Customized and Value-Added Services

Labeling adds information to a product based on retailer, product, regulatory, or customer requirements. Services include:

• Retailer labeling: Addition of retailer-specific label on product (price tagging)
• Tamper seal labeling: Removal and replacement of the tamper seal on products
• UPC labeling: Addition of a UPC label on a product
• Re-labeling: Removal of incorrect label and addition of correct label in the event of SKU or label changes
• Government labeling: Adding labels based on state requirements for that product
• Custom labeling: Depending on business needs

We support labeling requirements for many retailers including WalMart, Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Costco, Kohl's, Amazon, and others.

Kitting combines separate but related items that are grouped, packaged, and supplied together as one unit. Services include:

• Standard kitting: Adding two or more components needed to make a set and the creation of a new SKU
• Promotional item kitting: Adding a giveaway item to an SKU and creating a new SKU
• Temperature-controlled kitting: Combining multiple items and dry ice into a new item
• Literature kitting: Adding customer-specific literature to a kit

We combine visual storage with product quantities and pack that in one box for ease of setup within a retail store. Services include:

• Clipstrips: Taking a plastic or metal strip with clips and attaching the appropriate units to the clips
• Counter display unit: Creating a display unit for a counter and adding the appropriate units to stock that display
• Pallet displays: Creating a display unit based on a quarter, half, or full pallet and adding the appropriate units to stock that display
• New store setup displays: Combining all aspects for a new store setup including products, pricing, and displays
• End cap displays: Creating a corrugated display based on retailer aisle width specifications and adding the appropriate units to stock the display

Packaging encloses and protects your products for sale. Services include:

• Retailer re-pack: Re-packing products into required packaging for a retailer, including re-boxing, hanger removal, and polybag removal
• Quantity re-pack: Breaking down a case into appropriate quantity requested by a retailer (corrugate box, plastic sleeve, shrink banding)
• Variety / combo packs: Building an assortment of the same item and creating a new SKU
• Secure pack: Opening up a case to add additional packaging for fragile items or taping containers to prevent leakage
• Ziptying: Adding a ziptie to an item and applying new packaging to the item
• Clamshell: Packaging an item in a plastic container with a hinge and securing the product
• Gift Wrap: Covering an item in wrapping paper or ribbon using your brand standards

Quality control involves inspecting, re-working, testing, and possible destroying faulty products before they leave the warehouse. Services include:

• Lot expiration: Finding an expired lot and removing an item from storage and system inventory, including the disposal of the product based on client needs
• Inspection of new products: Inspection of new SKUs prior to product introduction
• Damage inspection: Inspecting inbound freight and or opening cases to determine if any products are incorrect or damaged
• Quality testing: Testing a quantity in a lot to make sure they meet client requirements and reporting those metrics back to the client
• Disposal - Disposal of product on the client's behalf (de-kitting, recycling, destruction or other end-of-lifecycle processes)