MSI Express

Ever-changing consumer demands, technological disruptions, and intense price competition are intrinsic to the dynamic food manufacturing and packaging sector.

To stay ahead of the curve, manufacturers must be agile, delivering products quickly and efficiently while minimizing waste and costs. This includes catering to diverse packaging needs for various product types—organic, gluten-free, and specialty items—without compromising on quality.

Finding the right contract manufacturer is crucial for navigating this complex landscape.

MSI Express is a single-source solution that empowers businesses to conquer these challenges. It offers cost-effective manufacturing and packaging for various consumer goods companies. From concept to shelf, it handles everything, minimizing waste and reducing the total cost of ownership. MSI Express acts as an extension of its clients’ teams, transforming their brand potential into market dominance.

Production and Packaging Efficiency

“We operate in the fastest and most direct way to save time and money and protect our clients’ brands,” says Charles Weinberg, CEO of MSI Express. “Our track record speaks volumes about our dedication to customer centricity, achieving rapid speed to market by delivering products in days and weeks and ensuring our clients’ products remain competitively priced in the market.”

MSI Express demonstrates exceptional resourcefulness in its partnerships. It recommends packaging alternatives that are cost-effective, space-efficient, and environmentally sustainable, aligning with clients’ budget constraints. This results in a significant drop in production and packaging costs, greater scalability, and consistent quality control.

MSI Express invariably meets supply demands by maintaining product availability on store shelves, in distribution centers, and warehouses. The average timeline of bringing a new food product to market is around 6 to 24 months. The company’s digitally enabled manufacturing capabilities allow it to reduce time to market by up to 61 percent, simplify supply chains, and improve manufacturing accuracy. This proficiency enables MSI Express to address any consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturing and packaging challenges its clients may encounter, ultimately delivering a superior business strategy for clients.
Precision in Action

“We help consumer goods businesses bring their product concepts to market reality in an efficient, effective way,” says Weinberg.

MSI Express has established standardized operating procedures in its facilities and obtained the necessary certifications to ensure precision at every step of the production process. These include organic and kosher certifications, Safe Quality Food (SQF) and National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) certifications, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registration utilizing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) along with social compliance and sustainability audits. MSI Express has segregated peanut and allergen-free facilities amongst its 14 facilities operational across six states. This multi-facility setup optimizes packaging formats and product types, creating Centers of Excellence in various packaging formats. Selecting the most strategic location, which is closest to the geographical source of the raw material, ensures the lowest total logistics and delivery cost for its customers. This flexibility improves operations nationwide. These extensive capabilities support MSI Express in rapidly scaling production and enhancing manufacturing efficiencies, enabling it to meet any packaging requirement.

This diverse network of provisions, coupled with the extensive experience of the team, helps MSI Express persistently improve its operational processes, implement cost-saving initiatives, and offer innovative ideas for new product introductions and packaging formats. The highly skilled manufacturing team plays a key role in swiftly bringing products to market by leveraging their strengths in engineering, quality and food safety management, production scheduling, and supply chain management. These efforts guarantee that MSI Express delivers best-in-class solutions.

The basis for this continuous improvement mentality is MSIE’s commitment to equally prioritizing food safety, quality, and employee productivity. It regularly invests in training and developing its staff’s skills to uphold safety protocols. This guidance helps the team mitigate any risks in the production process by employing hazard analysis (HA), root cause problem-solving, and standard operating procedures.

Partnering for Success

MSI Express collaborates with a diverse clientele ranging from emerging brands to top-tier consumer goods companies. A key aspect of the company’s business strategy is building long-term relationships for unified growth. Its involvement in every product development stage, from formula creation to package design, has made it an expert in manufacturing and packaging solutions.

“We aim to be the first and potentially the only contract manufacturer our customers think of, delivering products at the right price point and at the right time,” says Weinberg.

Better Solutions through Technology and Innovation

MSI Express employs several standard technologies to better manage its business with clients. For example, its master data group combines IT and information systems (IS) to integrate various platforms. It consolidates data from management systems like Nulogy (MRP & WMS), SafetyChain (quality data management), and Asset Essentials (maintenance management) through an Amazon Web Services database. It also uses Tableau to transform this data into common reports and insights accessible to customers and internal teams. This integration allows the company to drive continuous improvement in manufacturing and packaging processes and provide customers with the information they need for successful production, scheduling, material management, and logistics. This combination of capabilities along with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) helps clients make data-informed ordering decisions based on real-time market demands.

Driving Successes in Every Endeavor

Culture and vision are the driving forces behind the company’s success. The leadership team is committed to sharing knowledge across teams and continuously enhancing operations for the organization and its clients’ growth. Looking to the future, MSI Express is dedicated to constantly seeking ways to improve operational capacities, implement cost-saving initiatives, and develop new business strategies to navigate the unpredictable industry environment. This proactive approach encourages clients to entrust the company with their new projects, leading them to greater success.