Packaging dimensions affect shipping costs as well as product protection. For e-commerce businesses, reviewing the size and format of each package can help identify opportunities to reduce unused space and address dimensional-weight charges.
Dimensional weight (DW) reflects the space a package occupies. A larger shipping container can therefore cost more to ship even when its contents are lighter. Compare shipping rates for the package dimensions and weight required to protect your product.
The industry refers to selecting an appropriately sized package as “right-sizing.” The goal is to reduce unused space while allowing the cushioning or other protection the product needs. Review the packed dimensions, protective materials and handling requirements together before changing your packaging.
Let the packaging consultants at Pacific Packaging handle your DW challenges. We are experts at finding the right size container for your products. For some applications, the brown box is not the answer. We also stock cushioned and non-cushioned mailers. Our mailers are lined with recycled padded paper, bubble or can be a rigid self-seal corrugated mailer. Co-ex mailers are ideal for shipping soft goods such as clothing. Mailers are viable, tested alternatives to corrugated boxes.
If packing your product in boxes or inserting items into mailers do not fit with your labor costs or production goals, ask about automated equipment that may help address dimensional-weight costs such as automatic bagging equipment and cohesive linerboard packaging equipment as well. Please contact your Pacific sales professional today and begin to look at reducing your packaging spend today.
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