Challenge:

Kajfowa, a specialty craft coffee roasteries, struggled with their product labeling process. The key element was the need to print counter labels containing information about:

• Roasting date
• Country of origin and growing region
• Registration data
• Content weight

Challenges faced by the roastery:

• Roasting 10 different types of coffee
• All varieties are also sold as ground coffee
• Ground and whole bean coffee is packed in 1kg and 0.25kg packages
• Each white label client has separate registration data on the label, currently the Roastery has 6 regular partners
• This results in a total of 240 (10x2x2x6) different counter labels
• Need to print 200-500 counter labels daily
• Constant trips between the roastery and office

Problems:

• 20-25 minutes downtime for each batch during the labeling process
• Counter labels sometimes contained errors in roasting dates
• Frequent incorrect marking of whole bean/ground coffee
• Frequent packaging process delays
• Problems with maintaining description standardization
• Each label was slightly different

Tapprint Solution:

A comprehensive system was implemented including:

• Device located directly at the packaging station
• Dedicated templates for each white label partner
• Each template was enhanced with a coffee data table, based on which the system automatically generates all labels for each variant
• Automatic counter label dating system
• Standardization of descriptions for each type of coffee through templates

Results:

Direct benefits:

• Process time reduction from 20-25 minutes to 45 seconds per batch
• Complete elimination of roasting date errors
• Standardization of flavor note descriptions
• 40% increase in packaging efficiency
• Savings of approximately 50 work hours monthly

Long-term effects:

• Improved customer service through error-free descriptions
• Greater brand consistency through standardized descriptions
• Ability to quickly introduce seasonal coffees
• Increased employee satisfaction
• Better control over the production process
• Easier training of new employees

ROI achieved after 4 months thanks to:

• Significant reduction in labor time
• Elimination of reprint costs
• Increased production efficiency
• Reduction in production downtime
• Optimization of inventory management