Most people will say that the holiday season does not effect the packaging industry as the products being produced for the season are already made and shipped. But those of us in the industry know better. The holidays are a time when many in packaging and production take extra time off to be with their families. This makes communication harder and active projects may wind up having deadlines missed.
Prepare well in advance. Don’t assume that everyone you will need to speak with or communicate with will be available when you need them over the next several weeks. Look at your workload and try to manage the critical projects now, don’t let items wait as they may get pushed back. Realize that someone you may need to reach in the third week of December may have taken off the last few weeks of the year. If you can get ahead on your projects now, it may save a disaster later. Also, when promising to ‘get back’ to someone in a few days or weeks, ask them if they will be available on the date you plan to get back to them. This may be the trigger that reminds them that they will, in fact, not be available on that date. To be prepared is to be forwarned.
The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.
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