logistical packaging
DESCRIPTION
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Logistical packaging
What is packaging?
• Packaging is the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages.
• In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and personal use.
PACKAGING FUNCTIONSLogistical functions Facilitate distribution
Protect both product and the environment Provide information about conditions and locations
Marketing functions Graphic design, format Legislative demands and marketing Customer requirements/consumer convenience for end use as well as distribution
Environmental aspects Recovery/Recycling Dematerialization One- way vs. reusable package Toxicity
What is logistical packaging?• The science, art and technology of enclosing or
protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. It also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages.
• Packaging has a significant impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of retail supply chains, where improvements can be achieved through the adaptation and development of the concept of packaging logistics.
• Packaging Logistics should be considered as an integrated approach, where both systems of packaging and logistics interact, complement and adapt to each other.
• Packaging specifications directly influence the time required for completing packaging operations which ultimately affects product lead time and due date performance (delivery) to the customer.
PURPOSE Physical
protectionBarrier
protection Marketing
Containment or Agglomeration Security Portion control
Convenience Information transmission
Physical protection
Barrier protection
Marketing
Containment or
Agglomeration
Security
Portion control
Convenience
Information Transmission
Types of logistical packaging
Primary Secondary Tertiary
Group packaging
Transport packaging
Display packaging
Retail packaging
Used packaging
CASE STUDIES
● Changing the packing system
● Filling up the truck to its optimum level
● “Cluster Supplier”
● Applying the same concept for other similar products
SOLUTION
“The Glimma packaging redesign is a typical case that shows how simple packaging changes can make a huge impact on
transportation volumes and thereby costs, as well as environmental impacts.”
Mr. Stefan Nilsson, Need Planner IKEA