Customer
A leading medical device manufacturer specializing in patient safety solutions and infection prevention products. With operations across multiple continents, our medical device customer provides critical medical equipment to healthcare facilities worldwide.
Business Type
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- Medical Device Industry
Product
Tyvek hang tags with specialized printing for durable warning tags. These durable, tear-resistant tags are essential for providing critical information on medical devices throughout their lifecycle.
Problem
Our medical device customer was receiving their Tyvek hang tags in disorganized bulk packaging, essentially garbage bags filled with loose tags. This chaotic delivery method necessitated deploying four additional staff members to manually sort and organize the tags into precise stacks of 600 for their medical production lines. This labor-intensive process was:
- Prone to human counting errors
- Requiring staff who lacked specialized packaging expertise
- Creating production bottlenecks
- Increasing operational costs unnecessarily
Condition
The incumbent supplier could not provide any bundling options, leaving them with no choice but to absorb the additional labor costs and efficiency losses. The company began searching for an alternative supplier who could deliver a comprehensive solution that would eliminate the need for manual sorting while maintaining the exact count requirements for their production lines.
Solution
Steven Label developed a custom production solution that revolutionized the client's workflow. Our approach included:
- Implementing a specialized cutting process that maintained tag integrity
- Creating a standardized bundling system that precisely packaged tags in sets of 200
- Ensuring consistent orientation across all bundles for immediate line readiness
This solution enabled our customer to deliver the warning tags directly to their production line with complete confidence in bundle accuracy and orientation. As a result, Steven Label secured the business and now delivers 3,500,000 tags weekly, all perfectly bundled in stacks of 200. The solution eliminated the need for additional sorting staff, reduced errors, and significantly improved production efficiency.
