We here at Dr. Shrink have always prided ourselves on our premium products, excellent customer service, and our loyal customers that help make Dr. Shrink the successful company we are today. We wanted to take the time to mention some recent success that we have achieved. A couple weeks ago (late August 2011), Dr. Shrink was included on the 2011 Inc. Magazine: Inc. 5000 List! This list is an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies in the US. Dr. Shrink is now among past Inc. 5000 members such as: Microsoft, Intuit, Papa John’s, and E-Trade along with many others. This is a huge honor and accomplishment for Dr. Shrink and we hope this will be the first of many. You can see our Inc. 5000 ranking here:https://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/dr-shrink, and our press release on globenewswire.com here:https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=231951.
More recently, Dr. Shrink submitted an entry into the Wall Street Journal’s “Small Business, Big Innovation” contest. The entry had to be an article written about how we overcame the recent recession with an innovative idea. We are very proud to announce that our entry was accepted and Dr. Shrink is in the running for this contest! The article entered is currently online on the Wall Street Journal’s website and people can vote for the stories they like the best. Once voting is complete, the top 10 stories will be announced and go into the final round where a panel of judges will select the winner. You can view the written article and cast your votes for Dr. Shrink by following this link,https://blogs.wsj.com/biginnovation/2011/09/09/dr-shrink-inc/. Please vote for us!
When speaking about these accomplishments, no one could be happier than Dr. Shrink’s President and CEO Mike Stenberg. Mike states, “Thanks to the hard work of our team at Dr. Shrink, Inc. we have been able to grow and expand into new shrink wrapping fields and have been recognized by both the Inc. 5000 and Wall Street Journal for our efforts. Not only am I proud of the great team that we have here, but thankful for every single customer that works with us. Without them, we would have never reached these amazing achievements. For that, I would like to say thank you. We will continue to bring our customers the outstanding service and premium products they have come to expect from Dr. Shrink, while always looking for new ways to improve.”
We have made some outstanding accomplishments in these past couple months and our customers have made this possible for us. We are eternally grateful for each and every person that gives us a call, sends us a fax, or shoots us an email. Thank you from the entire Dr. Shrink Team for helping us earn these amazing accolades!
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“Rip the Wrap” Video Contest
If you are a current Dr. Shrink customer, you know just how strong and durable our premium shrink wrap is with varieties coming in 6 to 12 mil thick. Some of you may not have used or even felt our thickest 12 mil material, so in order to have a little fun showing off just how strong this material is, we are running a “Rip the Wrap” video contest! In order to participate in this contest, you will need to videotape yourself “ripping the wrap” from start to finish (or at least trying). Here is a complete list of all rules and requirements of the contest:
- Call our office or email sales@dr-shrink.com with your name and shipping address to request your 24″ x 24″ sample piece of 12 mil.
- Your video MUST begin with stating your name and zooming in on all four sides of the sample piece in order to ensure no slits or cuts have been made.
- Wrap must only be ripped with bare hands—use of any tools, pliers, etc. will be immediately disqualified.
- Entire length of sample piece must be ripped.
- Video must be saved in an AVI, WMV, QuickTime, MOV or MPEG4 format and emailed to sales@dr-shrink.com to enter.
- Contest runs the entire month of August– starting 8 AM EST August 1st and running to 5 PM EST August 31st (Please consider ship time of receiving the sample, videotaping, and video editing/uploading).
If you think you don’t have the technology to upload a video, think again! Most cell phones have the capability to record video footage which can be uploaded to YouTube. If you can’t email your video because the file size is too big, you can easily upload your video to YouTube and email us the link instead. We want everyone to give it a shot; fancy video camera, cell phone video, anyway you can get the footage, we want to see it!
ANY participants who enter a video TRYING to “Rip the Wrap” will win a free roll of 4″ Heat Shrink Tape and anyone who can SUCCESSFULLY “Rip the Wrap” will win a $25 credit towards any Dr. Shrink product(s). We are excited to see everyone’s efforts to RIP THE WRAP.
**By submittal of your video, you give all property rights of the video to Dr. Shrink, Inc.**
Proactive Steps to Better Warehouse Efficiency
Dr. Shrink contacted the Supply Chain Management Department at Michigan State University, the number 2 program in the nation behind MIT, to come in and audit the efficiency of our warehouse. Brad Cook, an adjunct professor, audited the SKU performance as well as the overall operation of the warehouse over several days. He was surprised at the current efficiency of Dr. Shrink’s 60,000 square foot warehouse, especially with only having three full time warehouse employees, but there is always room for improvement.
Based on his findings, a 3-phase plan was suggested. Phase 1 is immediate improvements over a short term. These improvements are almost exclusively re-arranging the current rack system and product placement. Warehouse Manager Evan Jensen states, “One slight change can make an enormous difference. Instead of organizing products by size for spacing reasons, we now have products strategically placed by order frequency. This change in organization of our products has already made us more efficient when packing orders.”
Evan continued, “Also as Brad suggested, by rearranging current racking, we’ve also about doubled our capacity for order staging. That means more orders are boxed, packed and/or skidded plenty of time in advance and ready when the shipping companies come for pick-up.” Phases 2 and 3 will involve updated software for a warehouse management system and long-term plans for expansion. That being said we are always looking for ways to help serve our customers better. Through these short and long term changes, we are still focused on staying as efficient as possible. We pride ourselves in getting our customers’ orders out to them as fast as possible, and these changes will only help us to continue achieving that goal.
