Author: John Henry – Page 6
UNINTENDED PURPOSES
In his January column in Modern Machine Shop magazine, Mark Albert wrote an article about what he called “unintended purposes”.
AMBIGUOUS SIGNAGE
A few weeks ago I was in Sam’s Club headed for checkout. For those not familiar with Sam’s, the typical
VIRTUAL CPGs (Consumer Package Goods)
I just ran across an interesting article about a store that could revolutionize how consumer goods are packaged. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0504-peapod-20120504,0,6298160.story
Peapod
A MAN AND A DOG
A few months ago The Atlantic had an interesting article about a manufacturing plant in South Carolina (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/01/making-it-in-america/8844/). The EconTalk
NO CHANGE SPROCKETS
An application I run across from time to time connects a cartoner to a pouch or bag forming machine. One
PANTONE AND COLORS
Package design is all about colors. What makes a package stand out, what makes a customer feel good about a
WEBCAMS
A few of years ago at PackExpo I got interested in television. As in tele (distant) vision. Several companies were
3D PRINTING
Just finished another 3 day IOPP “Packaging Machinery Basics” course at Frain. It went great and we all learned a
STEREOTYPES
The other night I carried the dirty clothes down to the washing machine. I started putting them in but my
TEMPORARY GLUE
Last week I keynoted the Contract Packaging Association with a talk on quality as the absence of variation. If you
ARE YOU LAZY?
Full disclosure: I am (just ask my wife) and I am proud of it.
What about you?
Before you get
63 PROCESSES
26 letters can be combined to make any word in English or any other language.
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