Coding/Marking/Printing

Matthews’ MPERIA™ Puts CPG Products on Shelves Faster

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For consumer packaged goods companies (CPG), the need to mark and code products at high speeds, with little to no errors, is of increasingly high value. With CPG companies growing SKU counts, utilizing a range of packaging formats and materials, and a variety of printing technologies, the need to control production line printing information and eliminate unwieldy marking and coding processes is a must.

Matthews Marking Systems’ unique MPERIA™ universal print management platform seamlessly integrates with your existing CPG packaging production, allowing you to get your products onto retailers’ shelves faster. Implementing the MPERIA™ platform simplifies print and information management throughout primary, secondary and tertiary packaging lines, helping you to meet compliance regulations, reduce marking and coding costs, create global messaging consistency, and reduce production downtime. MPERIA™ is scalable, allowing you to control one or multiple print heads or production lines, including Matthews’ print heads as well as competitor print heads. This scalability allows for brand consistency, whether it is within the same manufacturing plant or across the globe.

Via both wireless and Ethernet connections, MPERIA™ connects with ERP, MRP and WMS systems to transfer production information into templates maintained in a centralized database. This reduces coding errors and eliminates the labor required to modify locally stored information whenever an edit is made. MPERIA™ also features an intuitive, touch screen controller interface with built-in image editor for easy message creation and selection. This single interface enables data to be encoded on primary products, secondary cartons, and tertiary labels or film overwraps without the need to access or update multiple systems.

For operations with frequent changeovers—including both product changes and modifications required to meet the specific requirements of unique customers—MPERIA™ populates all line-side printing systems with the correct imprint information automatically to accommodate the next product’s manufacturing run while minimizing scrap. It also incorporates integrated client and security levels to meet regulation coding and track and trace requirements. And, to reduce operational expenses, MPERIA™ offers productivity assessments, monitoring the status of each printer in the network.

CPG packagers who must meet inventory supply targets set by retailers can utilize MPERIA™ for direct carton marking. The on-demand imprinting of graphic logos, brands, fonts and/or messaging onto secondary packaging cartons made of corrugated fiberboard can be tied to specific products through the universal marking system controller. The universal network allows for communication between printing lines. On-demand printing minimizes secondary packaging costs because pre-printed cartons no longer have to be purchased, stored, inventoried or scrapped due to obsolescence.

The benefits of having MPERIA™, a universal print management platform are many. In addition to simplifying the marking and coding process, it reduces production downtime, reduces errors, and reduces cost-per-print.

Matthews Marking Systems is a global innovator of printing systems and consumables for corporate branding, product identification, operational marking, and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Matthews Marking Systems has a worldwide sales, service, and distribution network. We pride ourselves on being the single source for all of your marking needs, offering products and services of unmatched quality. Our product portfolio includes: