Annual Savings: $48,323
Payback P
eriod: 9.4 months
Product Shipped: WomenÛªs Sports Apparel
Previous Method: Hand loading into flat bags
Previous Labor: 3 employees
Previous Cost/1000: $254
New Method: Autobagå¨ AB 180 OneStepã¢
New Labor: 1 employee
New Cost/1000: $147
The Autobag AB 180 OneStep is a high-productivity bag packaging system for dynamic mail order operations. In this demanding application, the bagger is fully integrated with shipping and customer databases for 1:1 personalized order fulfillment. A wide range of sports apparel is hand inserted into bags, so fast changeover of bag sizes is important. Graphics, text and bar code information is printed directly onto the bag just before it is opened, filled and sealed. This system prints and packs up to 8 bags per minute and has reduced labor costs by 42%.