The effect of packaging on transport costs.
Whether you use your own transport or work with freight companies to make deliveries, transport costs can stack up. You might not realize it, but any packaging you use will have a direct impact on your transport efficiency, and costs. So, what should you consider when it comes to packaging and its effect on transport? The size of your packaging can have a big knock-on effect. If any of your boxes or bags are too big for your products, you will need extra void fill which adds to the pack weight AND they will take up more cubic space. In turn, this means you will get less on a pallet or incur higher freight costs if they are calculated by volume. So, it is important not to take a “one size fits all” approach when it comes to your packaging. Think about the overall packaging footprint and how best to pack a product to minimize the space it uses. If your volumes are high enough, you could invest in automated solutions that size your packaging for you – so each pack is optimized.