| Industry Breakthrough
Announcing the Labor-Free Apply On The Fly As The Carton
Goes By Shipping Label & Packing List Fulfillment
System. True Automated Print & Apply designed to replace
the traditional shipping label and cumbersome “Packing
List Enclosed”
plastic pouch on outgoing parcel shipments. The system is
designed to dramatically increase profits and eliminate
the human labor bottleneck in traditional shipping/manifesting
systems. The Labor-Free Labeling System is designed for
high volume (500,000 and up) parcel distribution operations.
How the Labor-Free Labeling System Works
The system is controlled by software that conveys, aligns,
tracks, justifies and labels the outbound cartons. Upstream
of the applicators, the system reads the cartons’ order
barcode, looks up the label data in its’ real-time database
and transmits the label data to the applicators. The cartons
are tracked at a 1/8" resolution along the conveyor belt
to the first applicator and the customer packing list is printed
and applied to the side of the carton. The packing list is
verified by a scanner positioned directly following the packing
list applicator.
The carton continues on the conveyor to the second applicator
and a slightly larger carrier shipping label is printed and
accurately applied over the packing list label. The shipping
label is verified by a scanner positioned directly following
the shipping label applicator. The system is designed to run
in a continuous operation and can be operated by a single
operator. An optional in-motion scale and scanner can be provided
with the system to capture final carton weight for the shipping
manifest.
Patented Label Design
“Thinking Outside The Box – LITERALLY” was
required in order to conceptualize the patented two-label
system design. The Shipping Label has a 7/8" outer
perimeter adhesive border around a 6" x 4" (or
custom size) non-adhesive center section to print the Outbound
Parcel shipping information. The recipient can easily remove
the shipping label’s non-adhesive
center section by pulling a die cut zipper from left to right.
Once the shipping label is removed, the confidential Packing
List is exposed. The Packing List has 1/2" strips
of adhesive on the left and right side with a non-adhesive
center section that can easily be removed by pulling up
in one motion. Paper only documents to file for record
purposes since the adhesive portion of the shipping label
and packing list stays on the carton. Static Terms & Conditions
can be pre-printed (press-printed) on the back of the
shipping label and packing list’s non-adhesive center
section.
Print & Apply Equipment
Several companies currently manufacture print and apply equipment
that is compatible with the patented label system. One
example is the Zebra 170 Pax and Label-Aire 2138
for Pneumatic (air) side apply or Panther P2000 Electric (very fast) for top
apply application.
The labels, in combination with the high-speed print-apply
air-tamp applicators, are designed to apply approximately
20 boxes per minute or roughly 1,500 an hour on one line.
The labels are applied to the side or top of virtually any size
and weight carton from 6.5" x 8.5" to over 36"x
36" and from 1 pound to 70 pounds.
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here to view labels examples.
Click
here to view a short video clip.
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