Case Study

Glowcroft Contract Packing

Glowcroft Contract Packing

Customer Story

Glowcroft Contract Packing

Glowcroft chose Nulogy Shop Floor to digitise its contract packing operations for greater control, visibility and opportunities for growth.

IndustryContract Packing
SolutionNulogy Shop Floor
RegionUnited Kingdom
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About Glowcroft

Glowcroft is a UK-based contract packing business providing value-added services to sectors including pet food, wellbeing and gardening. The company supports a wide range of customers, each with different needs around product build, labelling, compliance and delivery.


The Challenge

Growing complexity, shrinking planning windows

As customer demands evolved, Glowcroft was juggling shorter planning windows with increasingly complicated packing requirements. At the same time, its use of administration-heavy systems like spreadsheets and pen and paper records made it hard to see the bigger picture and to make informed decisions.

See It In Action

Glowcroft on working with Nulogy

After we brought in Nulogy, everything changed. Things were visible instantly, we could see what was happening live and spot bottlenecks straight away.
Vikki Gordon, Production Manager, Glowcroft
The Results

Outcomes

Following implementation, Glowcroft reported improvements across efficiency, control and customer service.

Increased Operational Efficiency

Operational efficiency increased as manual administration and duplicated data entry were reduced. This led to faster production reporting and reconciliation while improving line usage and minimising delays between production stages.

More Effective Use of Workforce

After implementation, teams were scheduled more effectively and spent less time on administration, allowing more time to be spent on value-added activities. As a result, the business was able to scale more effectively, managing increased operational complexity without a proportional increase in costs.

Improved Quality Control and Audit Readiness

Operational control was strengthened through digital workflows, which provided earlier identification of exceptions, more consistent quality checks and improved batch traceability. Audit readiness also became faster and more reliable as data could be accessed quickly and accurately.

Greater Customer Transparency

Customer communication was transformed through real-time visibility, allowing Glowcroft to provide accurate updates without relying on manual reporting. This increased transparency and grew trust and collaboration with customers.

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