You Can Design An Efficient Packaging Station With These 5 Steps!!

5 Ways You Can Design a Successful Packing Station!!

 

1) Take Control Over the Use of Your “in-the-box” Packaging Materials
Using too much, too little, or the wrong packaging materials can lead to waste and product damage. Wrapnpack helps solve these issues with “fit-for-purpose” solutions that give you better control over your packing process, and put the right “in-the-box” materials in the hands of the packer:

• Multiple packaging materials conveniently integrated at individual workstations
• Programmable controls that dispense the right amount of paper or foam, and manage air fill
• Wide selection of AIRplus® air pillow and air cushion sizes
• Multiple PAPERplus® product choices to fit all cushioning and void-fill applications
• On-demand FOAMplus® systems with multiple foam density choices including our Universal Foam product that fits most packing applications and provides significant source reduction
• Standard and Biodegradable Loose-Fill
• Convenient, versatile PAD LOC® cushioning pads that cost-effectively replace custom packaging materials

2) Consider the Carton
When it comes to the carton there are two considerations relating to your “in-the-box” packaging material costs. First, training workers to use the right size carton can reduce in-the-box material usage resulting in annual savings of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on your volume. Second, with the use of less durable cost-saving cartons it’s important to know that you can rely on Storopack packaging materials to support the carton and protect your products without added expense.

3) Plan for Sufficient Workspace
Using workspace efficiently is key. Crowding the packing area can interfere with workflow and slow down production. Again Storopack provides multiple options to utilize space as efficiently as possible and keep production moving.

• On-demand systems for air, foam and paper products
• Small footprint machines
• Integrated Delivery Systems providing materials to multiple work stations from a single source
• Overhead delivery and other space-saving storage
• Custom modification of machines to integrate directly into a worktable or speed line
• Air bag systems with automatic supply checks
• Automatic cushion film coiler

4) Automate in-the-box Packaging with Confidence
While there is automated equipment offered for many packing tasks, you’ll find that incorporating Storopack machines for your in-the-box packaging materials provides multiple advantages. In addition, Storopack equipment is of the highest quality. Engineered to meet the needs of today’s packaging challenges and supported by thorough training and prompt professional service our systems offer:

• Speed and efficiency
• Easy and reliable operation
• Ease of integration
• The latest technology and capabilities

5) Design Packaging Stations with the Worker in Mind
Providing workers with proper ergonomics helps to prevent on-the-job injuries and increase throughput. Storopack machines and products provide the latest technology and worker-focused features. Plus, our expert integration engineers plan for optimal placement to ensure working comfort that enhances productivity.

• Stands that swivel and adjust to operator height
• Material loading accessibility and weight considerations
• Automated separation and cutting of materials to minimize handling
• Careful planning and placement to optimize productivity

Your Wrap-N-Pack Line Card!!

+ YOU GET A GREAT BACK UP VENDOR WITH SAME / NEXT DAY DELIVERY TO YOU!!

+ YOU GET A CONSTANT INTRODUCTION TO MONEY SAVING PACKAGING SOLUTIONS!

+ YOU WILL STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THE BEST PRICING IN THE MARKET!!

+ PAUL HAS OVER 26 YEARS OF PACKAGING SUCCESS AND COMMITTS TO SERVE YOUR COMPANY!

Corrugated…

Stock & Custom Boxes, Heavy Test, Custom & Stock Pads/Slip Sheet, Single Face

Roll, Customer Die Cuts, File Storage Boxes, 1 Pc Folders

Mailroom Supplies…

Padded & Bubble Lined Mailing Bags, Pouches, White Corrugated Mailers, Printed

& Blank Label, Sealing Tape, Label Tape, Parts Boxes, Twist Ties

Shipping Supplies…

Plastic & Metal Strapping, Machine & Hand Grade Stretch Film, V-Board, Shrink

Wrap, Markers, Knives, Staples, Packing List Envelops

Protective Packaging…
Air Cell Technology, Bubble Wrap, Polyfoam, Loose-Fill, Foam-In-Place, Molded

Foam, Kraft Paper Rolls & Sheets, Tissue Paper, Foam Edge Protectors, Paper

Dunnage & Wadding

Polyethylene Products…

Poly Bags, Anti-Stat bags, Static Shielding Bags, Sheeting, Tubing, Zip-Lock
Thermal Transfer and Direct Transfer Labels
All Types of Thermal Transfer and Direct Transfer Pressure Sensitive Shipping Labels

Tape…

Sealing, Polyester Strapping, Masking, PVC, Label, 3M Specialty, Double Sided,

Filament, Pre-Printed & Custom Printed, Scotch, Cellophane, Electrical, Duct,

Dispensers, Paper, Reinforced Gum

Washroom Supplies…

Toilet Tissue, Hand Towels, Soaps, Hand Cleaners, Dispensers, Sanitary Napkins,

Urinal/Toilet Supplies

Maintenance Supplies…

Floor Cleaners & Maintenance, Rags, Garbage Bag Liners, Brooms, Mops

Packaging Tools & Equipment…

Stretch Film, Tape, Strapping, Staples, Paper Dunnage, Air Cell, Foam Molding

Food Service:

Cups, Plates, Napkins, Utensils

Office Supplies…

Copy Paper, Green Bar Paper, Custom & Standard Forms/Stationary

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Cell 631 805 8714

Packaging Consultant

Wrap-N-Pack

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Did You Know How Versitile Vinegar Is???

Here are 30 plus ways you can use vinegar!!!

Who knew that vinegar could do so much? It serves a purpose in just about every room of the house, and there are dozens of household (and personal) products that vinegar can replace, as you will see below. It's cheaper, better for the environment, and better for your health and home (in eliminating unnecessary chemicals).

All-Purpose Cleaners

Vinegar in general is a natural (and inexpensive) disinfectant. It can be used on almost anything except marble. So stick it in a spray bottle and get to work! Here are a few more "recipes" for various cleaning purposes. (See also: Household Cleaning Hacks that Save You Money)

All-purpose cleaner: 2 parts vinegar, 1 part water.

Extra dirty spots: Scour dirty areas with baking soda, then spray the all purpose cleaner (recipe above) over the area and wipe clean.

Floor cleaner: Brew a cup of peppermint tea (use 1 tea bag: one cup for you, one for the floor). Squeeze half a lemon in to the floor mix, and add 1 cup of vinegar. Mop away with your solution; the vinegar disinfects, the tea has antibacterial properties and removes marks, and the lemon freshens and disinfects.

Pee stains on carpet (presumably from pets): Blot up the initial stain, flush it with water, then apply equal parts vinegar and cool water. Blot it all up, rinse, and let dry. This will eliminate odors and stains.

Hard water stains and mineral deposits: Allow a cloth soaked in vinegar to sit on a hard water stain (for example behind your faucet) or mineral deposit for a few hours. Wipe clean.

Appliance cleaning: Clean your coffee maker or laundry machine or dishwasher by running vinegar through it, followed by water. This reduces soap buildup and keeps everything in working order.

In The Kitchen

Remove labels from glass jars: Saturate the labeled area in vinegar and scrape the stickiness right off.

Dirty pot bottoms and cooking utensils: Fill the pot with enough water to cover the stain, add 1 cup of vinegar, and boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Let cool, then scrub the stains off. While you're at it, put your stainless steel cooking utensils in the pot to get them sparkly clean too.

Fruit stains on hands: Had a little too much fun making that cherry pie or berry salad? Just rub your hands with vinegar to remove the stains.

Coffee stains on china: Use a mixture of salt and vinegar to clean coffee stains from china.

Wooden cutting boards: Wooden cutting boards are great, except they can be a hothouse for bacteria (especially if grooves have been cut into the board with use). Disinfect it regularly with vinegar to keep it (and your food) clean.

Veggie maintenance: Clean and crisp up your veggies by soaking them in a mixture of water and a tablespoon or so of vinegar. Any bugs lingering on your produce will float away, and your soggy celery will come to life again (depending on how far gone it was to begin with).

Smelly onion hands: Eliminate onion odor off your hands by rinsing them in vinegar. This also apparently works with other stinky parts of your body that soap isn't cutting through, such as underarms.

Clean sticky scissors: Sometimes those scissors get so gummy you can't even make them work. Just wipe them down with vinegar, and they'll be like new again.

Laundry

Fabric softener: There are a few fabric softener strategies you can play with. Add equal parts vinegar and baking soda, OR just ½ a cup of vinegar to your wash when you would add fabric softener (final rinse cycle). Line dried towels will come out softer with a vinegar-based softener.

Water: You can also add 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar to your wash water, which does the following:

·                                 Reduces the amount of soap you need to use

·                                 Reduces lint

·                                 Brightens colors, and stops them from running

·                                 Acts as a rinse aid

·                                 Keeps the washing machine running clean and well

Stain removal: Use vinegar on stains before washing to remove stubborn ones like perspiration, fruit, mustard, and coffee.

In The Garden

Kill grass and weeds: Pour or spray full strength vinegar on grass or weeds poking through your driveway or rearing their heads in other unsavory places.

In The Car

Frost-free windows: If you know a chilly night is on the make, you can ensure that your windows will be frost-free when you wake up in the morning. Simply mix 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water, and coat your windows with the mixture the night before.

In The Bathroom

Kill soap scum: Wiping a scummy area with vinegar and rinsing with water will do as good a job as any at attacking your bathroom shower grime. If the scum is particularly stubborn, scrub with baking soda (a great natural abrasive) after wiping with vinegar. Rinse with water.

Unclog your shower head: Unscrew it, throw it into a pot of equal parts vinegar and water and boil for a few minutes to loosen deposits that are blocking your shower head.

Personal Use

Hair rinse: If vinegar removes soap scum on your tiles, it stands to reason that it will also remove soap scum on your hair. Rinse with a cup filled with ½ a cup of warm water and ½ a cup of vinegar, and your locks will be shiny and free of buildup.

Dandruff treatment: Using the same technique as the hair rinse above but with a higher concentration of vinegar; also acts as an effective dandruff treatment.

Acne treatment: Apply equal parts vinegar and water to problem areas.

Facial toner: Using vinegar as toner is a great (and inexpensive) alternative to using alpha hydroxyl based products.

Athletes foot (and other fungus): Apply full-strength vinegar to the affected area twice daily until symptoms abate.

Miscellaneous Uses

Eliminate smoke odor: Simply put a bowl of vinegar in the offending room near the offending source. Smoke odors be gone!

Air freshener: If you would like to reduce icky smells but would like a nicer room smell than vinegar, add some fragrant spices (like cardamom) to your bowl of vinegar and leave it in a warm corner of the room.

Chrome polish: Use full strength vinegar with soft cloth to make that chrome shine.

Insect traps: Vinegar is an active ingredient used in various insect and pest traps.

Not enough reason to stock up on vinegar? Paul described 254 uses for vinegar.

Why You Should Consider Learning to Speak In Public!!

You not only will feel better, you will earn more green the better you can deliver a message!!!



Toastmasters is a great way for you to get started on your new journey!!!

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Practical Benefit of Public Speaking
Improved ability to listen.
Enhances the ability to help others.
Enhances the ability to train others.
Enhances the ability to motivate others.
Enhanced ability to fill your organizational or business needs.
Enhances the ability to promote your organizational or business.
Help people change themselves.
Persuade people to reach and attain goals.
Get and keep the attention of an audience.

Career advancement.
Enhanced social life.
Improved memory.

Improve self esteem.
Improved writing skills.
Improved reading skills.

Improved listening skills (different than above).
Improved interpersonal skills.
Enhanced ability to negotiate.
Improved ability to communicate.
Get college credit for experience in life. (I know because I did this!)
Self confidence and self image improvement.
Skilled communicators are desired by employers.
Better be able to use listening skills to improve personal communication.

Social and Cultural Benefits of Public Speaking

Change social mood.

Enhanced ability to understand other cultures.
Enhanced ability to communicate with people from other cultures.
These are just a few of the benefits of public speaking. We hope to keep this list growing. Please send in any suggestions.

You Can Have Your Shipping Supplies Shipped Automatically!!

You May Consider Scheduling a Routine for Shipments & Get The Right Shipping Supplies

Gathering the necessary supplies needed for mailing products is vital to your company’s shipping department. After you have the necessary shipping boxes, labels and other shipping supplies, establish a relationship with a shipping company to handle all of your mailing needs. Determine which times are best for dropping off your packages, or in some cases, arranging for a delivery driver to pick up your shipments. Scheduling a consistent routine for your daily shipments will improve the logistics of your fulfillment department.
Coordinate with the shipping area of your company and determine the best time of day for all shipments to leave the office. While the post office closes at 5:00 PM on most days during the week, shipping companies work much later and provide customers the ability to ship goods after normal business hours. Establishing a routine for your shipping orders creates organization and avoids department confusion when sending out the day’s orders.
Contact customers or make a public announcement of shipping cutoff times to ensure fast and reliable delivery. If customers know what general time your scheduled shipments are, it will help them know when to complete their orders. Likewise, establish routine shipments for the afternoon so that customers have a fair opportunity at placing orders throughout the day.

How You Can Say No!!!

 

Why We Find It Hard To Say “No”

To learn to say “No”, we have to first understand what’s resisting us about it. Below are common reasons why people find it hard to say no:

1. You want to help. You are a kind soul at heart. You don’t want to turn the person away and you want to help where possible, even if it may eat into your time.
2. Afraid of being rude. I was brought up under the notion that saying “No”, especially to people who are more senior, is rude. This thinking is common in Asia culture, where face-saving is important. Face-saving means not making others look bad (a.k.a losing face).
3. Wanting to be agreeable. You don’t want to alienate yourself from the group because you’re not in agreement. So you confirm to others’ requests.
4. Fear of conflict. You are afraid the person might be angry if you reject him/her. This might lead to an ugly confrontation. Even if there isn’t, there might be dissent created which might lead to negative consequences in the future.
5. Fear of lost opportunities. Perhaps you are worried saying no means closing doors. For example, one of my clients’ wife was asked to transfer to another department in her company. Since she liked her team, she didn’t want to shift. However, she didn’t want to say no as she felt it would affect her promotion opportunities in the future.
6. Not burning bridges. Some people take “no” as a sign of rejection. It might lead to bridges being burned and relationships severed.

If you nodded to any of the reasons, I’m with you. They applied to me at one point or another. However, in my experience dealing with people at work and in life, I realized these reasons are more misconceptions than anything. Saying “No” doesn’t mean you are being rude; neither does it mean you are being disagreeable. Saying “No” doesn’t mean there will be conflict nor that you’ll lose opportunities in the future. And saying no most definitely doesn’t mean you’re burning bridges. These are all false beliefs in our mind.
At the end of the day, it’s about how you say “no”, rather than the fact you’re saying no, that affects the outcome. After all, you have your own priorities and needs, just like everyone has his/her own needs. Saying no is about respecting and valuing your time and space. Say no is your prerogative.

7 Simple Ways To Say “No”

Rather than avoid it altogether, it’s all about learning the right way to say no. After I began to say no to others, I realized it’s really not as bad as I thought. The other people were very understanding and didn’t put up any resistance. Really, the fears of saying no are just in our mind.
If you are not sure how to do so, here are 7 simple ways for you to say no. Use the method that best meets your needs in the situation.
1. “I can’t commit to this as I have other priorities at the moment.”
If you are too busy to engage in the request/offer, this will be applicable. This lets the person know your plate is full at the moment, so he/she should hold off on this as well as future requests. If it makes it easier, you can also share what you’re working on so the person can understand better. I use this when I have too many commitments to attend to.
2. “Now’s not a good time as I’m in the middle of something. How about we reconnect at X time?”
It’s common to get sudden requests for help when you are in the middle of something. Sometimes I get phone calls from friends or associates when I’m in a meeting or doing important work. This method is a great way to (temporarily) hold off the request. First, you let the person know it’s not a good time as you are doing something. Secondly, you make known your desire to help by suggesting another time (at your convenience). This way, the person doesn’t feel blown off.
3. “I’d love to do this, but …”
I often use this as it’s a gentle way of breaking no to the other party. It’s encouraging as it lets the person know you like the idea (of course, only say this if you do like it) and there’s nothing wrong about it. I often get collaboration proposals from fellow bloggers and business associates which I can’t participate in and I use this method to gently say no. Their ideas are absolutely great, but I can’t take part due to other reasons such as prior commitments (#1) or different needs (#5).
4. “Let me think about it first and I’ll get back to you.”
This is more like a “Maybe” than a straight out “No”. If you are interested but you don’t want to say ‘yes’ just yet, use this. Sometimes I’m pitched a great idea which meets my needs, but I want to hold off on committing as I want some time to think first. There are times when new considerations pop in and I want to be certain of the decision before committing myself. If the person is sincere about the request, he/she will be more than happy to wait a short while. Specify a date / time-range (say, in 1-2 weeks) where the person can expect a reply.
If you’re not interested in what the person has to offer at all, don’t lead him/her on. Use methods #5, #6 or #7 which are definitive.
5. “This doesn’t meet my needs now but I’ll be sure to keep you in mind.”
If someone is pitching a deal/opportunity which isn’t what you are looking for, let him/her know straight-out that it doesn’t meet your needs. Otherwise, the discussion can drag on longer than it should. It helps as the person know it’s nothing wrong about what he/she is offering, but that you are looking for something else. At the same time, by saying you’ll keep him/her in mind, it signals you are open to future opportunities.
6. “I’m not the best person to help on this. Why don’t you try X?”
If you are being asked for help in something which you (i) can’t contribute much to (ii) don’t have resources to help, let it be known they are looking at the wrong person. If possible, refer them to a lead they can follow-up on – whether it’s someone you know, someone who might know someone else, or even a department. I always make it a point to offer an alternate contact so the person doesn’t end up in a dead end. This way you help steer the person in the right place.
7. “No, I can’t.”
The simplest and most direct way to say no. We build up too many barriers in our mind to saying no. As I shared earlier in this article, these barriers are self-created and they are not true at all. Don’t think so much about saying no and just say it outright. You’ll be surprised when the reception isn’t half as bad as what you imagined it to be.
Learn to say no to requests that don’t meet your needs, and once you do that you’ll find how easy it actually is. You’ll get more time for yourself, your work and things that are most important to you. I know I do and I’m happy I started doing that.

How Your Company Can Benefit from the Right Trade Finance Advice!!

Meet John McArthur from Citi Trade Products!!


 

JOHN MCARTHUR

John McArthur is a Vice President and covers the northeast region for Citi's Trade Products Sales.  John is responsible for Citi's Middle Market Trade business.  

John has over 20 years of International Banking experience and spent several years in Asia financing exports to the USA. John started his career with Citibank’s Middle East Africa’s Trade Division financing large commodities.  He later joined Standard Chartered Bank’s Trade Sales group. During his time at Standard Chartered John was stationed in Asia, and worked with many large US retailers buying offices. John returned to the US and worked in Citibank’s Global Transaction Services Division (GTS). During his role in GTS, John financed sales of several aircraft to Africa and Asia, Commodities, and helped development organizations (Non Profit) with their “Food Monetization” programs. John has done extensive trade training to corporations as well as Non Profit Organizations. John has an MBA in Marketing from Adelphi University.

One of John’s Citibank clients’ is a dairy company. They traditionally sold dairy products domestically. In 2009, this clients’ revenue was off 55% and falling. They knew that they needed to find new markets. The Citibank Relationship Manager called John to meet with the client, because of John’s International experience. John put them in touch with an agent, and provided counsel on mitigating risk when selling into foreign markets. This client is currently selling products in 23 countries around the world, and their international sales are dwarfing their domestic sales.