What labor type are you using or plan to use?
Consider if you are using exclusively human labor and how many shifts are you operating each day.
How many pallets per day are you wrapping or foresee?
If you are actively growing and want to automate or semi-automate the process and increase production with precision, you may be ready to invest in a machine.
What types of loads will you wrap?
Consider if the loads will be uniform boxes, irregular shapes, fragile, etc. Are the loads heavy, light, stable, unstable, etc.? Depending on how you answer these questions, it may affect how many people it takes to wrap the pallet as well as how long.
Are you experiencing shipping damages?
Manual efforts cannot effectively stretch the wrap like a machine can. This has negative consequences on holding strength and unit stabilization, and workers may compensate by using more wrap or you may see increased damage rates as products shift on the pallets, even though they should be secured.
What is your budget?
The number of employees wrapping, their hours worked, and the number of pallets or items wrapped should be compared to your costs from these items to the cost of switching to a stretch wrapping machine. Upgrading to a machine may save you a lot of time and money.
A quality entry-level stretch wrapper starts at around $6,000.
When stretch film is applied by a machine:
- Production rates increase
- Labor costs decrease
- Injuries decrease
- Quality increases
- Optimized, consistent wrapping increases
- Material waste decreases
Avoid stretch film waste.
Whether you choose a hand or a machine, stretch film waste can in some cases double or triple the overall cost. Using the right stretch wrap machine with the proper machine stretch film, and having it installed by a professional can save thousands in costs annually.
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