Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Shipping mistakes can lead to serious product defects, costing businesses money and damaging customer trust. When packages arrive broken, leaking, or unusable, companies face expensive returns, lost sales, and negative reviews. Many of these issues stem from common shipping mistakes like weak packaging, mishandling, and poor environmental protection. Businesses that fail to address these risks may struggle with high damage rates and dissatisfied customers. Here, we'll cover the most frequent shipping errors and how to prevent them. Businesses can reduce product defects and ensure safer deliveries by improving packaging, handling, and carrier selection.

Topics: Packaging, packaging inspection

Discover how poor packaging affects supply chain efficiency, leading to higher costs, delays, and customer dissatisfaction.

Topics: Packaging, packaging inspection, packaging quality control

The EU announced new regulations on sustainable packaging to reduce packaging waste and promote recyclable packaging. What are the key updates and what sustainable packaging options can your business use? Let’s find out.

Topics: Packaging, packaging quality control, Sustainability

In this week's roundup, learn about the new technology that turns plastic into fabric, how is wearable technology is protecting PepsiCo workers, and the automation trend in the packaging industry.

Topics: Packaging, Supply chain

Perhaps more than any other industry, cosmetics packaging needs to do a lot of different things. This is why performing supplier audits and maintaining an effective quality control system are absolutely essential for cosmetics brands. But first, you need to understand what the function of product packaging really is. 

Topics: Packaging, cosmetics

Perhaps more than any other industry, cosmetics brands need to protect their image. And considering that product packaging has such a strong tie to your brand’s image and the perception of quality, it is critical to have an effective quality control system in place. 

Topics: Packaging, cosmetics

Setting AQL standards for cosmetics packaging is the trick to making sure you have the right cosmetic packaging quality control. Take a look at how to best make sure you are performing the right quality control checks on your products. 

Topics: Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), Packaging, cosmetics

In this week's roundup, let's learn about the packaging revolution, Amazon planes, and a massive recall of infant clothes.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Packaging, Supply chain

Cosmetics and skincare packaging must go through rigorous testing before being approved for distribution, but testing the products alone is not enough. The quality and safety of the packaging of these items must also adhere to a variety of standards in order to ensure product quality and consumer safety. 

Topics: Packaging

In this week's roundup, let's learn about the labor shortage in some Chinese factories, H&M's new sustainable packaging, and Nike's sales increase.

Topics: Best in Manufacturing, Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Packaging