Chicago Consulting Develops 'Optimal Packaging' - A New Cost Reducing Green Technology
Chicago, IL (Vocus) April 30, 2008 -- Chicago Consulting (www.chicago-consulting.com) announces it has developed Optimal Packaging, a green technology that saves packaging costs as well. It's green because it reduces consumption of forest-based packaging that emits CO2 and is eventually deposited in landfills. It saves cost because it reduces the material used to package products. Because of its optimal relationship, it reduces material to the lowest possible amount.
"Examples of wasteful packaging are as close as our grocers' shelves," said Terry Harris, Managing Partner of Chicago Consulting. "Some of America's leading consumer packaged goods companies produce the poorest packaging." he went on.
Harris claims that Optimal Packaging is the best possible relationship between the volume needed to enclose products and the cost of the packaging material required. The firm mathematically derived these relationships for various packaging shapes and has applied them to their clients, saving millions in packaging and related costs - transportation, warehousing and labor. Harris explains, "Both tall-skinny and short-fat packages use too much material. Optimal packages are 'just right.'"
The firm illustrates its Optimal Packaging derivation with the Volume-Area chart shown. All cartons and cans (cylinders) must be on or above their respective optimal line. All spheres are on its line.
Optimal Packaging has an additional and interesting benefit - "upward optimality." Optimal consumer packages fit easily into optimal case packaging. This further applies at the pallet level and so on.
An example is the popular breakfast cereal Wheaties. A 15.6 ounce consumer package of Wheaties measures 7 and 11/16" by 2 and 11/16" by 11 and 3/4" and has a volume of 242.8 cubic inches. An optimally shaped container with that same volume would save 7.2% of this packaging material. The same idea applies to the corrugated carton that contained the 14 Wheaties consumer packs shipped to the grocer. It measures 15.4" by 11.8" by 18.8". Designed optimally it would save 23% of that material. Use a different case-count and the savings go up to 35%!
Companies can enter their packaging dimensions and calculate how much material they can save on the firm's web site -- http://www.chicago-consulting.com/optimalCartons.shtml. A white paper on this subject can be found in the articles section of the firm's web site.
ABOUT CHICAGO CONSULTING
Chicago Consulting designs optimal supply chains for manufacturers, distributors and retailers. It engineers supply chain components such as procurement, warehouse networks, inventory deployment, transportation and warehouse operations. From offices in Chicago and Shanghai the firm has applied advanced techniques to design supply chains for over 20 years. Further information can be found at www.chicago-consulting.com
# # #
Related Articles:
JellyBasket order Palmalito guava jelly by the case or gift basket!
Palmetto Canning Co., Inc. - Contract Packaging in glass or plastic for sauces, marinades, and other food products
CareMetix, Inc. - Contract Packaging for tube filling, form fill and seal, wet or dry chemical products including polyvinyl packaging.
Custom Printed Packaging Tape Can Carry Your Branding or Sales Message
Printed packaging tapes can be stock tapes that carry standard messages like FRAGILE, or can be custom printed with your own message. A custom printed packaging tape can act as your brand ambassador during the transit of the package.
Trigger Sprayers: Significant trend in packaging solutions
Our customers prefer the Trigger sprayers because of their uniform liquid content spraying attribute. The customers are preferred to purchase products having trigger sprayers so also the marketers.
Are Plastic Food and Beverage Containers Safe?
Question: Have plastic food and beverage containers been proven safe?Answer: No.During the film's graduation party in THE GRADUATE, Mr.
New Belgium Brewing Opens New Bottling and Packaging Facility
Plant uses new cool tools to double bottling capacity.
CD Printing And Packaging
During the compact disc replication process, there is an extraordinary amount of work involved in preparing the disc for presentation to the public. The compact disc master must first be developed before copies of the compact disc can be pressed. After this phase of the replication process, the replication center will begin to personalize the disc with various artwork.
Galician Flat Pies with a Pork Filling
Somehow when you do a little research on the cuisine of an individual country it is quite easy to come up almost with a common theme, a common name for the food for that country. Such as English food, German food but when you consider Spanish food or if you wish to be a bit more accurate about how you look at it, food and recipes that originate from Spain there is a very convincing argument that would say it's not that simple.
Nordson Awards $1,000 for Best Student Paper at IMAPS Device Packaging Conference
Nordson Corp. awarded $1,000 to the Best Student Paper at the IMAPS Device Packaging Confernce in Scottsdale, AZ, March 16-20, 2008.
Duquesa Marketing Appoints Award Winning Graphic Artist to Collaborate on ZenRay™ Art Multi-use Universal Wellness Pillow Packaging Being Readie
Geoff Ficke, President of Duquesa Marketing, announced today that his firm has engaged the services of award winning graphic artist Diana Puppin, Cincinnati, OH, to collaborate on the brand graphics for ZenRay™. Ms. Puppin has created packaging graphics for numerous consumer product staples and major brands.
The Death of Product Packaging as We Know It.
It used to be you that if you had a great product you put it in a package and voila! . .
Travel Tips - Packing Your Suitcase without Stress
The thrill of planning a trip will often light you up and consume all of your time. You look through guidebooks, talk to friends about their experiences, and research your itinerary on the internet.