Your warehouse team will love you for saving them from the horrible job of hand wrapping, but we know from thousands of companies that you’re probably looking at a machine to solve a business challenge – not just to be a hero to your warehouse team.
If you are primarily focused on reducing product damage and loss, a stretch wrapper can help in a variety of ways:
Maybe you’ve landed a big new contract, your sales team has added a number of new accounts, or business is just increasing.
The key is to plan a bit ahead. We suggest not just buying a wrapper for today’s requirements, but exploring what additional capability might be available for a small additional investment today – to provide far more capacity and flexibility later. Different machines have different loads per hour capabilities and productivity enhancing features.
Stretch film, labor and workplace injuries are all significant factors in most operations. Stretch wrappers often help reduce all three.
The bottom line? Companies wrapping about 50 loads per day often find they can realize savings of approximately $3,500 to $6,500 a year by transitioning from hand wrapping to a machine. Of course every situation is different – your results may vary.
As often as we see common goals for new wrappers we know that every company is different. Are you considering stretch wrapping as a solution to another challenge? Please give us a call at (502) 815-9108.
We’ve seen MANY different scenarios and might have a specific example that’s relevant to help you as you plan.
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