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January 8, 2024 18 mins

In this episode of the Econo-Pak Food Packaging Podcast, our Plant Manager, Patrick Sullivan, discusses:
- His career growth from a general line worker to Plant Manager
- How he creates the production schedule for our clients' products
- His experience working with different departments to manage the schedule
- The flexibility of the workforce and the ability to adapt to changing resources and capacity
- The successful integration of clients, where fast turnarounds and effective communication play a key role

00:00 Introduction
00:18 Patrick’s career growth
01:15 Initiative and learning on the job
02:24 Inter-departmental experience
05:12 Knowledge sharing between departments
06:37 Food production schedule
09:02 Capacity and resources in contract packaging
10:39 Determining lead times
12:10 Successful client integration in co-packing
13:34 Econo-Pak’s client onboarding process
14:50 Sellable trials
15:29 Weekly meetings
17:03 Patrick’s interests outside of Econo-Pak

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