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Coronavirus, Automation, and Worker Scarcity

2020 – The start of a decade that promised to usher in widespread use of such groundbreaking technologies as Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, 5G, Robotics, and more. Three months in, the world had shifted focus to the most widespread pandemic since the 1918 Flu. COVID-19 has changed the landscape for corporate America in…

Top 4 Ways Companies Waste Money on Packaging

Packaging is often one of the biggest expenses for companies in all types of verticals. Controlling costs while still getting the quality, service, and product guarantees that your company relies on is a common theme across all organizations. Not only does packaging waste hurt your bottom line, but the waste often becomes waste in the…

PlexPack Bag Sealer: Offering Custom Flexible Packaging Solutions

Looking to customize your bag sealing system or streamline your distribution center with an auto bagging solution. The PlexPack bag sealer has a model that’s sure to meet your requirements. So, whether you need to package food, nutraceuticals or medical equipment, the experts at Hughes can guide you to find the right system for your…

6 Quick Packaging Operations and Labor Savings Tips

  Are you looking to reduce warehouse expenses, trim production cost per order, increase productivity and improve labor savings in your warehouse or distribution center? More than ever, distribution professionals are being asked to trim shipping and packaging costs while maintaining top-quality production and speedy customer service. Even in the “best” operations, there are still…

Preventing Stretch Film Mistakes

When companies have spent so much time and money on creating a product (development), attracting the customer (marketing), and working with the customer (selling), they don’t want to find any faults in getting the product to the customer once the purchase is complete (shipping). Unfortunately, estimates show that nearly $30 billion dollars of goods are…