Better, faster bagging reduces costs by one-third
Labor savings with automatic bagging machines
Time is money. For a leading online retailer, the 32,000 hours saved annually by using Sharp automated packaging machines to process orders amounted to significant savings.
“The main reason we wanted the machines was to cut down on our hours during the busy season,” says the company’s purchasing agent. Before the automated machine was installed, items were individually scanned, packed, labeled, sealed and placed on a conveyor.
“Now, we can process 10 orders at a time by lining them up next to each other, scanning them and going through the process with someone just dropping in the materials,” he adds. The end result: the automated machines are 55 percent faster than the manual process.
Before signing the deal, the purchasing agent performed a trial with two competitive machines to see which one would perform best. The Sharp MAX 20™ machine proved far easier to use, had fewer problems, and was less costly. “Even if it had been more expensive, we would have still gone with Sharp,” notes the purchasing agent. “The machine overall performed so much better than the other one, which had so many jams—it was unbelievable.”
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