Entries by Ryan Szporer

5 Common Packaging Mistakes in Pharma

More than in any other sector, pristine packaging is critical to ensuring success in the pharmaceutical industry. Aside from being visually appealing, packaging must be free from the 5 most common critical mistakes that often plague the pharmaceutical industry.

The Top Back-Up Strategies to Keep Data Integrity Intact

Date: August, 2019 | Category: quality | Author: Ryan Szporer “Just” backing up data isn’t enough to keep data intact anymore. While it’s a necessary step and a good start at that, a backup means little if there aren’t adequate safeguards in place to protect the integrity of the data that might have to be recovered. Even if […]

The Competitive Advantage of Effective Packaging

Date: August, 2019 | Category: Proofreading | Author: Ryan Szporer   Effective packaging is multi-functional. At the bare minimum, packaging has to be able to adequately contain the product inside, but in cutthroat, performance-driven industries “good enough” rarely is. Five Criteria for Competitive Packaging To be successful, effective packaging should fill no fewer than five different criteria: Protect […]

5 Reasons “Packaging-Free” Stores Won’t Catch On

Date: July, 2019 | Category: Proofreading | Author: Ryan Szporer Packaging will always have its drawbacks, but it remains a necessity, even in the face of what many might see as a potential trend in the making and threat to the industry: packaging-free stores. In theory, the idea is great. Customers can bring their reusable containers to the store […]

Logical System Security as Crucial to Data Integrity as Physical Measures

Date: July, 2019 | Category: Quality | Author: Ryan Szporer     When you hear the word “security,” what comes to mind? Maybe you think of the stereotypical security measures that have crept into our collective consciousness as clichés to show how hard getting into specific places can be. I mean, when the suave James Bond smooth talks […]

How Validation Leads to Data Consistency and Integrity

Date: June, 2019 | Category: Quality | Author: Ryan Szporer Consistency is a trademark of both validation and data integrity. In fact, without validation and the consistency for which it strives, forget data integrity. It’s like there is no data at all. What Is Validation? To be clear, validation is defined as, “evidence that provides a high degree of assurance […]

3 Ways Error-Detection Software Ensures Data Integrity

Date: June, 2019 | Category: Quality | Author: Ryan Szporer   There are many ways to ensure data integrity. As automation becomes increasingly prevalent in the 21st century, software, especially on the back end, is as important as ever. Not only does it serve as the driving force behind technology in all of its incarnations, but it can also act […]

How Different Departments Help Develop and Proof Packaging

Date: May, 2019 | Category: Proofreading | Author: Ryan Szporer It’s easy to imagine how much work goes into the production of packaging materials. The Packaging Proofing Process Even looking at the process in a vacuum, the back-and-forth alone in trying to finalize a design may spark images of heated boardroom debates on details as seemingly trivial as […]

Combating Counterfeit Packaging Through Effective Customer Communication

Date: April, 2019 | Category: Proofreading | Author: Ryan Szporer       While counterfeiting is usually associated with money, actual consumer products can be copied too, right down to the packaging. It’s an issue about which brand companies are ever-vigilant, leading to the development of several key anti-counterfeiting measures. The Need for Anti-Counterfeit Measures If you’re skeptical […]