Contract Packing is defined as the outsourcing of a packing or rework requirement for a product prior to its manufacture or sale. Companies engage in co-packing when the task cannot be performed inhouse due to a lack of machinery, capacity, labour, expertise or when speed to market is required.
Outsourced co-packing provides solutions for a range of in-house production challenges including:
Inability to cost effectively implement an in-house solution
Difficulty accessing labour, expertise or the machinery necessary to perform a task
Meeting shelf ready formats of differing retail customers
Accumulation of stock to create mixed variant packs
Speed to market transactions
NPD entry to market prior to internal capital expenditure
Space constraints
Difficulty identifying, training and retaining a skilled workforce
LJM services blue-chip manufacturers, multinational FMCG companies, local manufacturers and brand custodians. All types of FMCG products are packed or handled such as canned food, confectionary, alcohol, tea and coffee, dairy and frozen foods, personal care products, sauces and condiments and bottled water. The majority of items processed by LJM are found in major retail stores including Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, Costco, independents, P&C and Food Service. Some are also reworked for export. Markets serviced by LJM include Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, South East Asia, Middle East, USA, UK and Europe.
