Integrated Packaging Systems for Transportation and Distribution

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“…From a logistics perspective, packaging influences and is affected by every logistics activity, such as the efficiency of warehousing, transport and manufacturing processes . Consequently, packaging has a great impact on logistics costs . From an environmental perspective, it is important to have a holistic approach to the environmental impacts of packaging from the packaging development phase to the disposal or recycling of the packaging .…”

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“…[22][23][24] Consequently, packaging has a great impact on logistics costs. 25,26 From an environmental perspective, it is important to have a holistic approach to the environmental impacts of packaging from the packaging development phase to the disposal or recycling of the packaging. 21 For instance, the shape and the dimension of packaging affect cube utilisation efficiency in transport, the choice of material influences waste handling and recycling and the protectiveness of packaging affects the amount of waste in the supply chain.…”

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Selection of Packaging Systems in Supply Chains from a Sustainability Perspective: The Case of Volvo

2012

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The purpose of this article is to develop an evaluation model for the selection of packaging systems in supply chains from a sustainability perspective. A theoretical evaluation model for comparing cost efficiency and the environmental impact of packaging systems in supply chains are developed from literature. The model is tested in a case study of a supply chain involving Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Logistics Corporation, comparing the use of newly developed, one‐way packaging with the sustainability of returnable packaging. The model compares the environmental and economic impacts of two packaging systems in a specific supply chain. The criteria used in the model are (i) packaging fill rate, (ii) packaging material, (iii) transport, (iv) material handling, (v) waste handling and (vi) administration. In the case study, the one‐way packaging resulted in fewer economic and environmental impacts, thereby indicating the importance for companies to question their packaging systems. The model has been tested on one component in a case study. It provides a comparison of the packaging choices included using comparative, but not absolute, figures for the economic and environmental impacts. Managers can use the model to compare packaging systems for component supply and determine the most sustainable packaging from environmental and economic perspectives. The case study indicated that the returnable packaging system commonly used in the automotive industry is not always preferable in terms of sustainability. The article fulfils the need to evaluate the impact of packaging systems on supply chain sustainability in terms of economic and environmental criteria. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Selection of Packaging Systems in Supply Chains from a Sustainability Perspective: The Case of Volvo

2012

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“…It can reduce the cost of damage, safety, and packaging disposal. Integrated management of packaging and logistics is required, if a firm is to realize such opportunities (29)(30)(31)(32).…”

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The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology

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“…However, both costs and risks stemming from increasing complexity are limitations of information-sharing strategies [4], and stakeholders' profits are occasionally not practical or fall short of their expectations [5,6]. Packaging is, meanwhile, an essential strategy [7], and its positive impacts are comprehensively provided through logistic processes in supply chains [8][9][10][11] and on the efficiency of manufacturing, distribution, and goods handling [12]. By contrast, offline communication is achieved with packaging, which improves communication among stakeholders [13,14] because it is normally part of the first contact between them and the product.…”

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Packaging as an Offline Method to Share Information: Evidence from the Food and Beverage Industry in the Republic of Korea

Choi

Lee

2019

Sustainability

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With the growing participation by diverse stakeholders in the total flow of products, as seen with supply chains and logistics, it is becoming increasingly complicated to decide what information is to be shared and who is to be a partner. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of packaging as an offline method to share information in the total channel. This is because packaging improves communication among stakeholders and is normally part of the first contact between them and the product. Thus, it has the strategic potential to share product information that meets stakeholders’ needs. To accomplish this objective, we built a research framework that depicts four hypotheses and tested it with structural equation modeling (SEM). Data were collected by surveys and measured for statistical analysis. After identifying the role of packaging, we showed nine specific related variables and the information’s perceived effects on stakeholders and their directions and relative values. This will help future researchers to discuss packaging’s extended roles, the needs of information separation, and its priority to be shared to help executives develop packaging strategies as an offline means to share information. Additionally, as packaging is considered to be an information generator, it gives participants the opportunity to extend its roles and to assign additional information to the product along the offline flow of goods from manufacturers to end users.

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Integrated Packaging Systems for Transportation and Distribution

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