Packaging Suppliers
On Time, On Cost, On Spec. Every Time.
Displays, kitting, variety packs, promotional packs and rework on one operating system. Built for packaging suppliers that work for brands.
Brands assess you on turnaround, cost per unit and quality, while their forecasts and their component deliveries keep moving. Nulogy Shop Floor helps you manage orders from quote to shipped pallet, with Quality & Compliance and Smart Factory on the same Manufacturing Operating System. Book a demo to see how Nulogy works for you.
Solving for Unpredictability
The Brand Changes the Plan. You Still Own the Unit Cost.
A packaging supplier sells three things: how fast the order ships, what each unit costs, and whether every unit matches the spec. Demand moves, components arrive late, and the brand still expects all three. When the program lives in email, spreadsheets and a whiteboard, the floor finds out last.
Now the display build has to jump the queue. Somebody has to work out which jobs move, which components are here and which crew is free, and on a whiteboard that answer takes a morning.
Printed trays from one supplier, product from the brand, inserts from your own stock. If one of them is short, the shortage shows up when the crew is already at the station.
Then the rework ran slower than planned and the crew size changed twice. If labor and materials are tracked on paper, nobody knows the real cost per unit until the program is over, and the next quote repeats the guesswork.
The brand wants to know which build, which shift, which components and which checks passed. If the answer is in a binder, the brand waits, and the brand remembers.
Turnaround, cost per unit and quality are all decided on the floor, one program at a time. Paper records them after the fact. Shop Floor records them while the work is happening.
What We Cover
From the Brief to the Shipped Pallet.
Six moments in the life of a packaging program. Each one runs on the same item data, bills of materials, jobs and lots in Shop Floor, so the quote, the build and the record never drift apart.
The Brand Sends a Brief
A new display, a seasonal variety pack, a rework on short notice. The faster you answer with a price you can stand behind, the more of those programs you win. Kuehne + Nagel's Netherlands contract packing operation cut RFQ response times by 50% after replacing paper with Shop Floor, and Capacity LLC uses labor tracked by project in Shop Floor to quote more accurately.
The Plan Changes Mid-Week
Forecasts move and promotions get pulled forward. Production scheduling and materials planning in Shop Floor show what each job needs against what is on hand, so when a program moves, your planner sees which jobs and components it touches before the crew is reassigned. MattPak, a Chicago-area co-packer, made a successful pivot into e-commerce work running on Shop Floor.
The Components Arrive From Everywhere
Brand product, printed trays, corrugate, inserts and labels come in from different owners on different trucks. Shop Floor scans each one at receiving and putaway against the jobs that need it, so a short delivery shows up at the dock. AmeriPac, Inc. integrated Shop Floor with its customer and accounting systems and raised inventory accuracy to 99.5%.
The quote, the build and the quality record describe the same program. They only disagree when they live in different places.
The First Build Has To Match the Spec
Displays and promotional packs fail on details: the wrong insert, a missing label, a tray facing the wrong way. Shop Floor puts digital quality inspections on the screen at the line, with the job and lot attached. Quality & Compliance controls the spec and the documents behind each check, records evidence with photos and timestamps, and links any issue to corrective action.
The Line Has To Hold Its Rate
Cost per unit is set by how fast the line runs and how often the line stops. Smart Factory connects to old and new machines through PLC connections, Banner wireless sensors and Advantech gateways, shows live OEE, downtime and scrap by line and shift, and alerts the team the moment a line stops. Most Smart Factory customers see a 10 to 20% OEE increase in their first year.
The Pallet Ships and the Questions Start
Where did that lot go, which build used it, and how fast can you pull it back. Because every pallet is scanned through Shop Floor from receipt to shipment, the answer is a report instead of a search. Crescent standardized seven sites on Shop Floor and cut recall time from four hours to 15 minutes.
One program, one record. The price you quoted, the components you received, the checks that passed and the pallet that shipped all sit in Shop Floor, so the next quote starts from real numbers.
Start Where You Are
What Kind of Packaging Work You Do
Some packaging suppliers assemble finished programs for brands. Some make the components those programs are built from. Many do both. The operating system is the same; the first module is not.
We Build Programs for Brands
Displays, kits, variety packs, promotional packs and rework, built on short notice from components that come from several owners, and judged on turnaround and cost per unit.
- Shop Floor: quoting from real labor and material costs
- Shop Floor: scheduling and materials planning as programs change
- Shop Floor: component receiving and lot traceability
- Quality & Compliance: spec control and inspection evidence
We Make Packaging Components
Cartons, trays, inserts and other materials made on machine lines and shipped to brands and packers, judged on run rate, waste and quality records.
- Smart Factory: live OEE, downtime and scrap by line
- Quality & Compliance: specs, documents, CAPA and FPY
- Maintenance: work triggered by machine condition and usage
- Supplier Compliance: your own raw material suppliers
Running full co-packing or contract manufacturing? Job-by-job billing, customer-owned materials and batch records for regulated categories carry their own problems.
See Contract Packaging & Manufacturing →Proof
What Nulogy Has Done for Packaging Suppliers
Recall Time, Down From Four Hours
Crescent standardized seven sites on Shop Floor and cut recall time from four hours to 15 minutes.
Shop Floor · Seven sites
Inventory Accuracy
AmeriPac, Inc. integrated Shop Floor with its customer and accounting systems and raised inventory accuracy to 99.5%.
Shop Floor · Customer and accounting integration
Faster RFQ Responses
Kuehne + Nagel's Netherlands operation, which packs for major brands, replaced paper with Shop Floor, cut RFQ response times by 50%, and now answers traceability questions in minutes instead of hours.
Shop Floor · Contract packing for major brands
“We are proud to be a nimble co-packer, and Nulogy has played a part in enabling that responsiveness for our customers.”
Jeff Hoerter, Supply Chain Manager, MattPakWorks With What You Run
Shop Floor Connects to Your Systems and Your Customers'
Shop Floor integrates with the ERP, WMS and accounting systems packaging suppliers already run, and keeps the quality records retailers and brands ask for.
Questions We Get
Before You Book Anything
Our programs change every week. Can Shop Floor keep up?
Yes. Production scheduling and materials planning in Shop Floor work from the same jobs and bills of materials as the floor, so when a program moves, the planner sees which jobs and components are affected before the crew is reassigned.
How do we find out our real cost per unit on a display or variety pack?
Shop Floor records labor and materials against each job as the job runs, using barcode scanning and mobile screens instead of paper. Cost per unit becomes a number you can check during the run, and Capacity LLC uses that labor data to quote new work more accurately.
Can Shop Floor connect to our brand customers' systems?
Yes. Shop Floor integrates with SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite and other systems. AmeriPac, Inc. integrated Shop Floor with its customer and accounting systems and raised inventory accuracy to 99.5%.
We run hand-pack stations and machine lines. Where does Smart Factory fit?
Shop Floor tracks output and labor by job on hand-pack and machine work alike. Smart Factory adds live OEE, downtime and scrap on machine lines, connecting to old and new equipment through PLC connections, Banner wireless sensors and Advantech gateways.
We have several sites. Do we have to roll out everywhere at once?
No. You can start with Shop Floor at one site and add sites and modules as the work grows. Crescent standardized seven sites on Shop Floor, and MSI Express scaled from 2 to 15 facilities on Nulogy.
How long does it take to go live on Shop Floor?
Weeks, not months. Barcode scanners and mobile screens replace paper from the first day. Bring a recent program to the demo and we will show you how Shop Floor would have run it.
Bring Us Your Next Program
The display that has to ship in ten days, the variety pack you are not sure you priced right, the retailer rejection you are still answering for. Tell us about the program and we will show you what Shop Floor does about it, and what Shop Floor does not.