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Design Application

A major global beverage manufacturer came to Alexander & Associates to develop a machine that would add plastic spouts with caps to paper cartons. Our client felt such a feature would improve the product, adding a marketing innovation that would stimulate sales. A commercial machine already existed to open, fill and seal the carton. Alexander & Associates' challenge was to convert this machine into high speed production equipment and integrate the design with the existing process.

Alexander & Associates defined the overall schedule, cost estimate and testing plan required for this project. Working directly with the client's machine builder and engineers, Alexander & Associates designed and constructed a working prototype. An infrastructure was designed and built to run this equipment at existing production rates and efficiencies.

After the equipment was turned over to the client, Alexander & Associates worked as a liaison between the client and the equipment builder to move from the prototype design to the final production machine. Alexander & Associates also oversaw the roll-out of the machine in the client's facilities nationwide.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Integrated new machine design with existing process
  • Sustained existing production rates and efficiencies
  • This original design improved the usability of the product
  • Sales doubled as a result of this innovative design