Published September 2025
In a recent partnership with a Fortune 500 food company, Accurate Box’s packaging delivered measurable improvements to automation performance. The results were striking:
- 119% longer run time on a product line, more than doubling its mean time before failure.
- 30% increase in output per hour across the facility after switching to Accurate Box’s packaging.
That’s why companies should ask questions like:
- What is my average downtime per week?
- Do packaging failures or shipment delays ever impact my schedule?
- How frequently do packaging-related quality issues occur?
- Have we reviewed our packaging specs in the last 12 months?
These questions often uncover that packaging isn’t just a supply cost, it’s a production factor with major implications.
The True Cost of Downtime
In today’s fast-paced, automated manufacturing world, every second of downtime carries a cost. While price is an important factor in packaging decisions, it’s just one part of the bigger picture. Accurate Box Company has seen firsthand that packaging quality directly drives production efficiency and overall throughput.
“These results validate what we’ve always believed: quality packaging pays for itself,” said Lisa Hirsh, President and CEO of Accurate Box Company. “When you minimize downtime and maximize throughput, you’re not just saving costs on packaging, you’re improving the performance of an entire facility.”
That perspective takes on added weight when looking at the real cost of downtime. A line can cost several thousand dollars per hour to operate, and even brief stoppages due to packaging issues add up quickly and become significant.
The Impact of Packaging Quality
The improvement seen by the food company came from one simple change: higher-quality boxes. Before switching suppliers, the company faced frequent jams and slowdowns on automated lines. Once Accurate Box took over production of its litho-laminated packaging, those issues dissipated. With boxes that ran smoothly at full speed, the company maximized productivity.
In high-volume environments, small disruptions can snowball into major delays. But when packaging works in harmony with automation, it keeps lines running at full speed, eliminates unnecessary waste, and helps teams hit their targets with fewer headaches.
The Bottom Line
Accurate Box’s investment in state-of-the-art equipment and structural design capabilities ensures its packaging runs consistently on automated lines. This reliability translates into less downtime, smoother runs, and ultimately higher throughput at lower operating costs for its customers.
“Our mission is to go beyond delivering boxes. We deliver consistency, quality, and reliability,” added Hirsh. “When packaging is done right, it drives productivity.”
About Accurate Box Company
Accurate Box Company is one of the largest manufacturers of custom litho-laminated corrugated packaging in the United States. All our boxes are sustainability sourced, 100% recyclable, and printed with eco-friendly inks. We ship competitively throughout all of North America by negotiating extremely attractive freight back-haul rates with our carriers. In business since 1944 and women-owned since 1998, we are experts in creating packaging for the club store, e-commerce, and quick-service restaurant industries.
