Printing Solution Eliminates Chargebacks For World Kitchen

When an 850,000 square foot factory is printing 500,000 barcode labels per month, there is always room to improve production. For World Kitchen (www.worldkitchen.com), a manufacturer of bakeware, dinnerware, and related kitchen and household items based in Reston, Virginia, a new solution was just around the corner to improve label quality and barcode readability. And the results would prove successful in the form of increased production and profitability. Since the company was experiencing chargebacks from its retailers due to unreadable labels, World Kitchen was eager to make a change and solve this profit-eating problem. The company turned to PEAK Technologies (www.peaktech.com), a systems integrator focused on supply chain automation and inventory management solutions and services, to help enhance its production line and to also help anticipate retailers' future needs. The new solution involved switching to acrylic-based labels and purchasing new printers with barcode verification.