Friday, February 16, 2018

A small problem at the bottling plant. I wonder what else has gone wrong?


Unlike a Coke bottle, theses bottle for Mott's Clamato juice are not symmetrical. There is a moulded handle at the back of the bottle to make it easier to pick up and pour. But something has gone wrong in the bottle orientation and label application part of the packaging line. The bottles have two labels, a large one of the front with the promotion and demonstration messages, and  a smaller one at the back with the nutrition information.

Bottles of Mott's Clamato Juice, front view

From the front the labelling looks fine. 


Bottles of Mott's Clamato Juice, side view

From the side view we can see a problem. The right-hand bottle has been labelled correctly, but it appears that the lefthand bottle was rotated 90 degrees when the label was applied.

Bottles of Mott's Clamato Juice, back label

From this shot you can see the effect of putting the labels on wrong. On the righthand bottle the label is in the middle of the back between the two indentations that make the handle. On the lefthand bottle the label is on the side of the bottle.

This is not a huge problem as the bottle is still usable and the juice tasted the way I expected. But whenever I see any errors in a production environment I wonder what else could be going wrong and what steps the firm has taken, if any, to prevent problems from occuring.

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