Don't Miss Critical Sales Opportunities: DePaul Packaging Says Act Now to Prepare for Summer and Holiday Shipments and the Demand Chain

PORTLAND, Ore., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Now is the time to get summer and holiday 2010 shipment processing and demand chain lined up to maximize business opportunities during these two critical periods, an industry veteran with DePaul Industries Food & Consumer Goods Packaging Division (DePaul Packaging) said today.

DePaul operates one of the largest food and consumer goods co-packing and food processing services in the Northwest with a large, commercial food grade facility located on Hayden Island in Portland, Ore.  Co-Packer DePaul Packaging reminds its current clients and soon-to-be-customers to get set for summer shipments and to make sure their Demand Chain is all linked up and ready to roll for just-in-time delivery of customized pallets of product as well as point-of-sale materials.

"You don't want to take chances and wait until the last minute with summer and holiday packing and shipment services. Summer and the holidays are two of the most important business periods of the year and business opportunities are improving," Dean Stearman, DePaul vice president said. "Now is the time to make planning happen for summer and for holiday food, consumer goods and specialty gift items so to maximize opportunities. We are seeing companies start this critical planning earlier and earlier because they know how important it is to their overall sales success."

Rapid response and quick turnaround with trackable and traceable per store/per pallet service makes DePaul Packaging unique, and is why manufacturers and importers turn to DePaul for execution of their retail shopper marketing programs.

The timing is now to get your summer shipments wired into the system for seamless logistical execution via DePaul Packaging, the outsource resource.  

Many clients in serious summer planning for their customized multi-packs are turning to DePaul for flexible kitting and bundling services for summer shipments and holiday 2010 with the same goal in mind- to get these special custom sku's out the door on time and on budget.

DePaul Packaging has a highly experienced and flexible team for hand-packing as well as mainstream products for the holidays including specialty beverage, holiday gift packs comprised of variously sourced individual unit sku's.  These are labor intensive, yet DePaul has the cost efficient solutions to get these specialty jobs done right and on time.

DePaul Packaging provides demand chain solutions to help customers be more competitive in an ever-changing market. DePaul's focus is on quality, reliability, and innovation in meeting your production and product launch deadlines. DePaul Packaging is Northwest's most comprehensive outsourcing specialist, "Creating Business & People Solutions for 38 Years".

As a comprehensive co-packing solution, DePaul Packaging provides complete turnkey services to meet total demand chain needs, from delete this material management, to flexible assembly and production capabilities, warehousing, distribution and logistics.

AIB:

DePaul Packaging, the Food & Consumer Goods Packaging Division of DePaul Industries, has again been awarded the American Institute of Baking International's (AIB) "Superior" rating in its annual food safety audit of company facilities. This is the fourth year in a row  DePaul Packaging has earned the coveted "superior" rating, which is the highest possible ranking issued by AIB International based on the AIB Consolidated Standards for Food Safety.  "This is not an audit you can get ready for overnight. We've been refining our food safety procedures for more than six years to accomplish this consistent performance," said Stearman. "We have a laser focus on maintaining this level of excellence and quality control.  Reaching this goal was only possible to achieve it through a rigorous team effort."

AIB's in-plant audit program includes a complete evaluation and technical assistance from food safety auditors regarding food production, packaging and distribution. Consumers can be assured they are getting safe products when they buy from companies that process and package food at "superior" rated facilities.  AIB established the first third-party auditing agency in food safety more than 30 years ago.

About DePaul Packaging:

DePaul Packaging expertly handles analysis of supply chain management and assembly for companies in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, as well as nationally and offshore, in its 100,000 square foot food grade plant and warehouse located just off the I-5 corridor in Portland.  Services include: pack and packaging, bar coding, bundling and bundle wrapping, cartoning and re-cartoning, clean room, club store packaging/pallet displays, collating, count-weigh-batch-fill, coupons, display pallet assembly, distribution, DVD/CD assembly, dry-fill, fulfillment, gift sets, in-packs, kitting and collating, labeling and re-labeling, logistics, material handling and management, merchandising, on-packs, outsource, outsourcing, overwrapping, POP, POS assembly, design and production, polybag and heat seal, powder filling, print-registered film, print-registered shrink wrap, procurement and sourcing, reverse logistics in supply chain, rework, security packing and insertions, shipping and freight logistics, shrink banding, wrap and wrapping, sku product to pallet to individual store tracking, specialty packs, stand-up pouch fill, sealer filling sealing, solutions and operations, warehousing and inventory management.  Portland-based DePaul Packaging is the Northwest's outsourcing specialist of food and consumer goods contract packaging services.

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