tim404

Part of my job involves interfacing with and programming automated machinery that takes stacks of unassembled boxes, forms them, packs them with cartons, and then tapes them up.

Sometimes the boxes we get are really terrible. Like, poorly cut such that there's hanging bits still there at the corners and such. This royally hoses my machinery. I am told by the operators "Oh yeah, they switched vendors and you can tell these are way worse."

My question is this: can I tell by looking at my boxes what quality they might be? And why does it seem so hard to make sure all the boxes come cut and glued the same? I understand some variation, but I have way more than I'd consider acceptable.

Here's a good new study that just came out.

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/canines-issues/breed-bans/