Solutions to Improve Productivity in the Packaging & Printing Industry

Improving productivity in the packaging and printing industry requires a business to ensure product quality while optimizing costs to stay competitive as the industry grows quickly both domestically and abroad. This article proposes specific solutions to improve productivity in this industry.

Solutions to Improve Productivity in the Packaging & Printing Industry

I. Development Trends of the Packaging and Printing Manufacturing Industry

With a large population, the packaging, printing, film, paper, and adhesive-tape manufacturing industry is also developing rapidly. Domestic businesses have the opportunity to focus their investment in this field. Many investors have recognized this potential opportunity and have planned to cooperate with and invest in Vietnamese companies. In the future, the packaging industry is seen as a sector with strong economic potential.

Domestic consumer demand is rising sharply, but Vietnamese businesses have not yet been able to keep up. Technology, production lines, and machinery remain outdated, making it difficult to create quality packaging products that meet export demand. Besides that, labor and premises costs in Vietnam are fairly low. This is a key factor attracting foreign investors.

II. Solutions to Boost Productivity in the Packaging and Printing Industry

1. Control and improve the raw material source

To improve production productivity in the packaging and printing industry, a business must first effectively control and improve the quality of input materials. Businesses can use specialized measuring equipment to check every criterion of the input material source. Packaging standards and requirements must be guaranteed for each customer and each different line of business.

In addition, businesses can build a workforce dedicated to input quality control and to sourcing new suppliers, creating diversity in supplier choice. Selecting effective suppliers helps a business be more proactive with materials and more stable in production. As a result, the business can commit to a stable price and increase its competitiveness against every market fluctuation.

2. Equip modern production machinery systems

To improve productivity as well as product quality, investing in and upgrading modern machinery and equipment is essential. This investment also helps a business reduce the number of workers involved in production, cut production costs, and increase its competitiveness.

Production lines that meet standards will deliver higher-quality products because they:

• Reduce errors in raw material selection
• Reduce specification deviations from customer requirements
• Reduce the rate of misprints and color smearing
• Reduce losses arising from substandard products
• Reduce the defect rate in production

3. Upgrade workforce skills

Human resources are the core factor for increasing productivity and work efficiency within a business.

Accordingly, packaging and printing manufacturers need to focus on training staff skills and professional expertise in the industry, and raising staff awareness of the company's policies, so that scientific and technical methods can be applied to production as effectively as possible.

Besides that, there must be ways to encourage and motivate workers.

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4. Improve printing technology

Prioritize applying the most common printing technologies, such as offset and flexographic printing. This helps paper packaging products have sharper images, higher quality, and greater aesthetic and advertising value.

5. Improve design

Packaging businesses need to keep up with trends and specific customer requirements when designing products, such as: design, dimensions, thickness, weight, and paper structure. For the design itself, priority should go to high durability, good impact resistance, and a snug fit. For export carton box designs in particular, production must follow the principles of: good product protection, a compact design suited to transport methods, and applying simplicity in packaging design.

In addition, the packaging design must fully convey the message the business wants to send through refined design.

6. Make packaging more environmentally friendly

The global trend is protecting the environment, so many businesses are moving toward "green" packaging solutions. Instead of using hard-to-decompose packaging materials like plastic and nylon, "green" packaging solutions bring environmental friendliness. It also helps reduce packaging waste and increase product reusability.

7. Invest in a production management software system

Applying technology to production and business management processes brings positive results. Together with AI and Big Data on an IoT platform, ERP management software is increasingly widely applied for its efficiency and optimal accuracy. ERP software integrates functions that support a business in managing production, such as:

Supporting control and optimization of purchasing activity, production planning, production order management, raw material issuance – workshop statistics, and warehouse accounting: based on output statistics slips from the workshops, general accounting prepares the vouchers.

>>> Read more: 5 benefits of ERP for manufacturing businesses

III. The Leading SIS ERP Solution for the Packaging Industry

The SIS ERP software solution, when applied at businesses in the ADHESIVE TAPE, PACKAGING, AND PAPER MANUFACTURING field, is surveyed, consulted on, designed, and customized by S.I.S according to the specific characteristics of the tape and packaging manufacturing industry. Once deployment is complete, the SIS ERP software solution not only fully meets the features and business requirements specific to the manufacturing industry's management needs, but is also customized to fit the management requirements of the company's leadership.

The SIS ERP solution, with modules handling most of the operations for each department, supports connecting data between departments to link, inherit, and control the data generated, boosting work performance and improving the business's management capability.

Improved quality

• Tightly controls defective goods (NG) at every stage, enabling error alerts that reduce the rate of errors arising and material loss caused by NG in production
• The system allows analyzing and identifying the causes of defects – the foundation for quality improvement.

Reduced costs

• Reduces waste by increasing the effective use of printing cylinders and plates through a machinery alert and maintenance system aided by automatic planning.
• Saves time & increases accuracy in product costing, and supports quick quotation creation
• Increases ROI capital-use efficiency by standardizing processes, reducing cost and time in planning and tracking production stages such as sheet unwinding, printing, cutting, laminating, die-cutting, gluing, and more

Optimized progress

• Increases proactiveness and reduces waiting-related waste with an automatic production-planning algorithm
• Reduces the time and labor needed for statistics and data entry at each stage
• Tracks production progress and production capacity against orders to make timely decisions.

Above are the solutions to improve productivity for the packaging and printing industry to optimize both the production process and business operations; applying management software is essential for every business.

>>> Read more: ERP Solution for the Adhesive Tape Manufacturing Industry

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