2012 WestPack Seminars
Automation and Cost Control in Packaging
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Examining practical strategies and innovative technologies to control costs and streamline the production process
2:00 Chair's Opening Remarks
David Vaczek, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News
2:05 Workshop: Aligned Partnerships: An Integrated Innovation and
Development Model
Scott Jost, Vice President, Innovation and Design, Berlin Packaging
Innovation engagements are most effective when marketers', manufacturers' and designers' goals and interests are aligned. In the traditional development process, this alignment is the exception rather than the rule.
- Learn how to reduce time to market, lower development and product costs, and maximize consumer impact via an optimized stakeholder structure
- Learn about the pitfalls inherent in traditional custom package development process
- See how aligning the financial interests of designers, manufacturers and marketers can optimize outcomes and increase all parties' net income
3:25 Coffee Break
3:40 Utilizing Automation to Reduce Packaging Costs and Meet Sustainability objectives
Richard Bahr, President and Chief Executive Officer, MGS Machine
Review of three case studies:
- Creating a unique packaging format that reduces material content
- Design of a packaging line with flexibility to run continuously even during changeovers
- Reformat secondary packaging to consume less space and paperboard
4:20 Streamlining semi-automatic packaging systems to reduce lead-times and increase quality
Robb Clarke, Ph.D. MBA, Director, Auto-ID Research & Testing Center, Michigan State University School of Packaging
- Incorporating ergonomic machines for increased productivity and employee safety
- Evaluating your current production line and creating a plan for smooth streamlining
- Integrating quality control measures into a streamlined process
5:00 Close of Seminar
About the Chair
David Vaczek, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News
Dave Vaczek is a senior editor at Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News which he joined in 2005. Previously he wrote for business-to-business publications with a focus on healthcare and retail pharmacy practice, including Drug Store News, Pharmacy Times, and as the editor of Supermarket Pharmacy. Additionally, as a contributing editor to various journals and as an editor at Promo magazine, he has written extensively on brand marketing topics. He began his journalism career in daily newspapers as a general assignment and business reporter.
About the Speakers
Scott Jost, Vice President, Innovation and Design, Berlin Packaging
Biography will be available soon.
Richard Bahr, President and Chief Executive Officer, MGS Machine
Richard Bahr is President and CEO of MGS Machine Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacture of automated packaging machinery primarily for pharmaceutical and personal care firms.
Richard has been President of MGS Machine since 1996, has been a contributing editor to Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging Magazine, a sought after panelist for industry events and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturer's Institute.
Robb Clarke, Ph.D. MBA, Director, Auto-ID Research & Testing Center, Michigan State University School of Packaging
Biography will be available soon.
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