Greater agility with mixed-mode manufacturing
Flexibility was important to NIOXIN, as the company operates in multiple manufacturing modes. “We do everything out of this single facility—compounding and blending, filling of bottles, packaging, and distribution,” Lundeen said. “So we are both a process and a discrete manufacturer, and needed to find a package that met both of our manufacturing needs.” Discrete manufacturing refers to the manufacture of tactile items that can be seen and felt, including equipment, computer and electronic products or industrial and electrical equipment. NIOXIN is considered a discrete manufacturer because it produces bottles of hair care products. Yet it is also a process manufacturer because it creates products by mixing, separating, or performing chemical reactions. Examples of process manufacturers include companies in the food, chemical and oil industries. |
