Testimonials

Baltic Mill Winery, located in the heart of Baltic, Ohio, has been a GBS customer since July 2018. The winery is housed in a historic, former flour mill that was re-purposed in 2013 to manufacture and sell hand crafted wines.

Since its inception, Baltic Mill Winery was challenged with finding quality, effective, and attractive labels for its product line. Heading into 2018, the previous labels being used were causing excessive down time on the bottling line and lost revenue for the company. Excess adhesive on the backs of the labels were causing machines to jam and labels to be misapplied. All of this necessitated that Baltic Mill Winery find a labeling solution that would work seamlessly with their existing labeling equipment.

After meeting GBS representatives at the Ohio Grape and Wine Conference in February of 2018, a mutually beneficial relationship began that ultimately lead to a successful solution for the client. The GBS team began presenting Baltic Mill Winery with the features and benefits associated with our labeling and warehousing solutions, as well as sample labels for their products. The proposed solutions were so impressive that Baltic Mill Winery made the difficult decision to move their entire labeling business away from a printing company owned by family friends to GBS. This occurred in July of 2018, and has saved them 20% in supplier costs and 15% in production and application time. The new labeling solution has also enhanced the overall appearance of the product and made it more appealing to consumers.

In addition, Baltic Mill Winery has been able to reduce product lead times by utilizing the MyGBS site and warehousing solutions. It’s estimated that all of these changes, in total, will save the client thousands of dollars a year.

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Recently, a very well-known global logistics and distribution company turned to GBS to solve a major problem they were experiencing with their outbound labeling operation at a local Ohio facility. Operating in over 220 countries with 380,000 employees and $69 billion in annual revenues, the company could not afford to have an inefficient labeling and shipping process affecting their clients and business.

As GBS entered the scene, the company’s product labeling activities were nearly at a stand-still at this location. Equipped with a fully automated process and designed for thousands of shipments daily, they had been reduced to a manual operation struggling to process hundreds of packages. Within a day of being contacted, GBS was on-site reviewing the situation and identified a problem with the high-speed print and apply process. The initial suspicion was that the applicator hardware was not set up properly, and upon closer inspection the following day by a GBS hardware technician, it was determined that there was also an adhesive problem on the labels being used.

Because of GBS’ strong customer service principles and close proximity to the company, technical adjustments were made and useable labels provided within one day. These quick actions saved the company’s labeling operations for the week, and provided them with a more effective and efficient labeling solution moving forward. Additionally, because GBS already provides these products and services on a national scale for other large eCommerce and fulfillment businesses, a leveraged cost was given to the company which represented a significant savings over their previous supplier.

The combination of GBS’ industry experience, broad-capabilities and economic advantages all played a significant role in making this a tremendous success that can be replicated throughout the industry.

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A major automotive manufacturer, headquartered in southern Califorinia with over $4 billion in annual revenues, 300,000 vehicles sold, and more than 38,000 employees, recently turned to GBS to solve a major shipping problem they were experiencing.

The corporation, which ships auto parts daily to its five distribution centers in North America, had been using ineffective product labels that lacked the necessary amount of adhesive to keep them affixed to the parts during shipping. As a result, the labels were falling off of the parts in transit, creating numerous tracking and delivery problems. In addition, the labels were ordinary, white “off the shelf” shipping labels, which were being used on all parts and offered warehouse workers no ability to distinguish between similar items. Because of these problems, the corporation estimated that it was losing 20-30-man hours per location, not to mention the order accuracy and inventory issues they created.

GBS, after listening to the corporation explain these challenges and their desired solutions, was able to provide labels that not only provided superior adhesion to the parts, but were also color coded to allow warehouse workers to build orders more quickly and accurately. Certain colors were associated with certain distribution centers, greatly reducing the chance for errors. This was also a tremendous benefit to management, saving them time dealing with delivery complaints, re-labeling of parts, and reducing the amount of undelivered product to the warehouse.

As a result of these actions, the corporation was able to re-coup the man hours lost dealing with these issues at each location, saving them a total of $80,000-$120,000 per year.

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GBS has been a trusted partner for nearly 20 years with a global, multi-channel retailer headquartered in the United States. This retailer annually realizes $14 billion in revenue while employing 27,000 workers in eight different countries. In addition, they operate 6 distribution centers throughout the country, and have a network of more than 800 vendor partners. They ship more than 320 million packages annually to approximately 20 million customers.

With a primary focus on operational and outbound labeling solutions, GBS has helped the retailer navigate through decades of business evolution and growth as it pertains to automation and creative, revenue-enhancing solutions. GBS has proven its commitment to the customer’s success by making significant investments and asset acquisitions throughout the partnership, and prides itself in understanding and participating in all facets of the retailer’s business.

In addition to the manufactured solutions provided to the retailer, which include pressure sensitive labels and packing slips, GBS has played a pivotal role in managing the company’s drop ship vendor relationships. GBS supplies the customer’s vendors with approved, printed product labels, assuring that the customer’s standards are closely adhered to.

In summary, this partnership has been a long-standing success for both GBS and the retailer because of the unmatched level of customer service, attention to detail, availability of solutions and economic advantages GBS provides to the customer that are vital to their operational success.

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Throughout our 50-year history, GBS has been a valued and trusted partner to our clients in the manufacturing industry. In addition to offering printing, packaging and labeling solutions to those clients, GBS has designed and implemented high-tech, world-class brand protection strategies to combat product counterfeiting and theft.

One such instance occurred recently when a worldwide leader in smart manufacturing contacted GBS for help. This company, which utilizes industrial automation and integrated technologies to provide their customers with the ability to make better real-time decisions with improved collaboration and productivity, had reached a breaking point with product counterfeiting. The Company, until just a few years ago, used no specific strategies or tactics to protect their brands or products in the marketplace. This had opened the door to counterfeiters, who over the years had developed practices to illegally replicate their products and defraud their customers. The impact of these activities made a noticeable and detrimental impact on the Company over time, costing them tens of millions of dollars, negatively affecting their brand image and straining trust and relationships throughout their supply chain. The Company realized, through the culmination of all of these events, that it was finally time to take defensive measures and contacted GBS.

As an industry leader in high-tech brand protection solutions, GBS was able to design a comprehensive and multi- layered anti-counterfeiting strategy for the Company. The goal of the strategy was to make the duplication of their product labels and packaging as difficult as possible for counterfeiters, as well as making visible confirmation features available to end-users for verification purposes. By building in both hidden (covert) and visible (overt) features on their product labels and packaging, the Company was able to re-assure their customers that they were receiving authentic goods. This has gone a long way in restoring their brand image and trust within their supply chain and has had a very positive impact on their financial results as well.

The comprehensive strategy designed by GBS also had built-in order management, inventory control, warehousing and shipping components. These have given the Company greater inventory tracking and ordering capabilities, as well as eliminating their need to warehouse labels and packaging materials. GBS stores the labels and ships them as needed to plants and production facilities throughout the country.

In summary, GBS’ implementation of this comprehensive, high-tech brand protection program for the Company has led to tremendous improvements for them. Not only have they regained trust with suppliers and end-users in the marketplace and improved their brand image and overall financial results, they have been able to focus on what’s most important to them – delivering smart, technology-based manufacturing solutions to their customers and growing their business!

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As an industry leader of gourmet fudge and truffles, the Chocolate Moonshine Company (CMC) maintains a solid commitment to quality, innovation and fun. With a focus on pure, fresh ingredients, CMC’s confections made their public debut at Goodies Candy on the Pittsburgh University campus in 1985. They would be recognized by some of the world’s finest chocolatiers from Hershey to Godiva. In addition to gourmet fudge and truffle bars, CMC specializes in chocolate-covered nuts, fruits and a host of other items sold primarily through QVC. Based in Grove City, PA, the company has approximately 35 employees at 10 locations across seven states, boasts $10 million in annual revenue and is rapidly growing.

CMC and GBS first crossed paths at a trade show, which ultimately led to an introduction to CEO Chris Warman, Sr. From the start, the CMC team appreciated GBS’ transparency and commitment to helping them improve their processes, as well as the genuine care they demonstrated about the confectionery company, which helped the business relationship mutually flourish.

Prior to partnering with GBS in October 2022, CMC was experiencing a number of challenges that stemmed from their need to receive high-quality, cost-effective products in a timely fashion. Because CMC works on a very tight schedule, things like cartons, shipping boxes, signage, product labels, apparel and more had to be readily available. They also wanted to avoid running out of product and paying rush fees. And because quality is so important to CMC, they wanted their suppliers’ products and services to match the high-quality standards that they continually strive for and achieve for their customers.

GBS was eager to offer proven solutions to help CMC overcome their challenges. Their plan of action included customized packaging, labeling and warehousing solutions to meet their precise needs. For instance, GBS proposed producing larger quantities of their most frequently used items and conveniently storing them in the GBS warehousing facility. This offered CMC clear advantages because they could receive items the next day, if not the same day. Implementing a managed warehouse program for frequently-used SKUs/products (such as shipping boxes, labels and select cartons) alleviated one of their main challenges.

With the partnership being a huge success, GBS currently produces and/or provides CMC with nearly everything except the actual product, including the cartons, boxes, signage, labels and apparel they need (and soon to be more). The company uses the signage in their storefronts, tradeshow booths and pop-ups on QVC; they use numerous cartons every day to box product for their customers; they sell apparel in their stores and use it as give-aways; and they place product labels on every slice of fudge!

While other companies can provide these products, CMC continues to choose GBS because they are not just another vendor. GBS is a reliable supplier and trusted partner who has built key relationships in the packaging/labeling industry for over 50 years. CMC relies on their consistent high quality and service, and has often noted how GBS saves them significant time and expenses while improving their daily operations.

The Chocolate Moonshine Company was seeking a reliable supplier offering high-quality products at competitive pricing—and GBS not only met but exceeded their expectations. GBS is proud to call them a valued business partner and is happy to provide them with smart packaging, labeling and warehousing solutions to support their continued grow and success.

Contact us at 833.943.4427 to learn how partnering with GBS can exceed your labeling and related needs.