Thermal-ware for Package Printing

• Reduced errors—Thermal transfer can also be used to reduce costly errors in distribution centers (DCs). Here's a great example: A DC was having problems with daily local deliveries. They also struggled with costly errors. Too often, the wrong boxes or missing boxes were being loaded onto a truck or the wrong boxes being delivered. They'd need to make a second trip to correct the errors. The company looked at their "Truck Route and Stop Number Label." They were already printing "Stop 1" on all the boxes for Stop 1, but they still had errors. Their label supplier recommended a thermal transfer color-coding system that would make it easy for warehouse personnel and drivers to spot all the boxes for each location. They would use a TEC CB416 to print a red box under the Stop 1, a blue box under Stop 2, and so on. The results speak for themselves. The color solution is now installed in four DCs and under consideration for an additional 31 DCs across the country. The reduction of errors more than justifies the extra cost of the color ribbons.