Agile Production - Post Pandemic Packaging Response

Another key topic in how the packaging industry develops and evolves after the coronavirus pandemic will be supply chain agility and production. The rush to buy common household goods, particularly at the start of the pandemic and when lockdown measures were imposed, left many retail shelves bare, and supply and distribution chains rushing to get products out and into the hands of consumers quickly and efficiently. We have also seen a number of companies move into making new products entirely out of their comfort zones, notable with distilleries and breweries repurposing their production lines to produce alcohol-based hand sanitizer products.

Many of these products were realized in a very short period – a matter of days in some cases –, from the drawing board, to production, then labelled, packaged and shipped. Digital printing and converting technologies have played an integral role in helping realize these such developments.

敏捷生產-大流行後的包裝響應。冠狀病毒大流行後包裝行業如何發展和發展的另一個關鍵主題將是供應鏈的敏捷性和生產能力。 急於購買普通家庭用品，特別是在大流行開始時和採取封鎖措施時，使許多零售貨架空缺，供應和分銷鏈急於將產品快速有效地運到消費者手中。 我們還看到，許多公司開始完全在其舒適區域之外生產新產品，尤其是蒸餾廠和啤酒廠將其生產線改用於生產酒精類手消毒劑產品。

從製圖板到生產，這些產品中的許多產品都是在很短的時間內（有時是幾天）實現的，然後貼標籤，包裝和運輸。 數字印刷和轉換技術在幫助實現這些發展中發揮了不可或缺的作用。

Source: dlpmag.com