Case Study

New Stretch Wrapper Increases Throughput by 48% Per Hour

New Stretch Wrapper Increases Throughput by 48% Per Hour

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New Stretch Wrapper Increases Throughput by 48% Per Hour Tom Masters Executive Summary FlexPAC recently worked with a large, juvenile products manufacturer who wraps and ships many loads per day. Prior to meeting with FlexPAC, the manufacturer was operating using an outdated stretch wrapping process. The outdated machine failed to wrap their pallets adequately leading to product damages, frequent returns and was slow which a?ect the throughput and productivity. FlexPAC identi?ed improvements that made the process safer for operators and increased throughput per hour by 48%. By moving the manufacturer to a new stretch wrapper machine, the manufacturer went from wrapping 50 loads per hour to 80 loads. Challenges The manufacturer was operating with outdated technology that was costly and slow

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