Packaging Articles

When you look at the product development lifecycle, packaging is often found towards the end. It may be viewed as a last-minute task that needs to be completed before getting the product to market—something that simply needs to be checked off a list, instead of an integral part of the development process. 

Global brands with product manufacturing in South and Southeast Asia (SEA) face multiple challenges with oversight and control of packaging. While these brands have internal personnel that are responsible for retail and transport packaging, determining whether these internal team members have sufficient resources to fully optimize packaging sourced thousands of miles away can be a difficult task.

Transport packaging is often an overlooked aspect of supply chain management. Yet, it directly affects costs, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Every package shipped represents an opportunity to reduce costs, improve sustainability, and ensure products arrive safely. By focusing on these three key areas, you can transform packaging into a strategic driver of value across your supply chain.

To determine the holistic picture of their packaging costs, organizations are prioritizing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their packaging.

Sometimes, quality and uniformity are everything − especially when it comes to packaging. Trillora Packaging Solutions helped a global apparel company, with production in China and sales all over the world, to achieve substantial cost savings with an optimized transport packaging system. 

Our team made boxes lighter and stronger, resulting in less waste throughout the supply chain and significant operational savings. Trillora’s team was there all the way – from idea to implementation.

When paying for transportation, what you’re really buying is space on a ship, airplane, or truck. The weight and size of your packaging are crucial factors in freight rates, depending on the mode of transport.

The goal, then, is to design packaging to fit the products inside as efficiently as possible. The better and more efficiently you pack your products by optimizing space and reducing air in each package, the more packages you can stack into a container.

Packages endure multiple sources of stress during shipment. Designing packaging that can withstand an international supply chain is a challenging task.

Experienced supply chain professionals understand the types of damage that may occur to a package and the root causes of this damage. Although some amount of stress may be unavoidable, proactive planning and testing can minimize the amount of damage that occurs to packages during transit.