Component Packaging Blog

The past two years have flown by - You have made it through oil spills, backed-up container ships, labor shortages, soaring freight costs, supply of basic raw materials on hold, and everything else thrown at you. So, what's next? How do you continue to pick yourselves up loss after loss? There are ways to plan when you don't know what the future holds. You can prepare for the future without predicting it, and Component Packaging can help.

The thought of hiring a third party to handle the processes your company has grown accustomed to can be overwhelming. Your company is meaningful to you, and it's okay to doubt a contract packager's abilities to assist in the areas you lack. Here we discuss what a contract packager does, help you evaluate if your company could benefit from one, and what our third-party packing company can do for you.

After a year of change, you might be ready to give your employees a well-deserved rest. If your company is in-house packaging your products, there are options to make your team's lives a lot easier, allowing you to hit the ground running in the new year. We want to shed some light on outsourcing and the difference it can make in your business and how our third-party partnership can help.

Looking back on 2021, the easiest thing to do might be to let out a sigh of relief. Whether you had a year full of booming business or another year full of shutdowns and setbacks, we can all relish the fact that it is nearly over. We thank those that continue displaying resilience and trust in Component Packaging. If you are working in an industry that has gone through a transition, we know this year has been full of trials, and we don’t take your trust lightly. We strive to meet expectations, and we promise to keep meeting them as we enter the new year. Looking back on 2021 may be overwhelming, but the future is bright.

If you are a frequent Amazon shopper, an introvert who just prefers ordering online, run a business that relies on products, or just pay general attention to the world, you may be panicking at the shipping delays occurring. Products are on backorder, and many retailers are not sure when product availability will return. If you are in the shipping and packing industry, there is a good chance you are being affected by the recent oil spills, increased port volumes, extended hours, or rising costs.

If you are in shipping and manufacturing, you know about the product curtailments, the roller coaster of prices on metal and other raw materials, labor shortages, and other challenges facing you over the last two years. These challenges impact the supply chain from start to finish, leaving some end-users and clients with the shortest end of the stick. We’ve put together a few details that give a little explanation, info on how these challenges impact Component Packaging, and what we are doing to combat them.

Scales are our lifeblood. At Component Packaging, every project depends on one or more sets of scales. We prioritize precision and accuracy when we build kits and package your parts. We have the scales necessary to weigh and count your nuts, bolts, screws, and whatnots to fit your kits down to the teenth.

What would you do if a company would pack, store, and ship your manufactured parts anywhere you needed them to go? If a company could manage your specialized parts in a sinch? No matter what the parts are, Component Packaging can handle them.

When you take on a project at your company that is outside of your normal projects, they are called special projects. These projects may take special training, more hours, time, precision, and space to execute. We know that the elements to these special projects can cost you more money and cause you to lose essential workers for other projects. Your team can do their jobs well, but are they trained for your special projects? This is where we, Component Packaging, step in.