Apparatus and method for configuring and opening product packaging

An industrial combination for producing a packaged, solid product, said combination comprising:

• a solid product;
• a packaging enclosing the solid product, the packaging comprising:
• shrink wrap packaging sealed around the solid product;
• and
• a predefined point of failure in the shrink wrap packaging having a first end, a second end, tabs configured to interrupt the predefined point of failure between the first end and the second end such that there is at least one gap in the predefined point of failure in which at least part of the packaging within the predefined point of failure remains attached to at least part of the packaging outside the predefined point of failure, and a failure mode for when pulled in at least one direction away from the packaging;
• a manufacturing assembly comprising:
• a conveyer;
• a laser, a heating element, or a magnetic energy source for cutting the predefined point of failure into the shrink wrap packaging;
• and
• a positioner for moving and holding the packaging at a fixed distance from the laser, the heating element, or the magnetic energy source;
• and
• a label in covering relation over at least a portion of the predefined point of failure, the label being sealed to the packaging and adhered to the predefined failure point.