In today’s fast-moving supply chain landscape, traditional KPIs like throughput and OTIF tell only part of the story — what happened, not how quickly you acted when it mattered. A recent Supply Chain Brain article, highlights decision velocity as a new KPI that...
Making a Difference at the Margins Because club store customers are highly value-driven, club stores must apply pricing pressure to their vendors and the brands that they feature. With pricing pressure across the supply chain, co-packagers must carefully manage...
Hiring a co-packer to handle kitting and assembly can help your organization scale quickly, cut costs and extend the capacity of your team. For years companies have been combining two or three items to make a kit or gift set for more convenient purchase or value buy....
We use a variety of display and packaging methods at South Atlantic, ProStar, and Versatile to help our customers’ products stand out at retail. In this month’s educational feature, we’re spotlighting one of the most impactful merchandising solutions: pallet displays....
Here is a closer look at flow wrapping, both Horizontal Form Fill and Seal (HFFS) and Vertical Form Fill and Seal (HFFS). Horizontal Flow Wrapping: Used for solid items/brick-style products such as trading cards, cupcake liners, pens, soap, sample mailings, food...
If your team is looking for the right co-packaging option, especially for beverage projects, bundle wrapping likely is a top choice. Here’s a look at why it’s such a popular option: Pros: Visually Appealing: With printed film, the visual appeal creates a...
Next-gen co-packers constantly evaluate the best options for customers, based on the project requirements and product characteristics. Shrink wrapping is a popular co-packager service choice for many global consumer brands. But not all shrink wrap is the same. In...
What is Blister Packaging? Blister packaging seals a product between a cardboard backing and a clear plastic shell. It’s typically used on smaller commercial and retail goods. Blister packs feature a plastic cavity section where the product fits. A card made of...
Since the day we went into lockdown, several key attributes have stayed the same at South Atlantic, Versatile and Prostar Packaging. …and yet, so much has changed: Next-Gen Co-Packagers Today, our co-packaging model combines the best of the customer-focus of small...
