E-commerce, Packaging, Sustainability
Packaging is one of the important processes within e-commerce fulfillment. Working with a 3PL such as DHL Supply Chain can help you develop packaging that improves sustainability, lowers costs, and delivers the desired customer experience.
Temperature-Sensitive Goods, Food Logistics, Packaging
MagicLogic Optimization’s BlackBox significantly improved cartonization for True Manufacturing. The solution automatically determined the optimal size and fill material needed for each box, optimizing the manufacturer’s fulfillment processes.
By adopting Transplace’s Dynamic Continuous Moves solution, reusable packaging company Tosca was able to reduce transportation costs related to the program by more than 10% while continuing to provide exceptional service to its customers.
Packaging, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
Packaging is a significant element of the supply chain. Optimizing packaging strategy and processes can significantly impact your ability to maintain a smooth and efficient supply chain.
Packaging, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
Profile of Victor Finnegan, president and CEO, American Expediting
E-commerce, Automotive Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain
To improve the bottom line and take advantage of the e-commerce automotive aftermarket sector’s rising popularity, OEMs should focus on the role packaging plays in supply chain efficiency.
Logistics, Packaging, Warehousing
Try these packaging moves, says APL Logistics Supply Chain Solutions Head Rajiv Saxena, to help offset higher parcel costs further up the supply chain.
Retail Logistics, Retail, Packaging, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management
Sustainable packaging helps shippers’ bottom line and brand as well as being easier on the environment.
E-commerce, Retail, Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain
Challenge yourselves to go beyond a great product and deliver an outstanding brand experience for your customers when they open your package for the first time.
E-commerce, Logistics, Partnership, Packaging, Supply Chain
UPS and Sealed Air’s new center will help solve e-commerce retailers’ packaging and shipping challenges.
Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain, Warehousing
How powersports manufacturer Monster Moto worked with UPS to redesign its supply chain as it moved its product assembly from China to the U.S.
Air Cargo, Lean, Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Transportation
A handy reading guide summarizing supply chain books and their key takeaways.
Materials Handling, Packaging, Pallets, Supply Chain, Warehousing
Using pallet collars in the warehouse can increase how efficiently your goods are stored, shipped, and delivered.
Air Cargo, Distribution, Lean, Logistics, Packaging, Rail, Pallets, Supply Chain, Trucking, Sustainability, Transportation, Warehousing
Launching a cost cutting, productivity-enhancing, or sustainability initiative creates efficiencies with environmental benefits and cost reductions.
Bar-coding Systems, Global Logistics, Logistics I.T., Packaging, Supply Chain
Companies are beginning to understand that they need to develop a labeling strategy to meet all of the challenges of today’s global supply chain. Here's how to implement an enterprise labeling approach.
Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain, Security, Technology
To help combat counterfeiting, the premium beverage industry is taking advantage of serial numbers on product packages to uniquely identify each product for increased connectivity throughout packaging operations and the supply chain.
Companies are shipping ever-increasing volumes of small parcels as e-commerce grows. Read about the strategies that shippers and providers are using to offset the higher cost of small parcel delivery.
Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain, Picking Solutions, Specialized Logistics, Technology
When it comes to ASAP, quick-thinking shippers redefine what's possible.
E-commerce, Cross-Docking, Logistics, Packaging
In order to create a consistent end-to-end logistics system, shippers need to connect the technological dots. Find out how.
3PL, Logistics Solutions Providers, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Packaging, Technology , Supply Chain Management
Increasing costs and challenges within the logistics industry affect your bottom line. Use these steps to reduce logistics costs.
Green Logistics, Logistics, Packaging, Specialized Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Sustainability and cost savings are driving shippers to reduce packaging waste.
Green Logistics, Logistics, Packaging, Specialized Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Here are 10 common packaging errors and how to overcome them.
Reverse Logistics, Logistics, Packaging, Specialized Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Shippers, carriers, manufacturers – everyone in the business of shipping Dangerous Goods needs to stay up to date on what’s going on in the industry.
Manufacturing, Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain Management
Many manufacturers have turned to molded pulp as an environmentally friendly packaging alternative.
Last Mile Delivery, Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain Management
Inbound Logistics asked these experts to weigh in on the dimensional weight pricing changes that UPS and FedEx implemented on January 1, 2015.
Properly prepare shipments and test packaging to prevent product damage and returns.
Looking at packaging and freight costs together boxes up logistics and transportation efficiencies
E-commerce, 3PL, Distribution, Inventory Management, Retail, Packaging
Cosmetics companies face challenges such as time- and temperature-sensitive shipments and retailer packaging requirements.
Air Cargo, 3PL, Temperature-Sensitive Goods, Food Logistics, Global Logistics, Packaging, Temperature Controlled
Air cargo shipments of perishable goods such as produce, flowers, and seafood require careful handling.
Packaging, Supply Chain Management
Positioning product packaging downstream in the supply chain offers food manufacturers varied selling opportunities.
Packaging on-demand solutions enable businesses to save inventory space and cut packaging and labor costs.
Performing final product packaging in the distribution center can reduce combined warehousing, logistics, and freight costs by 30 percent and order-to-delivery cycle times by seven days.
Many shippers are looking to replace fossil-fuel based packaging materials with something more sustainable. But they must do their homework to find the best – and greenest – fit.
Manufacturers are adapting their shipping cartons to effect supply chain change by reducing waste, slashing transport costs, and boosting efficiency.
3PL, Distribution, Retail, Packaging, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing
By integrating contract packaging into distribution operations, companies can cut costs by 30 percent.
Packaging decisions can be complex. Here are 10 tips on choosing the right packaging for your products.
Green packaging strategies can reduce cargo emissions, conserve resources, cut transport costs, and enhance your brand's reputation; Bill Armstrong of Sealed Air Corporation and Arnold Barlow of UPS explain how to apply them.
Food Logistics, Packaging, Sustainability
Environmental impacts, cost concerns, and technology advances drive food packaging innovation.
Packaging, Sustainability, Technology
Companies are increasingly investing in returnable industrial packaging (RIP) to ship products to customers as sustainably as possible, and significantly reduce the amount of packaging-related waste they create, while also improving efficiencies and cutting costs.
Packaging, Supply Chain, Sustainability
These organizations are wrapping their minds around the packaging waste problem and coming up with out-of-the-box solutions.
Food Logistics, Packaging, Sustainability
Profile of Michael Wasson, chief operations officer with Tosca, a leading provider of reusable packaging and supply chain solutions for retailers and suppliers that are focused on the perishable food supply chain.
Packaging, Supply Chain, Transportation
A warning to shippers was sounded during the current UPS earnings report. Here’s what you should know about the Shipping Charge Correction Audit fee.
Green Logistics, E-commerce, Packaging
One-third of online shoppers buying health and beauty products are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly packaging.
Green Logistics, Packaging, Sustainability
Reusable packaging supports a circular economy. It can be manufactured, used, reused, and reprocessed without impacting the solid waste stream—a huge benefit, considering limited- and one-time-use packaging contributes to the waste crisis.
Packaging, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Electronics e-tailer Flipkart is putting in the work to maximize sustainability across its supply chain.
Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain
SmartTEH's container loading system helps a sawmill with a loading challenge.
E-commerce, Retail, Packaging, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Shippers are turning to innovative solutions to reduce packaging waste and emissions as key components of their sustainability efforts.
E-commerce, Last Mile Delivery, Logistics, Packaging, Supply Chain
The e-commerce space is evolving quickly, and retailers must take care to consider consumers' shifting expectations, especially when dealing with younger shoppers.
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