Liquid Detergent is one of most important daily necessities, especially due to the spread of the COVID-19 in the recent 3 years. More and more people aware of the significance of daily cleaning. So whether you are planning on a new business or expanding your current production line purpose. Investing in a detergent filling line would be a promising choice.
Assume that you now have enough alternatives and reliable suppliers at hand. You have also made up your mind to invest in this project. The next step to do is make the final choice wisely.
So how do to choose the filling lines that fits perfect for your situation? Land packaging Machinery Co., summarizes 5 key points for you. Read them very carefully, and can take your business to the next level.
1. Determine on Bottle Style
Sometimes your suppliers may not as professional as you do when it comes to the question “what’s your local consumers prefer on bottle style”. Especially if they are multinational suppliers. Their advice may not correct.
Therefore, you must do your own research beforehand. Go to the supermarket or retail stores, or google some local popular online shop, check and see which types of bottles are more eye-catching and leading sales. Record them one by one, as an alternative possibility;
You may think that diversified packaging will be beneficial for market promotion, so you want to do all bottles, but do not forget this will cause a problem: sometimes it is difficult for one line to be compatible with all bottles, and even the machine can handle them all, you may required to switch and adjust the machines frequently during production.
It could waste lots of downtime, as well as additional labor costs, all these hidden cost need to be taken into account.
Overall, our suggestion is that in the initial stage, you can choose just 3 to 5 bottles that you think have the best potential as a market test.
In this way, it is very likely that one line can solve all problems, reduce the risk of investment, and improve the overall efficiency.
2.FORECAST THE SPEED
How many bottles do you plan to launch per day? Considering about your working hours, calculate how fast the speed you’d need the equipment to achieve?
Because different speed requirements will affect which machine model you should consider. Take the filling machine as an example, usually has 2 heads, 4 heads, 6 heads, 8 heads, or even 10 heads, the cost of each equipment is huge different .
If this is your first investment in packaging machinery, maybe you don't need the big bucks just yet. So don't be intimidated and think bigger is better and faster is better.
Start where you can and allow yourself time to grow.
3. Get to Know the Supporting Equipment
Ask the supplier to give specific advice on which supporting equipment is essential. Which supporting equipment can be omitted, do not wait until the equipment is purchased and put into use, and then find out that your equipment cannot be used normally because of the lack of necessary supporting facilities.
Consider whether a full automatic line is necessary. You must know that each part of the filling line is independent, filling machine, capping machine, and labeling machine.
If you currently has limited budget, you definitely can purchase just some of the items first. After your sales performance are stable, you can add others to complete the production line.
4.Spare Enough Space
Once you've identified what machines you select, don’t forget to ask the supplier to provide design drawings to confirm that your plant can perfectly fit the entire lines of the equipment.
We can see that the standard liquid detergent filling line is a very long line, and in many cases, your factory may not have such long space for the line, if you also encounter the same problem. Make sure suppliers are willing to tailor equipment to your plant size. Make sure there aren't too many extra costs.
5. STAFF TRAINING
The machine you prefer could greatly affect the amount of training you need,and the level of education and staff time required to operate.
Make sure that you can get professional guidance, including manuals, installation videos, online or offline door-to-door services, before you start using your equipment.
Land Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. Has establish a strong and professional after-sales team, and each equipment has detailed instructions and videos, which can greatly reduce the debugging time and maximize production efficiency.
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