Between managing lead times and shipping orders, there's always plenty of activity on the production line. Pipeline Packaging understands the hustle and bustle of your day-to-day operations. That's why we go above and beyond to offer a suite of value-added services like custom assembly packaging. Whether it's kitting, repackaging, or palletizing, we're always ready to lend a trusted hand.
Allow the team at Pipeline Packaging to help you mark off your checklist. Here’s how our experts use custom assembly packaging services to increase your operational efficiency.
The limitless potential of custom assembly packaging
Reaching your company goals through custom assembly packaging can take a variety of forms. Primarily, it involves assembling packaging kits complete with all the necessary components, insertions, and corrugated boxes. By taking care of this production leg, Pipeline Packaging can help you eliminate a plethora of tasks from your production line.
This value-added service also means your packaging arrives on site and ready to be filled, giving you noticeable labor cost reductions and more time for other responsibilities.
We understand that making the greatest impact in your day-to-day operations requires flexibility. Our custom assembly packaging services allow for a wide range of customizations and container modifications. Whether it’s for sensitive materials, transportation savings, or quality assurance, we can facilitate physical modifications, custom packaging (without molds), and insertions like punching plug holes and inserting grommets.
Besides these alterations, Pipeline can even apply brand labels directly to containers like five-gallon pails or HDPE plastic bottles. Our in-house design and print services can provide labels, sleeves, screen prints, and more so products are ready to hit shelves as soon as possible.
A value-added service that keeps you rolling
The benefits of custom assembly packaging go beyond pre-configuring systems to be ready on arrival. Many customers have discovered how the service can optimize transportation logistics and expenses, especially as the marketplace considers the possible effects of ongoing inflation and global affairs.
Bo Patterson has been a member of the Pipeline Packaging sales team since 1999. As a sales representative, he assists customers in navigating opportunities, including leveraging the unique advantages of custom assembly packaging.
“Some of the most popular applications are bundling and palletizing,” said Patterson. “Customers can rest assured their packaging systems are properly wrapped and will remain secure until arrival at their warehouse.”
Palletizing services lend an array of other benefits besides security. As many industries are faced with intense labor shortages, Pipeline Packaging can operate as an extension of your internal team. After assembling your product systems to your custom criteria, we can handle the manual loading and unloading of product from the truck, depending on your logistics, which can help you save time and labor costs.
Patterson also shared how Pipeline’s custom assembly packaging expertise extends from handling the systems themselves to optimizing transportation logistics.
“As a leading packaging distributor, Pipeline can maximize space in any shipment while minimizing costs to the customer through mixed-truckloads, or LTL shipping,” he said. “Our internal inventory management team will work with the customer to include as much product as possible on any given load so we can reduce extra fees and ensure just-in-time (JIT) delivery.”
In practice, custom assembly packaging, from kitting to palletizing to loading, increases your operation’s overall efficiency at every step. Whether it's stacking industrial drums to save on warehouse space or lining up containers to be filling ready, the service can make a significant difference in your day-to-day tasks.
“Custom assembly packaging brings everything you need together.” said Patterson. “For example, you might get a one-gallon container, sleeve protectors, and all the features and closures in an assembled box. At the end of the day, every customer in every industry is always trying to be more efficient, and as your packaging partner, Pipeline Packaging is dedicated to helping you achieve these objectives in every possible manner.”
No one understands custom assembly better than Hazmatpac
For industries dealing in hazardous materials, the right packaging is essential in guaranteeing the health and safety of others. Outside of security, regulatory organizations like the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can also issue steep fines for violations due to missing documentation, leaks and spills, or improper labeling.
More than three decades ago, Hazmatpac, a subsidiary of Pipeline Packaging, was founded for the purpose of equipping customers using specialty packaging systems to meet their hazardous material needs. This team delivers essential insights on compliance, safety, and quality with an emphasis on extreme customer service.
Custom assembly packaging is Hazmatpac’s bread and butter. Sales Manager Juan Moran shed some light on how this flexibility fuels the company’s ability to handle some of the industry’s most sensitive materials such as paints, fuels, waste products, and others.
“Our emphasis lies in highly specialized and customizable packaging,” said Moran. “Oftentimes, we are supplying kits according to the specific chemical or product life a customer needs. In these cases, customized packaging provides the best customer satisfaction.”
Like Pipeline, Hazmatpac is committed to customer success. When you succeed, the team succeeds, and when you grow, the team grows. Through effective custom assembly packaging, Pipeline Packaging and Hazmatpac curate strong and reliable relationships with customers.
Outside of assembling components, Hazmatpac also offers itself as a resource and partner for its hazardous packaging customers. All sales representatives undergo rigorous training to learn international and national regulations regarding packaging requirements. The team uses this expertise to guide customers toward the right solution for success.
“We are there to point you in the right direction,” said Moran. “We know that you assume the responsibility once you ship your products, so we want you to feel confident in your selections. Our team can provide everything from guidance for third-party testing to relevant sections from regulatory manuals so you feel informed about your decision.”
Hazmatpac’s custom assembly packaging services can also assist customers facing violations and intense scrutiny from regulatory agents.
“There have been instances where someone with a violation has come back to us with the DOT incident analysis,” said Moran. “We work with them based on the timeframe and requests of the DOT. That process can mean determining a new mode of transportation or revamping a completely new system.”
Along with all of these benefits, the custom assembly packaging provided by Hazmatpac and Pipeline Packaging offers customers tremendous savings. With reduced labor and shipping costs, your operation can minimize everyday stress, risks, and penalties.
Pipeline Packaging: Custom partnership, custom solutions
Pipeline Packaging melds a robust inventory and value-added services to provide customers the perfect comprehensive packaging solution. Our distributor’s advantage provides an extra level of nimbleness that makes custom assembly and other services even more advantageous.
Pipeline Regional Sales Manager Mike Watson works with customers throughout the southwestern United States. He shared how Pipeline’s distributor’s advantage offers customers the best value.
“There’s a lot of ways you can benefit from working with a distributor,” said Watson. “We’re always placing bulk orders for our packaging, which allows you to shop a slew of competitive prices — even for the same products within our own inventory.”
Pipeline’s attention to product redundancy gives customers a considerable advantage. By carrying a plethora of the same or similar products from multiple manufacturers and suppliers, we can ensure that customers will have the packaging they need on our warehouse floors at all times. And in the wake of more supply chain uncertainties, there’s no doubt this packaging feature has become even more priceless.
By leveraging Pipeline’s vast network of suppliers and manufacturers, you can also utilize services, like custom assembly, knowing you have access to the full breadth of customizable options with plenty of added value at the best price.
“Our capabilities help reduce risk for customers,” added Watson. “From natural disasters to trade policies to industry shifts, we are their go-to source for reliable and consistent packaging solutions.”
Are you thinking about new ways to streamline production? Implementing custom assembly packaging with Pipeline can help you take the next step. Contact us today to learn more about our full suite of value-added services.
