| A case study of users has revealed that hand labelling | | | | company was able to reduce the time taken tenfold |
| guns can out-perform their electronic thermally | | | | (by their own reckoning) and reduce wastage to |
| computer printed counterparts. In a text book example | | | | virtually nothing. |
| of how the humble labelling gun with is simple | | | | The labelling system used involved a 1.5" x 1" label, |
| functionality, a London based courier company found | | | | pre-printed with relevant information for the company's |
| the quick and easy solution to their operational needs. | | | | in-house sorting and handling process. It also simplified |
| Courier operations need information to be legible and | | | | the information format, important to reduce confusion in |
| accurate and where in-house systems take over for | | | | a company of 1300 employees. In turn, the outcome of |
| sorting and handling functions, a lot of labelling is | | | | the system was improved reliability, quality and |
| involved. In our case study, the company re-labels | | | | performance, all important factors in today's |
| upward of 8-10 million parcels a year. A cost effective | | | | ever-competitive cost conscious environment. |
| and speedy solution was the only option. | | | | The lessons to be learned from this are obvious. In this |
| The previous system involved pre-printing labels using | | | | day and age where problems tend to be approached |
| desktop thermal printers and then manually applying | | | | with more and more complex solutions, sometimes a |
| each label. This was time consuming and any errors | | | | simpler system provides a more reliable answer to the |
| resulted in wastage - of which there was plenty. | | | | problem. |
| Using hand labelling guns with pre-printed labels, the | | | | |