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Packaging can be done in several environment structures, which differ not only regarding their localization, but also regarding the requirements they have to meet.

 

Packaging factories can be located on-site, with packaging staff working directly from inside the customers IT landscape. They can also be located off-site, communicating via tools such as remote connections, and web based workflow management and communication tools. Raynet for example usually applies virtual packaging factories, with each functional team segment, namely customers, evaluators, packagers, quality testers, and the like, located wherever their business requires. The benefits of cost reduction for establishing physical on-site packaging factories come at a price: a higher need for teamwork coordination. Therefore it is inevitable to organize team members and their tasks utilizing management tools, such as RayFlow.

 

Once having analyzed the customers IT landscape and the locations of the packaging factory team members, issues regarding security and network access availability might be encountered. Whilst most packaging tasks can be handled off-site, or with remote access to on-site packaging machines, some tasks require physical presence, for example whenever a highly specialized target environment cannot be emulated. Think of maximum security areas without network access, think of customized manufacturing lines, and so on. In these cases it might very well be necessary to install the packaging framework on a powerful notebook and travel on-site. Especially the analysis of possible application conflicts and the preparation of virtual capturing machines has to be managed with the highest precision directly at the point of action.

 

Therefore it is recommended to analyze the individual job requirements first, and equip the packaging factory team with the required packaging tools. Prepare this thoroughly, no matter if working alone or in a voluminous team of specialists, spread all over the continents.