Think Beyond the Box, analyzing our entire packaging system

The global economy has weathered countless disruptions, decade to decade, but 2020’s market volatility pushed many businesses beyond their breaking points. As companies reimagine their supply chains and hone post-pandemic business plans, logistics experts recommend a deep dive into packaging strategies. 

The optimization process includes analyzing the entire packaging system—from cartonizing and protecting items to securing containers and palletizing for storage or shipment. Companies that capture a business advantage during times of unrest are always on the lookout for warehouse and packaging improvements. When properly executed, these improvements lead to cost savings, production line efficiencies—and return customers. 

Lean Packaging & Supply Chain Optimization

If you’ve been managing your own packaging and shipping supplies, you could be incurring costly materials waste. Our veteran team serves as your partner: helping you make packaging and materials decisions that echo through the entire supply chain. Here are three ways PackageIt can help optimize your packaging and reclaim wasted time, space and money.

Evaluate Protective Packaging Materials

Choosing the right cushioning or protective material is essential to meeting efficiency goals. But as consumers call for green packaging and businesses battle the high costs of shipping damage, optimizing protective packaging can get complicated.

Overpackaging your goods stresses supply chains by increasing storage requirements and inventory monitoring. On the other hand, skimping on primary and secondary protective materials leads to costly freight damage, reflecting poorly on your brand. According to Pregis consumer research, one in ten packages arrives damaged, and 73 percent of consumers who receive broken goods are unlikely to make another purchase from the retailer. PackageIt sales reps help you strike a delicate balance between materials reduction and product protection. Solutions like carefully chosen void fill reduce the bottom-line impact of damaged shipments and frustrated customers. 

PACKAGEIT SOLUTION:

Ask your sales rep about our patented Pregis void fill and packaging systems. Equipment like the portable Pregis AirSpeed allows you to create eco-friendly, custom-sized air pillows on-site. Insulate fragile goods and replace traditional void fill with a lightweight, more protective option.

Boost Package Security

The pandemic supercharged an already growing e-commerce market, which increased the incidence of theft and package tampering. Security considerations include strategies to reduce in-transit theft risk and minimize package crime at customers’ homes or places of business. PackageIt helps manufacturers, retailers and companies of all sizes innovate their shipping security measures with proven solutions like tamper-resistant packaging, tamper-evident tape, shrink bands, heavy-duty and durable labels and more.

The Food and Drug Administration defines tamper-evident packaging (TEP) as “one or more indicators or barriers to entry which, if breached or missing, can reasonably be expected to provide visible evidence to consumers that tampering has occurred.”  PackageIt’s TEP products have a direct impact on supply chains by delivering these benefits:

• Discouraging package pilfering & theft
• Preventing accidental package opening during transit
• Safeguarding against product contamination & counterfeiting
• Mitigating revenue loss from product damages
• Preserving brand reputation
• Securing confidential shipments & sensitive document
• Increasing customer loyalty & repeat purchases

For many e-commerce and B2B companies, it’s a juggling act to protect sensitive or valuable items from tampering while preserving easy access for package recipients. When you partner with PackageIt, we’ll help secure your cartons, envelopes and pallet shipments while preventing an exasperating “Fort Knoxian” unboxing experience that reflects poorly on your brand.

PACKAGEIT SOLUTION:

Our family-owned Seattle packaging supply company carries heat-sealed overwrap and shrink films, plastic strapping, tamper-evident tape, custom-printed security labels and other packaging supplies that protect consumers and safeguard your reputation. Drawing from nearly 50 years of industry experience, PackageIt helps Pacific Northwest businesses engineer storage and transport solutions that secure retail and industrial shipments while delivering a frustration-free packaging (FFP) experience.

Optimize Supply Chains With Vendor-Managed Inventory

Meticulous inventory management is a vital part of lean supply chains since it helps companies avoid packaging excess and materials shortages. PackageIt’s VMI services improve warehouse efficiencies, streamline packaging and transit processes, and prepare clients for unforeseen supply chain hiccups. 

Our VMI specialists regularly visit your facility, note custom packaging needs and replenish shipping materials as needed. Seattle VMI customers also benefit from customized inventory reports, optimized warehouse space, faster lead and delivery times, bulk savings on warehouse and packaging purchases, and decreased out-of-stock events. To streamline packaging initiatives and optimize supply chain efficiencies, request a vendor-managed inventory consultation online.

PackageIt Is Your Post-Pandemic Business Partner

Throughout COVID-19, PackageIt helped businesses of all sizes customize packaging solutions, restock warehouse supplies and access personal protective equipment that allowed for reopening. Now, with our custom shipping and warehouse supplies or vendor-managed inventory (VMI) services, your family-owned business or industrial facility will possess the agility to meet the next market challenge—whenever it comes.

Call 888.743.0907 to discuss secure packaging solutions, reinvent packaging and shipment protection or request an estimate for your Pacific Northwest VMI solution.