No Other Stretch Film Wrapping Method Can Beat Yellow Jacket Equipment’s Overall Cost Efficiency

Yellow Jacket 110 offers new orbital lock-down stretch wrap technology to ensure safe & superior pack-to-ship performance. Unique stretch film equipment locks even odd-shaped cargo right to the pallet, directly from the fork truck. Stinger Orbital Stretch Wrapper is available for longer length loads.

• Productivity
• Security
• Versatility
• Confidence
• Safety
• Speed
• Portability
• Convenience
• Ease of Use
• Savings

Savings:

No other stretch-wrap method can beat its overall cost efficiency.
Call 1.800.387.5001 for a free analysis of your projected savings.

An Investment in Yellow Jacket Can Mean Big Savings! $$$
Economic Justification - Yellow Jacket Unit 87-M
Yellow Jacket Labor Cost Analysis
Current Situation Information	Current Packaging Method	Yellow Jacket
# Loads Wrapped/Day	25	25
# of Loads Wrapped Year (260 Days/Year)	6500	6500
Total Time to Package Load (seconds)	240	60
# of Employees Needed to Package Load	2	1
Hourly Labor Rate	$13.50	$13.50
Fringe Benefits	35%	35%
Total Hour Labor Rate	$18.23	$18.23
Total Labor Time for Packaging (secs/day)	12,000	1,500
Total Labor Time of Packaging (hours/day)	3.33	0.42
Total Labor Costs for Packaging/Day	$60.75	$7.59
Total Labor Costs	Current Packaging Method	Yellow Jacket
Total Annual Labor Costs	$15,795.00	$1,974.38
Total Labor Costs/Pallet Load	$2.43	$0.30
Total Labor Savings		Yellow Jacket
Total Annual Labor Cost Savings (based on an average of 260 work days per year)		$13,820.63
Total Labor Cost Savings/Pallet Load		$2.13
There are other “hidden" costs resulting from wrapping pallets by hand that affect your bottom line and increase your packaging costs. These “hidden" costs may include load failures due to poorly wrapped loads, workman's compensation claims and hiring/training a transient work force.
Additional "Hidden" Costs
Current Situation Information	Current Packaging Method	Yellow Jacket
Estimated Loads Failure Due to Poorly Wrapped Loads (%)	0.20% (1 out of 500)	0.00%
Average Value of One Pallet Load	$800.00	$800.00
Total Pallets Shipped Annually	6500	6500
Annual Load Failures Due to Poorly Wrapped Loads	13	0
Annual Cost of Load Failures	$10,400.00	$0.00
Annual Costs for Workman's Compensation Claims	$1,500.00	$0.00
Annual Costs for Hiring and Training of a Transient Work Force	$750.00	$0.00
Total Annual "Hidden" Costs	$12,650.00	$0.00
Total "Hidden" Costs/Pallet Load	$1.95	$0.00
Total Packaging Costs (labor and hidden)	Current Packaging Method	Yellow Jacket
Total Annual Packaging Costs	$28,445.00	$1,974.38
Total Cost/Pallet Load	$4.38	$0.30
Total Savings (labor and hidden)		Yellow Jacket
Total Annual Savings		$26,470.63

Listen to what customers are saying about Yellow Jacket savings:

North America’s Largest Machine Tool Builder Counts on Yellow Jacket Stretch Wrap Equipment to Optimize Shipping Operations
Haas Automation

“The Yellow Jacket 110 enabled Haas Automation to effectively streamline their pallet preparation process from a 2 person/5 minute job to a single person/1 minute job. Haas Automation quickly realized their return-on-investment,” McKenna clarifies. “We calculated that the Yellow Jacket saves us the work of half of a person, or a yearly savings $20,000. This machine is a great return-on-investment, easily paying for itself within 2 years.” Click here for full story...

— Joe McKenna, Machine Shop Manager for Haas Automation, Oxnard, California

RV and Trailer Supplier Levels Out Palletized Shipping Challenges with Yellow Jacket Stretch Technology

John Hill, Manager for Equalizer Systems, using the Yellow Jacket stretch-wrapper for their already boxed equipment.

Yellow Jacket’s Unique Orbital Stretch Wrap Machines Cost Effectively Secure Odd Shaped Pallets & Powder Coated Parts

Staber Industries

“I would say it paid for itself the first day we got it due to reduced headaches (due to worrying about getting product out day to day) and backaches/injuries from manual operations. And this is important to use mainly because of how quick we have grown … and the expectation for continued growth trends. It freed us up as far as man power, and that’s saved us a lot of money in saved labor costs…probably somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars annually when considering both labor and shipping problems.” Click here for full story...

— John Hill, Shipping Manager for Equalizer Systems, Elkhart, Indiana

“Do the math, if it takes about five minutes for one man to pick up a pallet with the forklift, put the load into the stretch-wrap system, wrap it, and then put the secured load in the shipping area; based on 14 loads per day, that's 70 minutes of labor costs. With the old steel banding method, it took two men 15 minutes. That's 420 minutes or 7 hours of labor costs. Figuring labor at a round average of $20 per hour (including labor and benefit costs), as well as material usage, the new system allows us to save at least $180 per day or nearly $1,000 in labor costs per week." Click here for full story...

— Bill Staber, President of Staber Industries, Groveport, Ohio

Improve Fabricated Parts Assembly Shipment Efficiency with Orbital Stretch Wrap Equipment from Yellow Jacket

Numerous pallet shapes and sizes at Tri-State Fabricators, Inc.

“The system has already paid for itself in labor costs savings alone,” With the new stretch-wrap system, less fuel and maintenance is required for forklift operation. ‘When you look at what we save by no longer purchasing additional pallets, less forklift fuel and maintenance, major manpower cuts, and the ability to get far more out the door, it all adds up.’ Tri-State Fabricators Vice-President of Sales, Rick Vogt, calculates that it took less than six months to realize a complete return on investment.” Click here for full story...

— Jack Deimling, Shipping Manager for Tri-State Fabricators, Cincinnati, Ohio

YellowJacket's line of orbital stretch wrap equipment includes manual wrappers, semi-automatic wrappers and automatic wrappers.

Yellow Jacket
1320 Leslie Drive, Douglasville, GA 30134
Phone: 800-387-5001 • Fax: 770-489-7511