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The Essential Role of Fresh Content for Contract Manufacturers

In the rapidly evolving Contract Manufacturing competitive digital landscape, keeping pace with the constant flux of industry change, best practice evolution, and value creation, fresh content is no longer optional. It is a business necessity.…

Reputation Management: Proactive Identity Protection

Your company's reputation is essential in the digital age. This is especially true for contract manufacturers and packagers as they lack a strong public image. Even a small amount of negative news, bad reviews, or fake information can do significant…

Research

100 Industry Terms and Definitions

100 Common Industry Terms and Definitions in Contract Packaging and Contract Manufacturing 3PL / Logistics Third-Party Logistics providers are companies that offer outsourced logistics and supply chain management services, including…

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Contract Manufacturing, Food Safety, Regulation

ESG (Environmental Social Governmental) and Food Contract Manufacturing

In recent years, environmental, social, and governance (also known as ESG) considerations have become increasingly essential considerations for businesses that manufacture food. This is due to the fact that customers are becoming more aware…

Contract Manufacturing, Food Safety

FSMA and Food Contract Manufacturing Companies

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is a key piece of legislation that was signed into law by President Obama in 2011. The law went into effect in 2011. By moving the focus from responding to outbreaks of foodborne disease to avoiding epidemics…

Contract Manufacturing, Marketing, Research

Top 12 Reasons Brands Say They Use Food Contract Manufacturers

Why do global brands, legacy brands, and emerging brands use external manufacturing partners? (based on 2022 research) The use of food contract manufacturers (external manufacturing) by brands of all sizes is becoming more and more common.…

Contract Manufacturing, Business Development, Contract Packaging

The Six Traits of Highly Effective Brand | Contract Manufacturing Relationships

Six Traits of Highly Effective Brand | Contract Manufacturing Relationships. If the era of Covid was challenging for the food and beverage production supply chain, then the era after Covid has been positively tense. Problems and challenges,…

Marketing, Business Development

The Role of Automation in Contract Manufacturing Success

Businesses that want to outsource their production while maintaining their position as market competitors can benefit greatly from contract manufacturing. However, if contract manufacturers do not have access to the appropriate marketing tools,…

Contract Manufacturing, Contract Packaging

Beginner’s Selection Guide to Hiring A Contract Manufacturer

Finding the right food or CPG contract manufacturer can be a daunting task for a new company. Here we will look at some of the basic criteria andWe've previously discussed the benefits of outsourcing your production to a contract manufacturer.…

Marketing Automation Food Contract Manufacturing

Business Development, Marketing

Benefits of Marketing Automation Tools for Contract Manufacturing Companies

Marketing automation is the use of technology to streamline and automate marketing tasks and processes. For a contract manufacturing company, the benefits of marketing automation are numerous and can lead to increased efficiency, improved customer…

Cracker Production Line Contract Manufacturing location

Contract Packaging, Contract Manufacturing

How Can Contract Manufacturing Help Your Business?

Why use contract manufacturers? It's possible for a corporation to discover that it may save time and money by contracting out the manufacturing of either certain pieces or the full product rather than doing it in-house. Although the product…

Contract Manufacturing, Marketing, Potpourri

The Contract Manufacturer’s Song (in the style of Dr. Seuss)

(read in the style Dr. Seuss) "The Food Contract Manufacturer's song, It's not right, it's not wrong, It's a clever way to get things done, with efficiency and speed, You'll have fine products that you need, In less time and with less strife,…

Business Development, Marketing

How Search Engine Optimization for Businesses (B2B) Can Assist Contract Manufacturers to Thrive in Today’s Competitive Market

It is getting harder for companies to differentiate themselves in the sea of other online businesses as the number of such enterprises continues to rise. You have a lot of competition out there, but if you use the correct approach and have the…

Business Development, Industry News