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Price Tool nets Levolor $54,000 in corrugated savings

Levolor Canada has already saved $54ꯠ this year by tapping the information and pricing resources of CorrugatedPrices.com. The cost? A $200 subscription fee and a few hours’ time.

The price is right: Just input your box specs.
The price is right: Just input your box specs.

Small investment, big return. Those words describe the experience of Dan McNair, materials manager, Levolor Home Fashions Canada, Toronto, with the www.corrugatedprices.com Internet site earlier this year.

McNair handles all of the purchasing functions of the Toronto facility that services the eastern half of Canada. That includes buying corrugated packaging used to ship the blinds via courier to stores such as Home Depot or directly to customers.

When he heard about CorrugatedPrices.com, he was intrigued. And when he checked it out, he was convinced that there wasn’t too much of a risk in paying the $200 (annual) subscription fee. It allows him to access the site’s corrugated pricing software and input data on his specific containers.

The timing was especially good as he’d felt boxed in by seemingly arbitrary price increases in corrugated: three 13% increases in corrugated prices within a year’s time that included one after he subscribed.  “It was a hot topic among purchasing managers since no one budgeted for a 40% increase in any material during this time,” McNair states.

McNair keyed in the specifications of his corrugated containers—20 different ones—into a form on the site. A question-and-answer format prompts input in seven areas. The questions include selecting container type such as regular slotted container or other among 13 different styles; dimensions; board texture; closure method; fluting; specifications (ECT, burst strength, etc.); and printing. There’s an area for other details or special requirements. As an option, subscribers can fax in drawings.

As he was unfamiliar with the format, McNair says 30 minutes was needed to key in data on the first corrugated box he submitted. Once familiar with the format, McNair says he spent only about 10 minutes each to key in the information on the remaining 19 boxes.

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