Flexibility and efficiency in the beverage industry
Never before has there been such a range of different types of beverages. While this evolution is excellent news for the beverage industry, it poses particular efficiency challenges, particularly for production facilities, warehouses, and distribution centres.
The efficiency challenge of handling more
Managing the number of new product launches, packaging designs, and sizes requires a great deal of flexibility and agility on the manufacturer. It means that production facilities and logistics centres must be able to quickly adapt to new demands and new products, to a wide range of ever-changing operational and practical hurdles – and so too must their staff. In addition, the manual handling involved with the production, storage, and shipping of all of these products brings with it a list of safety and health hazards that can endanger both employees and profitability.
However, consumer and market demands represent only a tiny portion of the beverage industry's challenges. There are also regulatory and legal standards and requirements that must be met safety practices that must be adhered to, and a long list of human resource and staffing issues. Not meeting any of these requirements can prove disastrous to your business.
Key success factors in beverage production and logistics
Keeping production and profitability on track
Being flexible and adapting to changing demands is not merely a matter of shifting production capabilities – the repercussions of every change echo throughout the entire chain.
In the beverage industry, this means that the physical challenges involved with the lifting and moving of heavy, cumbersome items like sacks of ingredients, large and cumbersome drums, and shrink-wrap rolls must be able to be performed by available staff.
It means that the repeated, often awkward handling of bottles, cans, and kegs must be done safely and sustainably while ensuring high product quality and productivity. And, naturally, it means changing with the times, having the tools in place that enable you to shift operations based on ingredient changes, quality concerns, and staffing shortages. It means creating a production or logistics operation that can be quickly transformed to meet future challenges.
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The TAWI motto: ergonomics = economics
There are many ways that improper lifting procedures can impact your bottom line.
Increasing handling safety increases efficiency, which raises customer retention. When efficiency falls, customer retention will as well. And when customers leave, your bottom line will reflect their departure.
Inefficient lifting operations leads to wasted labour, and one study showed that wasted motion added up to almost seven lost weeks per year. Ask yourself – how much more productive would your operations be if you had an extra seven weeks of labour at your disposal?
At the end of the day, even the most physically fit employee will be tired – occasionally, a few will be injured.?Ergonomic lifting equipment?never gets tired – or hurt – it just keeps working.
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