs from May 22-23 in Chicago, IL.

May 23, 2012

Controls & Machine Components

Pepsi bottler shares secrets of OEE, Six Sigma, Lean

Pepsi Bottling Ventures boosts uptime, improves OEE scores 21 points, adds more than an hour to daily productivity and covers automation costs in one year in Nampa, Idaho, the project's leader told attendees learned in a packaging session at The Automation Conference.

May 22, 2012