• 1. Packaging design
• 2. Packaging logistics
• 3. Packaging in production process
• 4. Packaging in supply chain
• 5. Packaging in retail

Modern market conditions stress the need to constantly surprise. For this reason, bringing new products to the market and updating existing assortment is key. Time is becoming the vital resource.

One of our clients was going through brand repositioning and packaging redesign. In parallel, it was necessary to solve several problems simultaneously: to reduce the volume of investments into the transport boxes, to make the product visible to the customer and, most importantly, to differentiate from the competitor. The time to find a solution was limited, since the terms of delivery of the updated product to retail had already been agreed.

To solve the problem quickly, we combined two frameworks in one space: the client's concept and the supplier's tools and methods. In a single working session, a prototype was born and developed into the final delivered solution within three days. This exceeded the client's expectations in terms of development downtime.

Active business growth is a goal for every manager. However, difficult to foresee limitations may arise along with growth. One of these, e.g., a deficit in storage or production space.

Some of our customers are facing limited packaging storage space due to increased volume of production and product mix. Our experience in solving this problem includes, primarily, optimization of the existing design and composition of the materials used, changing the profile of corrugated board and the use of certain design features, which in some cases provided for increasing the efficiency per unit of warehouse space up to 30%.

When optimization is not possible, we offer "just in time" or "on demand" packaging storage and delivery services. Using deeper integration with the customer we are ready to upgrade to full packaging stock management services. We ensure uninterrupted supplies - you enjoy the free space and reduced storage costs.

Productivity is in many ways a determining factor in a company's success. Analysis of the packaging process in production helps to find ways for significant improvement.

Many of our customers had to pre-assemble the transport boxes in a separate room to ensure the lines productivity. This required personnel, spaces, which led to additional costs. Therefore, it was important to reduce the box assembly time so that it was assembled directly on the line. Jointly with the client, observations and short interviews were carried out, following which we proceeded to design in 4D Lab environment. Solutions to avoid unnecessary operations have been developed in 90% of cases.

The proposed methods are applicable to industries where automatic lines are already used. Small design changes serve to increase the efficiency of not just the packaging, but the whole process overall. This is especially true if you are only beginning to consider automating the packaging process. We possess extensive experience in running joint projects with our customers, using the expertise of the equipment suppliers.

Sometimes the assortment of transport packaging is comparable to the assortment of products. This is a consequence of retailers' requirements for the types and size of supplies.

In our experience, assortment expansion often made transport boxes inefficient from a logistics point of view. Fill of the pallet area was low, the stack was unstable, and the packaging itself was expensive. Hence the suboptimal loading of vehicles and the loss of products during customer delivery. In this case, we analyze the logistics processes and combinations of shipments, followed by modeling the optimal packaging parameters. The best result achieved - the range of products was reduced threefold, all boxes are standardized in terms of base area and height, which provides for forming stable transport packages regardless of the pallet fill. The probability of product loss is thereby minimized.

It is essential to carry out real-life trials to ensure this. We launched an ISTA-standard logistics Lab where we will simulate realistic operating conditions. This will save you time and offer confidence in the reliability of the packaging even before it arrives at the warehouse.

Retail is a sales engine and packaging can help you present your product more favorably on the sales floor.

It is important to remember, that every product or even entire product categories, especially those sold by weight or in immediate container packaging, attract the customer’s attention on the shelf. This, in particular, applies to products on flat cardboard and thin trays, which are frequently placed on the shelf the same way as transported - horizontally. Our design engineers have developed Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) for horizontal transportation, where the goods are placed on the shelf vertically facing the customer, and the front of the show box is guaranteed to look neat in appearance.

We follow the development of retail to create solutions that set the standard for display in some product categories. Our portfolio includes SRP / RRP solutions, including fixtures for organizing additional points of sale, solutions for delivering orders from online stores, postal items, as well as other types of consumer and group packaging made of flat cardboard, paper pulp, polymers.