Roseville distributes repair and replacement parts worldwide-over 195ꯠ different components- for every product HP makes. For replacement printhead carriage assemblies for the company's popular DeskJet(TM) printers, the Roseville facility had been using eight different packages of polyethylene foam cushions that are glued to corrugated. "And that wasn't enough," says HP packaging engineer Suzanne Keeler. "At times, our material handlers were actually cutting and pasting packaging components to make products fit." The company sought a one-size-fits-all package that would cut costs, reduce storage requirements and speed packaging assembly.
Retention pack cuts costs for HP
At Hewlett-Packard's Roseville, CA, parts distribution facility, a relatively new form of protective packaging has slashed packaging material costs by half, warehouse space requirements by two-thirds and packaging assembly time by 75%.
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