Packaging by Quadient, the Automated Packaging Solutions specialist, will be highlighting its revolutionary automated packaging machines at IntraLogisteX 2021, 1 - 2 July, Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Find out how to save costs, reduce shipment volumes, and boost packaging performance by visiting stand …
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Sustainable packaging helps internet retailers avoid ‘oversized box rage’
Evolving legislation, advances in technology and pressure to meet the expectations of increasingly environmentally conscious consumers are driving more companies to implement sustainable packaging strategies across their supply chains. With an estimated 5 billion corrugated boxes used in the UK …
Forthcoming packaging and waste regulations add to pressures for greater ecommerce packing efficiency
The cardboard supply market is under stress, and forthcoming changes to the regime around packaging and waste will have further impacts. Retailers and shippers will need to act now to optimise their use of an increasingly valuable commodity, says Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for …
Shipping empty space just doesn’t make sense
E-commerce companies urged to reduce parcel volumes to limit courier driver shortage’s impact on online deliveries Research recently released by market intelligence agency, Mintel, shows that the Covid-19-inspired rise in online shopping has driven a boom in demand for UK courier and delivery …
Automation: Learning the secrets of uptime
Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the secrets to maximising uptime? Will Carder, Automation Sales Engineer at Quadient provides the answers. The …
Online retailers facing cardboard packaging ‘double whammy’ of longer lead times and higher prices
A growing number of internet retailers are struggling to fulfil orders as a result of a shortage of cardboard packaging brought about by the boom in online sales during the pandemic. Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient, warns that with some paper and sheet …
A packaging toy story
Constraints to business expansion, presented by manual packing, lead one international logistics business to invest in fast, fit-to-size automated packaging technology from Quadient. Established in 2015, Global Freight Management Hersden Ltd is a highly successful international logistics business. …
Online boom makes oversized packaging unsustainable
The pandemic has propelled ecommerce to new heights, making online retailers’ use of oversized, wasteful packaging unsustainable. By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient. It is said that on average every man, woman and child in the UK receives 140 parcels a …
Five ways to boost ecommerce packaging performance
The pandemic has been a catalyst for change, way beyond our expectations. Ecommerce has been propelled to new heights, with online order volumes swamping conventional fulfilment centres. Now, as a second wave sweeps the country, are businesses ready for the predicted mega-peaks of a Covid Christmas? …
