Start with the bottle path
Determine whether bottles return from customers or arrive new. Returned bottles create inspection, decapping, external cleaning, internal washing, rejection and fleet-management work. One-way bottles simplify that route but require reliable packaging supply.
- 18.9L, 20L or another size
- Bottle material and dimensions
- Returnable or one-way
- Neck and cap
- Normal bottle condition
Convert demand into saleable BPH
Use current daily delivery, peak season, net operating hours and a transparent efficiency assumption. Then check whether bottle preparation, cap handling and finished-bottle packaging can support the same rate.
- Daily saleable bottles
- Net production hours
- Efficiency and cleaning
- Growth reserve
- Line balance
Define the required modules
List core washing, filling and capping functions, then add only the modules justified by bottle condition, labor and distribution: decapper, external brushing, inspection, leak testing, loading, bagging, racks or palletizing.
- Problem each module solves
- When it can be omitted
- Labor impact
- Space and utility impact
- Second-phase option
Compare evidence, not adjectives
Require a scope drawing, utility schedule, sample approval, FAT plan, documents and service terms. Avoid offers built around generic quality claims without a defined bottle, process and acceptance basis.
- Bottle/cap basis
- Inclusions and exclusions
- Reference versus confirmed data
- FAT method
- Installation responsibility
Information needed for a quote
Send the bottle and cap basis, required BPH, bottle path, factory and utility information, destination and any module or support requirement. Unknown items can remain marked “to be confirmed.”
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