The story
of Pleasant Mattress Inc. stretches back to the throes of World War
II, when the original Morgensterns immigrated from Vienna to the United States
and cobbled together a new life. Today, Pleasant Mattress continues their
tradition of resourcefulness and forward-thinking. Their success rests on the
synergy between father and son. Generation after generation, Morgenstern sons
have taken inspiration from their fathers, each one building on the tradition
of the last. As Isaac Newton said, the secret to success is standing on the
shoulders of giants.
Pleasant Mattress manufactures following product lines in their plant
in Fresno, California:
● Chattam & Wells-the first Californian Born
luxury mattress. Each Chattam & Wells luxury mattress is made in
the USA by people who believe their job is to create a mattress that provides
the foundation for a healthy life.
● MAXX-Ingeniously over-engineered for years of
support. MAXX takes cues from traditional
high-end mattress crafting; employing proven and durable coil engineering.
● Spring Air- the standard for quality mattresses
and sleep systems. A great night’s sleep starts with a mattress that can both
support the body and relieve pressure where it is needed most. Spring Air Back
Supporter mattresses do just that, with patented designs and innovations that
are unmatched by any other bedding company.
● Eclipse-makes a difference in the sleep health
of their customers through handcrafting the highest quality sleep products.
Pleasant Mattress Factory |
Pleasant Mattress contacted me when they wanted to add color labels and
tags into their operation. According to
Russell Raymond, Director of Plant Operations, “In our facility, we mark each
law tag we sew into our mattresses with a highlighter. Each day of the week is added to each tag in
the color of the group of orders. These
colors markers make it easy to track our products through production. But it takes time to mark all of these tags;
and opens up the possibility of errors.
We needed to automate this process, using our existing Easy Label
software.”
To test the feasibility of this solution, I shipped a C3500 demo
printer and labels to Pleasant Mattress to test. Working with IT, we added the demo printer to
their network and adjusted the Easy Label templates to add color based on the
order number. We made this change in a
very short time.
Pleasant Mattress Test Label |
In addition, we tested sewing into the mattresses some of the 5 mil
poly tags we sell, and they seemed to work great.
Based on this test, Pleasant Mattress purchased C3500, tags and labels;
and deployed them in their operation.
C3500 Printing 4" x 12" Tags |
These printers produce the 4” x 12” law tags. The letter represents the day of the week of
the production; and the color represents a group of orders.
On-Demand Color Mattress Law Tag |
And these tags are sewed into the mattress during production:
Color Tag Sewn Into Mattress |
Once packaged, Easy Label generates a color-coded label for each
mattress to represent a shipment of a group of orders.
On Demand Color Mattress Label |
And once the label is on the finished product, Pleasant Mattress uses
the color-coded label for staging and loading of orders.
On-Demand Color Labels for Staging |
According to Russell, “the color codes prevent potential errors. If a shipping error is made, the incorrect
color sticks out. The color-coding
labels in our operation saves us time and potential costs.”
The color-coding solution deployed at Pleasant Mattress reminds me of
one of the first stories I completed on the C3500, many years ago at Tubelite:
From my perspective, two aspects of the Pleasant Mattress C3500
deployment make this solution stand out. Neither have anything to do with the
printer.
First, Pleasant Mattress understood how color would improve their
operation, and they found a way to automate this component as part of the solution.
Second, implementing an automated color printing solution was
easy. Using their existing label
printing software, Easy Label, Pleasant Mattress's IT manager understood the
application sufficiently that making the change was easy.
I’m exciting by the on-demand tag and label solution implemented by
Pleasant Mattress, as it shows how color creates value in an operation. Contact us to discuss how color can improve
your operation as well.
Guy Mikel
855-962-7670
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