Best Practices: Stretching the Imagination
When shipping multiple pallets per week, manually stretch-wrapping each one is time consuming and can cause fatigue and discomfort to the person doing the wrapping.
This was the case at the Washington, D.C.-based Amtrak Headquarters Reprographics Facility until about four years ago. In his daily meetings, in which he and his staff discuss the state of the in-plant, Manager Michael Smedberg had been hearing numerous complaints about the stretch-wrapping procedure.
Cory Francer is an Analyst with NAPCO Research, where he leads the team’s coverage of the dynamic and growing packaging market. Cory also is the former editor-in-chief of Packaging Impressions and is still an active contributor to its print magazines, blogs, and events. With a decade of experience as a professional journalist and editor, Cory brings an eye for storytelling to his packaging research, providing compelling insight into the industry's most pressing business issues. He is an active participant in many of the industry's associations and has played an essential role in the development of the annual Digital Packaging Summit. Cory can be reached at cfrancer@napco.com
