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Packaging and value-add tasks

Pre-assembly, set building, kitting: many variants and easy to get wrong. With GIRI everyone sees the correct configuration as a picture, variant by variant.

Updated · GIRI 12.80.1

Value-add tasks demand more than plain packing, right up to customer-specific configuration.

1:1one instruction per variant
Comparison photofor every variant
3PLtypical use in contract logistics
Comparison photo on a phone: this is what the layer looks like when it is right
Comparison photo on a phone: this is what the layer looks like when it is right

What you document

  • pre-assembly, for example mounting a display bracket
  • set building and kitting, for example starter kits
  • packaging configuration per customer
  • labelling with variant logic
  • shipping preparation for complex consignments and line changeovers

The trigger: how do you recognise it?

  • Complaints due to configuration errors: wrong set, missing component
  • Training on new orders takes days.
  • Lines are often converted for new packaging.
  • Pre-assembly errors lead to rework.
  • International employees need a lot of explanation.

The GIRI approach

The QR code is at the packing or pre-assembly station. There is one instruction per order variant. Comparison photos show what correct looks like. You link customer-specific special requests in the step text.

The value

  • Fewer complaints thanks to consistent configuration
  • Faster training on new orders and line changes
  • Scalable despite staff turnover

Typical users

  • Contract logistics and 3PL with value-added services
  • Manufacturers with a wide range of configurations
  • E-commerce fulfilment with custom packaging
  • Electronics with customer-specific configuration

What you want to avoid

  • One instruction for all variants. Be specific per configuration instead.
  • Treating pre-assembly as self-explanatory. Otherwise there would be no complaints.
  • Including picking. Wrong use case, too repetitive.

What to measure

Record the values before you start and compare them after a few weeks.

  • Complaints due to configuration errors: wrong set or missing component, per month and customer.
  • Training time: hours until staff pack a new variant without errors.
  • Rework: pre-assembly errors that have to be corrected later.
  • Use: the Statistics page shows which variant instructions are opened and how often (Statistics for the whole workspace).

How to do it in GIRI

  1. Record the most common variant and duplicate it for the other variants. Each copy starts as a draft: adapt it and submit it for approval (Duplicate an instruction).

    Duplicate in the ⋯ menu of an open instruction
    Duplicate in the ⋯ menu of an open instruction

  2. Show the correct result as a photo and mark details with Arrow and Check (Add markings and symbols).

  3. Put one customer’s variants in a folder and put the folder’s QR poster up at the packing station (Create folders, QR poster for a folder).

    The QR poster dialog for a customer’s folder
    The QR poster dialog for a customer’s folder

  4. Add customer specifications, for example a packing scheme on your intranet, as a link in the step text (Format text).

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