You could do your post-fill decorating in-house – undergoing a long learning curve and running the risk of decreased efficiency and increased scrap. Or you could reap the productivity and speed-to-market benefits of letting your supplier pre-fill decorate for you.
The many advantages of pre-fill:
- No lost batches
- No lost product
- Maintains product integrity
- Increased efficiency
- Reduced downtime
- Reduced scrap
- Outsourcing expertise available
- Speed to market
Of course, if you have an established business with approved capital spend, installed equipment and/or in-house expertise, then you should consider bringing the decorating in house. However, there are drawbacks to post-fill decorating as well.
Some of the disadvantages are:
- Increased Downtime
- Decreased Efficiency
- Increased Scrap
- Lost Batches – bad sleeves
- Lost product – bad sleeves
- Long Learning curve
