FEATURE Packaging Machinery
rate based on actual weight or volumetric or dimensional weight, whichever is the greater. Consequently, size really does matter. Tailor-making a perfectly-sized box
possible but readily available at speeds of up to 1,100 packages per hour. And Quadient technology, in the form of the CVP Everest and the CVP Impack, makes it entirely feasible to maximise the cube of a trailer by reducing package volumes by up to 50%. One major retailer now gets 60 boxes on a pallet as opposed to 30, saving cost saving over a year.
4. Increase operational efficiency packing systems can remove the need for between 20-30 packing desks, freeing up valuable and increasingly-scarce labour resources for other, more value-adding duties. In addition, the capacity to produce high volumes of perfectly-sized packages at speed can reduce the stress of having to that often requires early planning and exposure to risk.
Fit-to-size automation enables you to be
Quadient’s CVP Everest can flexibly handle a wide variety of order sizes, creating a perfect- sized box for each order at a rate of up to 1,100 packages per hour
peak ready and fully equipped for future growth.
5. Enhance the customer experience Consumers are increasingly disgruntled by wasteful packaging – oversized boxes 48% of customers agree that “excessive packaging is one of the most annoying things about online shopping”. Survey evidence also suggests that customers feel more positively about brands that are trying to reduce unnecessary packaging. How a package is received is all part of the brand experience. Perfectly-sized
packaging better protects items in transit, leading to fewer breakages and less packaging for the customer to dispose perception of the product, and a positive unboxing experience is more likely to lead to further orders.
Fit-to-size packaging technology is transforming ecommerce packing performance.
CONTACT:
Quadient
www.packagingbyquadient.com
automationmagazine.co.uk
Automation | March 2021
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