A pallet leaves the warehouse intact and arrives damaged, returns follow, and waste quietly accumulates. Despite advances in materials, automation, and logistics technology, transport damage remains a ...

Frequently employed in the automotive industry, among others, the eight disciplines problem solving (8D) methodology is a quality practice aimed at product and process improvement that can help ...

I came across a Consumer Reports article that made me laugh. I realize that is probably a strange response to a publication that covers consumer products and services. However, the article I read ...

The bulk distribution model has been in the news again lately, with well-known brands such as The Laughing Cow making their way into French supermarkets. Stakeholders in the bulk sector are seeking to ...

Sustainable packaging is now a core business priority. Brands face pressure from regulators, retailers, investors and consumers to reduce waste and improve recyclability. Yet many packaging formats ...

In chasing alignment with the circular economy, it is fitting that the flexible packaging industry is increasingly circling back to the material that started it all – paper. The history of paper ...

The idea for ShipNaked, a new campaign to reduce the packaging used in e-commerce, came to Sheila Morovati, president and founder of Habits of Waste, when a vacuum arrived at her door in its own box ...

Geometric packing problems involve arranging objects of given shapes within a confined region so as to maximise density, minimise wasted space or satisfy prescribed distance and balance constraints.

The other thing that I know is that I'm not the only person like this out there, especially not in the marketing and media industries, where so many of us sensitive, caring souls tend to land up. So, ...