Another illustration shows a group 
of packages, each carefully marked 
with weight, kind, variety, lot number 
and a copy of the laboratory test. 
Each package is also sealed with either 
sticker or metal seal, thus enabling 
“Keystone” dealers to offer sealed 
packages to their commercial grower 
customers. 
Checking the Order 
When assembling of an order is 
completed, the assembler delivers it 
to one of several checking and_pack- 
ing benches. She is then ready to 
return to the order editor for another 
order to be filled. 
An interesting illustration shows 
one of Corneli’s packers checking an 
order from an assembly cart, and 
packing the order for shipment. He 
packs it in the necessary cartons or 
other shipping containers, and makes 
a notation of the number of items 
Upper left, one of several semi-automatic package fillers; each 
filled container is checked on Exact-Weight scales placed di- 
assoriment of different 
rectly under spoul. Lower lefl, an 
kinds and sizes included in the prepackaging plan, 
being shipped. He next fills in the 
bill of lading and sends the packed 
order to the shipping department. 
In the shipping department the 
packages are assembled with any full 
bags or other items that are included 
in this particular order, the full bags 
having been filled in another depart- 
ment. 
However, even though most orders 
for 60 pounds or less are filled by 
means of this standardized prepack- 
aging plan, Corneli still finds it nec- 
essary to have bins and drawers of 
bulk seed, especially for unusual vari- 
eties that are not frequently ordered. 
A section of bins and drawers in the 
garden seed department is devoted to 
bulk seed of varieties that are im- 
portant, but do not sell in large 
enough volume to be included in 
standardized packages. 
In putting this plan into practice, 
right, Here the 
Upper 
order ts 
and to make it work advantageously 
for the customer, it was necessary to 
enlarge the packaging department, 
the tag and label department and 
the printing department, for this plan 
resulted in a large increase in the 
number of tags and labels used. 
“But it was worth it,’ comments 
Earl Page. “With this plan in effect 
it is possible for girl assemblers to 
fill many hundreds of orders promptly 
the day they are received, and it all 
adds up to the following results: 
“It speeds up fill-in shipments en- 
abling us to ship orders the same 
day they are received. 
“The plan helps ‘Keystone’ dealers 
to comply with all seed laws. 
“It provides ‘Keystone’ dealers with 
sealed bags for resale to commercial 
erowers, and this all means increased 
business and better satisfied custom- 
ers. 

double 
carefully “checked and 
checked”, then packaged for shipment in the proper container. 
Lower right, bins and drawers for such bulk seed as may 
not be in sufficient demand for prepackaging. 
(Reprinted from Seed World issue of May 6, 1949.) 
