Northline Packaging
One-pager
US Letter
Meeting brief
Midwest Ingredients — Q3 packaging walk
Midwest Ingredients (Dayton plant)
Context
Attendees: Dana Ruiz (Procurement), Mark Chen (Ops)
Walked the corrugated line after the July mill outage. Lead time from the incumbent slipped from 10 to 16 days. Dana is open to a dual-source on RSC 32 ECT for SKUs 4410, 4412, and 4488 if we can hold a 12-day window.
Key points
- Switching cost on print plates is about $4.2k
- Food-contact certs must be on file before the first PO
- Ops will not trial during the October peak week
Next steps
- 1.Send a dual-source one-pager with 12-day lead time and the plate-cost offset
- 2.Overnight three sample blanks to Mark by Friday
- 3.Hold a 20-minute pricing call Tuesday 9:00 ET