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href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/healthcare\/category\/article\/\" rel=\"tag\">Article<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Keep your label supplier in the loop when developing packaging<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-gray-dark-color\"><time datetime=\"2020-06-24T09:00:54-05:00\">June 24, 2020<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id728_9fb1e8-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id728_9fb1e8-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id728_9fb1e8-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id728_9fb1e8-4a > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 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.kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:790px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id728_86fae0-cf > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id728_86fae0-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id728_86fae0-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id728_86fae0-cf alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column728_2f057b-1a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column728_2f057b-1a inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your brand is setting out to develop, update or refresh your packaging, or search for new packaging suppliers, you\u2019re probably not doing it for sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You likely have a very clear objective in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reducing packaging costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving toward more sustainable packaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing shelf presence, launching a new product or rebranding an existing one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heightening product security and safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To accomplish any of the above, you\u2019ll need to work with many packaging suppliers. The supplier for your container, the supplier for your cap, the supplier for your secondary packaging, and on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But one packaging supplier often gets looped in only at the last minute: Your product label supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on your packaging objective, leaving your label supplier out of the conversation until later on in the process can have any number of unintended, but negative, consequences ranging from lost promotional opportunities to wasted time, material and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this article, we\u2019ll walk through each of these overarching packaging objectives, and show exactly how early conversations with your label supplier can help pave a clearer path to achieving them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If <strong>reducing labeling costs<\/strong> is your objective \u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two ways to look at packaging costs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Price: <\/strong>\u201cHow much is this costing my brand?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Value: <\/strong>\u201cDoes paying a little more offer value to my brand in any way? Sales uplift? Reduced risk in my supply chain? Increased product differentiation on the shelf?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cost reductions are important, especially to procurement folks, but they don\u2019t exist in a vacuum. Switching to a cheaper material could cheapen your brand or lead to performance problems for your labels. Partnering with the cheapest supplier could reduce costs in the short term, but contribute to delivery, quality and supply problems throughout the duration of your relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looping all packaging suppliers \u2014 including your label converter \u2014&nbsp;in at the beginning of a cost-reduction initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/custom-product-label-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helps you balance price with value<\/a>, ensuring you get the biggest bang for your buck with your packaging spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the questions your label supplier might ask to help your brand cut labeling costs without sacrificing quality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Would your brand be better served by digital or flexographic printing? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/flexographic-labels\/\">Flexographic printing<\/a> offers the greatest value for large runs of the same label graphics, but your brand will need to make an initial investment in making plates. For small-to-midsized label runs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/leveraging-digital-label-printing\/\">digital printing<\/a> presents the best value, with no plates required and the possibility of label-by-label variation for promotional campaigns, or for product lines with many flavors or varieties. To learn more about the promotional labeling opportunities for your brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/promotional-labeling-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out this guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Is there an opportunity to standardize label sizes across SKUs?<\/strong> Standardizing label sizes across product lines, or at least flavor varieties within each product line, presents a great cost-saving opportunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/capabilities\/variable-printing\/\">Variable data printing (VDP)<\/a> with digital presses allows you to vary the graphics of every label in a run. Theoretically, you could combine all your labels for all your products into one order if they were all the same size. And the first rule of labeling costs is that, as the order size goes up, the per-label cost goes down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Is there an opportunity to consolidate label suppliers?<\/strong> If your brand has recently grown, or acquired other companies, it might be time to consolidate label suppliers. Say, for example, your company has a portfolio of three brands and each of those brands has two label suppliers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/packaging-procurement-advice\/\">You could put your entire label spend out to bid<\/a>, leveraging your increased size to obtain more preferable pricing with one label supplier. And in this scenario, you\u2019d only have to manage one vendor relationship instead of juggling six.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Can you forecast your label needs throughout the year? <\/strong>If so, you may be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RLG-PDF-VMI-program-template-2.pdf\">work with your label supplier to establish a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) program<\/a> to reduce inventory costs and strategically eliminate risk in your label supply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Let\u2019s take a closer look at your label size. <\/strong>There might be an opportunity to optimize your label size for the width of the press. Say your label is 4 x 5 inches. If it\u2019s run on a digital press, you can print two on the press at a time. By cutting a quarter-inch off the width of the label \u2014 down to 3.75 x 5 inches \u2014 you could run three labels on the press at once. This can not only result in cost savings, but it can also reduce your carbon footprint by printing more labels with less material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If <strong>moving toward more sustainable packaging<\/strong> is your objective \u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter what your sustainable packaging mission is, you need to be thinking about your entire package holistically and understand the entire range of packaging material and construction options at your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way to do that is to loop in <em>all <\/em>your packaging suppliers early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once your suppliers understand your vision \u2014 whether it\u2019s source reduction, recyclability, compostability or any other sustainability benefit \u2014 they can walk you through your options. And if you include every supplier in the discussion, they point you toward the component solution (bottle, cap, secondary packaging, label) that fits best into your entire packaging system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the questions your label supplier might ask to help you land on the right sustainable label solution for your brand\u2019s goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What sustainability story are you trying to tell with your packaging? <\/strong>You have a choice between recyclable, recycled, lightweight, responsible sourced or compostable label materials. We\u2019ll draw on our extensive knowledge of the materials on the market to help you select the one best aligned with your brand\u2019s sustainability mission<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Talk to us about the rest of your packaging components. <\/strong>If all of your packaging components \u2014&nbsp;your container, your lid, the secondary packaging \u2014 are recyclable in municipal facilities, but your label isn\u2019t, it sends a conflicting message to consumers about your commitment to sustainability. By analyzing your packaging system holistically, we\u2019ll spot opportunities to align the sustainability benefits of your label with the rest of the components in your packaging, weaving a cohesive sustainability story for your brand<em id=\"shelf\">.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What geographic markets do you sell your product in? <\/strong>Geography is key when it comes to end-of-life disposal of recyclable and compostable packaging. Let\u2019s say your package is compostable. Typically, compostable packaging materials are designed to biodegrade under the specific conditions in industrial composting facilities \u2014 not home compost piles. And very few municipalities in the U.S. currently have curbside pickup for compost. If curbside pickup isn\u2019t available where you sell your product, compostable packaging might not make the most sense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If <strong>enhancing your product\u2019s shelf presence, rebranding or launching a new product<\/strong> is your objective \u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RLG-packaging-objective-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"Enhancing package shelf presence\" class=\"wp-image-6629\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an excellent opportunity to invent \u2014 or reinvent \u2014 your brand. And truly outside-the-box packaging concepts take time to plan, engineer and produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chances are, you have an idea of what you\u2019d like your label to look like at the outset of the packaging development process. Give your label supplier time to offer material selection advice, recommend embellishments or even suggest overall packaging improvements (e.g., adding a neck label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/tamper-evident-shrink-sleeves-labeling-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tamper-evident solution<\/a>, shrink sleeve, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without time to plan properly, you are setting your packaging development project up for failure in the form of missed promotional opportunities, wasted material, longer time-to-market or lackluster shelf presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the questions your label supplier might ask to help your brand get the most out of the packaging development process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What\u2019s your packaging vision? <\/strong>Ultimately, anything is possible with product labels. Every conversation about enhancing shelf presence begins with your vision. Only once we understand that vision will we begin to walk you through how to bring it to life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Let\u2019s walk through your embellishment and customization options. <\/strong>Want to highlight your logo with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/custom-foil-labels\/\">foil stamping<\/a>? We can do that. Want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/products\/custom-embossed-product-labels\/\">embossing<\/a>, tactile varnishes or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/capabilities\/custom-die-cut-labels\/\">custom shape<\/a>? We can do that. Have a clear liquid product and want a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/double-sided-label-printing\/\">double-sided back label to create a viewfinder effect for your product<\/a>? We can do that. Whatever your vision, we can bring it to life with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/label-printing\/\">full portfolio of label printing capabilities<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What, exactly, are your color expectations? <\/strong>Label suppliers know how important color consistency is for brands \u2014 and once they understand your specific expectations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/the-importance-of-pre-press-for-labels\/\">they\u2019ll put in the work during pre-press to ensure your labels look identical order after order<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Can we forecast your potential label needs for the upcoming year? <\/strong>If you can, there\u2019s plenty of opportunity to reduce the overall costs of your product labels by placing one big order for the needs of your entire year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What\u2019s your promotional plan for the upcoming year? <\/strong>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/capabilities\/variable-printing\/\">VDP capabilities of digital presses<\/a>, you can print different promotional versions of your label in one run. For example, we could print your new-release version (\u201cNew look, same great taste!\u201d), your standard version and holiday promotional version in a single run. And when run size goes up, per-label cost goes down. For more inspiration on promotions you could run for your product, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcelabel.com\/packaging-procurement-advice\/\">check out this article<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are you switching label application methods? <\/strong>We\u2019ll ask questions about the machine applying your label and construct the labels in such a way that prevents application problems by design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Are you changing your container? <\/strong>Your label needs to be compatible with your container material, as well as its size and shape. If you\u2019re switching containers, you might need to switch to a substrate\/adhesive combination compatible with the container surface or update the size or die cut of your label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If it\u2019s a rebrand, are you doing it all at once or in stages? <\/strong>Do we need to keep printing a smaller number of your original labels while you phase in the rebrand?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If <strong>heightened product security and safety<\/strong> is your objective \u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labels can play an important role in protecting your products from tampering and counterfeiting, as well as providing supply chain traceability. 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