Manufacturing Industry
Reusable packaging streamlines supply, cuts waste.(TECH CHECK)
Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation, April, 2005 by Goetz, Samantha
Material management is essential to better supply-chain performance. One way to improve the flow of product all along the supply chain is to use plastic reusable packaging. World-class companies like Ford, John Deere, Harley-Davidson, Tyson and others have already recognized the value of reusable packaging in moving product faster, better, safer and more cost-effectively. A study conducted by Michigan State University, for example, noted that one U.S. automaker saved $10.9 million a year over a four-year period after a $16.3 million investment in reusable packaging. The savings included a 35% reduction in the cost of sending truckloads of waste to landfills.
Plastic reusable packaging is used to move, store and distribute product within a single operation or...
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