What should be the characteristics of machinery for use in the floral processing business?
The most important characteristics that machinery has to have for the floral processing business is reliability and user serviceability. Because the most valuable asset you have on a floral holiday is time, downtime cannot be tolerated. But if a machine does breakdown it must be user serviceable, parts have to be readily available locally so that the machinery is back up and running in minutes, not hours or days waiting for a technician to arrive. Posie Packer’s machinery are designed so that the parts that are unique to the machine are unbreakable, mechanical and electrical parts (bearings, motors) which do wear out, are commonplace, readily available at any industrial supplier and can be replaced by any qualified trades person. This is an important feature to those who have an electrical system that is different from North America. The motors the machinery uses, could be easily replaced with those that you have available locally.
