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| OK; it is a lame mock up of a 2" x 2" label similar to the ones Chere creates |
Desert Meats & Provisions, Inc., is the largest independent specialty meat distributor in the Las Vegas and southern Nevada foodservice markets. As a division of Sysco (www.sysco.com), the company operates from a 25,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, USDA-inspected processing and distribution facility in Las Vegas, distributing more than 1,200 products, including fresh and frozen specialty and variety meats, aged beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry and processed meat. The company's diverse base of customers includes more than 200 premier Las Vegas mega-resorts, hotel-casinos, and fine "white tablecloth" restaurants.
As a
part of their distribution, Desert Meats sells to an independent food broker
who distributes products to a large number of restaurants in and around Las
Vegas. According to Chere Kern, Quality
Assurance/Safety Manager, “the 3rd party requires us to identify on
the package the name of the restaurant.
The driver needs the mark/label to identify the drop-ship restaurant
customer. In the past, we wrote the name
of the restaurant on the package. As the
hand writing did not always look good on the package, we decided to look for a
means to print color labels on-demand.”
“When I
understood the requirement to print color labels on-demand, I suggested the
TM-C3400 and sent information to Chere”, says Chuck. “Once Chere had the printer, I asked Guy to
help her get started quickly and easily.”
During
our first 30 minute webinar, Chere was printing labels using Word. According to Chere, “I printed labels for approximately
35 different restaurant customers in my first batch. Now I print only what is required to replace
the labels as they are consumed. In the
future, I will add logo’s and other features to the label to make it easier for
the drivers to identify the drop ship customer.”
In addition to this type of logistic/ship verification solution, I have
worked with other customers with similar requirements. You may have seen the success story on
Tubelite (http://pos.epson.com/colorworks/assets/ColorWorks_Tubelite_SS.pdf) and my post on PCI, Stopping Shipping Errors With Color (http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2011/11/stop-shipping-errors-with-color.html)
Color
labels are an inexpensive means to verify shipments and reduce the costs of potential
shipping errors. If you have customers
with delivery routes, discuss with them how on demand color labels will improve the staging and drop ship processes; as well as reduce their overall shipping
costs.
Guy Mikel
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