<smallJerry Wade of CTM Labeling Systems was interviewed for an Amazon video blog. A major supplier of automated labeling equipment for Amazon’s Fulfillment Centers, CTM was featured by the company to highlight the suppliers Amazon works with. Read more
You know what feels pretty sweet? Partnering with great people.
After all, strong partnerships make the world go around — where the rubber meets the road, so to speak. Your success and theirs is integrated — synchronously beneficial and symbiotic. You work together like distinct parts in the same machine.
That’s why we couldn’t be happier with our partnered collaboration with Amazon. CTM is a major supplier of shipping and printing labelers for Amazon’s Fulfillment Centers. In fact, Amazon ships millions of products that have been labeled by a CTM label applicator. Amazon’s level of trust in our labeling machines is a source of community pride.
The phone rings… and suddenly your day is a completely different beast.
Because in the turbulent world of manufacturing and labeling, you never know what’s waiting on the other end of that line. It could be bad news — could be good news. Set yourself up for success and prepare accordingly with proper planning.
Enter modularity — the doctor’s labeling prescription for high-blood pressure and adaptability.
Remember the ‘80s, when you practically needed a PhD in computer science to program a VCR?
Hindsight’s 20/20. How many Monday night football games did you miss videotaping because it was just too complicated? Over-engineering can be a big problem. Don’t make the same mistake with your labeling systems. 
A well-engineered machine should solve headaches — not exacerbate stress. Keep the design for your labeler simple and user-friendly. Make it too complicated, and YOU’LL MISS OUT on a seamless, pain-free labeling experience.
Boom times can be challenging. You need to schedule vendor supply orders yesterday. Keeping in front of lead times can feel like you’re trying to outrun a locomotive.
It’s a nice problem to have. Thanks to the booming economy, we’re having one of the best years in the history of CTM Labeling Systems. Fact is — times are so good it can be a challenge to keep up.
In fact, it seems as if the entire country faces this same wonderful problem — business is flourishing and it’s hard to stay ahead of demand. Last September, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent, the lowest it’s ever been since 1969.
If done wisely, an investment in a labeling system can be highly satisfying. It can feel every bit as gratifying as that crisp Ben Franklin in your billfold, mouthwatering like the chocolate in the center of a Krispy Kreme. Its increased efficiency, consistency, and throughput can be translated into real dollars and cents. You can take it to the bank, wash it down with coffee, toss it in the middle of the table at a boardroom meeting. Everyone loves you for it.
Here are 5 ways to save and earn more value from your labeling systems.
As a kid, ever play blind man’s bluff?
It’s a lot like tag, but you can’t see a thing. You’re blindfolded in a field, scrambling like crazy as every kid on the block screams your name, taunting you to tag them out. Blindly waving your arms like a madman, you fumble, trip over a lawn chair, fall flat on your face.
Sound fun? In many ways, it can be a lot like buying a labeling system without first providing a proper product sample. It hurts right in the pocketbook. Read more
Buying the wrong labeling machine is like asking for a puppy on your birthday and getting an elephant instead. “What the world am I going to do with this?”
Many of our customers come to us in this very predicament. They need a labeling solution to solve a particular labeling dilemma, one that’s unique to their core product. But their previous labeling provider delivered them a setup suited for entirely different packaging.
The beauty of white labeling, as well as the spirit of white labeling found in using third-party development for your labeling systems, is integrating somebody else’s technology so you can get rolling with a solution that already works.
Nowadays, a wheel seems like a pretty simple solution: it rolls, you go. But once upon a time, even the wheel was just a barebones concept that required endless experiment and failure to successfully work.
How much value and use optimization are you getting out of your automatic label applicator? Sure, it’s a machine that puts labels on your boxes, merchandise, etc., and when it’s working right, you really shouldn’t have to worry about it at all. That’s the whole point of using a Labeling Systems Manufacturer in the first place. It takes care of all your labeling details so you don’t have to worry and can instead focus on the key components of your business to make it more successful.
But are you really getting everything out of that choice that you can? Could the labeling system’s flexible applications, software vendor potential, automatized convenience be further enhanced and customized to your specific challenges? Could it provide an even more unique labeling solution that makes your life not only easier but ultimately transforms your production into increased profit by optimizing the output of your bottom line?
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