Packaging

FAPCO, INC. MAKES PRIVATE LABELING AND PARTS FULFILLMENT PROCESS EASIER TO HELP MANUFACTURERS INCREASE PROFITS AND RETAIN MARKET SHARE

Friday 07. August 2009 - Fapco Inc., the nation’s leading specialist in integrated parts flow management for over 30 years, proudly offers a full complement of private labeling and parts fulfillment services to help manufacturers expand into new markets, increase profits and retain market share.

“In a tight economy, savvy manufacturers are reaching out and capturing more business and expanding into new markets by private labeling parts for sale in other channels. Our job at Fapco is to make the private labeling and parts fulfillment process easier and more profitable for our customers,” said President and Founder of Fapco, Larry Gardiner.

Most manufacturers realize they are not capturing all the potential service and aftermarket parts business in their distribution network. These parts can range from regular service parts with a short life, such as filters and belts, to replacement components for commonly lost or damaged elements. Manufacturers producing anything from agricultural equipment and lawn mowers, to medical or marine equipment, are discovering the benefits of increasing profits through private labeling of parts with an integrated partner such as Fapco.

Scott Sloniker, operations manager, explained that in the competitive arena of “will fitters” (companies producing similar parts that ‘will fit’ a manufacturer’s specific model), many manufacturers are turning to private labeling and non-traditional supply chains to fight the onslaught of these competitors. “If there’s an opportunity to replace or repair a part in the field, there’s a competitor more than happy to provide that part. To combat this activity, many manufacturers are developing their own private labels. This could even be at a lower cost or outside of their traditional dealer network—to big box retail stores for example—but it keeps the manufacturers in the game with their own version of the ‘will fitter’ parts to help maintain their market share.”

A major advantage Fapco offers in support of a private label program is having the capacity, equipment and experience to quickly package and distribute products with no additional investment by the manufacturer.

“We are very adaptable and nimble,” stated Sloniker. “One of the keys to a successful private label program involves keeping all the elements in their raw state. In this way the parts and packaging materials can be pulled from the inventory in our warehouse, packaged and fulfilled on an as-needed basis. Not having packaged parts sitting around on warehouse shelves maximizes the ability to pursue growing categories or markets.”

Wrap it Up!

Fapco Provides a Full Complement of Private Labeling and Fulfillment Services
Most manufacturers know what they need for their private labeling and work to supplement their program from Fapco’s full complement of private labeling services.



Private Labeling Services
• Private Labeling Graphic and Printing Service Support—Fapco provides four-color label printing in-house using customer electronic print files. Custom carton printing, graphic design services and full-run print jobs are also available through Fapco.

• Custom Package Engineering and Design—With certified, degreed Packaging Engineers on staff, Fapco has the experience to meet the varied merchandising specifications for any retail customer. Fapco engineers also have the best packaging solutions to carton and ship your products undamaged, at the lowest cost.

• Packaging Services—From carton packaging to poly bagging, skin packaging, shrink wrapping, cold seal packaging, blister packaging, poly tubing and clamshell packaging, Fapco has made the investment in the automated equipment it takes to handle any private labeling program. We can accommodate large-volume and seasonal flex demands of 100,000 pieces per day, or more.

• Strategic Fulfillment Services—Understanding the volatile retail fulfillment environment in which the product must be processed and shipped to the distribution facility within an hour’s notice, as opposed to days in the B2B world, is essential with any private labeling program.

• Bar Coding and Lot Tracking—Fapco has the integrated systems in place to print, apply, then track the bar coding needed for today’s sophisticated distribution networks.

• Warehousing—Warehousing the component products and packing materials in their raw state until the order is packaged and processed is the key to successful private labeling. Fapco is capable of tracking your inventory for fulfillment, restocking and has the scalable warehousing space and systems to handle large volume private labeling.