Tips for buying folding cartons
Staff -- Purchasing, 1/12/2006 2:00:00 AM
Purchasing managers buy about $10 billion worth of folding cartons every year. Andy Willie, executive director of the Independent Carton Group, has a few suggestions for making sure buyers get what they want:
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Consider using a local manufacturer, so you can inspect before delivery.
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Be sure the manufacturer can actually do the graphics you want.
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Check to see that the company has the right press for your work.
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Make a structural dummy of the carton with all the right specs.
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Ask to speak to the Prep Department manager. He'll tell you if your requirements are practical, and help you deal with the manufacturer's marketing department.
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When you do a drop test of the folding carton, do it with the carton fully loaded with goods.
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