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How to Optimize Your Transit Packaging

Day two PACK EXPO Innovation Stage presentation looks at “keeping your products safe and your customers happy.”

Mike Stein
Mike Stein

Mike Stein, Global Marketing Director at Signode, spoke to the crowded Innovation Stage audience today at PACK EXPO about optimizing transit packaging. Stein presented Signode’s Packaging Optimization Curve – and suggests manufacturers find the sweet-spot between packaging investment and packaging value. Stein said manufacturers don’t want under-packed products during transit, which can cause handling concerns, product movement and damage, nor should products be over-packed, which causes unnecessary dunnage costs and waste, with limited benefits.

Stein’s first step to optimization is to assess one’s packaging requirements, operating requirements and cost factors:

Packaging Requirements – what is it you’re shipping?

  • Packaging method
  • Load type and dynamics
  • Shipping modes
  • Storage location
  • Handling considerations
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