5 Hidden Costs of Pressure Sensitive Carton Sealing Tape

The costs of packaging tape in manufacturing facilities is more than just the price per roll. In fact, many of these hidden costs can be overlooked by manufacturers if not knowing where to look. Have any of these costs been hiding in your packaging operations?

# 1 Productivity/Downtime/Rework Labor

• Complicated slow tape changeover, tape not running down to the core, and reworks caused by broken, uncut, or too tightly wound rolls of tape can all have a negative impact on your productivity through frequent stopping of the production line to fix these issues. How much does it cost you for downtime?

# 2 Scrap/Waste

• Some tape manufacturers produce inconsistent tension throughout the rolls causing challenges for customers to utilize the full roll all the way to the core. When your packaging tape doesn’t run down to the core, the stub rolls leftover can accumulate quickly, resulting in wasted money, more material thrown in the garbage, and too many “hand tape” rolls.

# 3 Worker/Customer Safety

• Employees are at risk of injury when using a knife or other sharp objects to open a box, and even a small cut can cost employers lots of $$$. Choosing a tape solution that produces great seals which can be opened by hand without the use of a knife reduces the risk of these unwanted costs associated with lacerations.

#4 Customer Perception

• If tape is not sticking throughout the duration of supply chain, that could have a negative impact on how your customer perceives your product and brand. These unsecure tape seals can cause damage, theft, or loss of product which can lead to customer complaints, returns, and a bad image on your company reputation.

#5 Product Security

• If tape is not adhering to your cartons, that’s an obvious threat to content security as products could easily become subject to theft or damage as anyone could easily slip a hand underneath the seal with little evidence that the carton has been tampered throughout the supply chain process.

Do any of these issues sound familiar to you? If not, have you asked your team if any of these issues are happening throughout your production lines? Learn how you can reduce these hidden costs of packaging tape by choosing the right tape solution for your packaging operation. Please contact me if you would like to discuss.