Best Practices: Stretching the Imagination
Then he was approached by long-time employee Tamiru Negussie, who had been browsing through a supply catalog and came across the Uline Portable Stretch Wrap dispenser. The price tag ran approximately $700 and the device would only require four square feet of floor space.
“He’s one of the people who has not liked to wrap pallets because it’s been such a pain to do,” Smedberg states. “He was motivated to try to find an alternative. He saw it and recommended it.”
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
