19 posts tagged with “packaging”

Sustainable packaging changes are turning machinery limits, material formats, dimensions, durability, and pallet patterns into freight execution data.

International Paper’s CPKC rail-served Mississippi packaging facility shows why freight optionality belongs in industrial site design, not after-the-fact logistics fixes.

Food packaging decisions now affect traceability, recall scope, warehouse handling, and supplier-change risk across food logistics networks.

Pallet sourcing is becoming a continuity risk as cross-border shippers balance pallet availability, export compliance, dock throughput, and reusable asset visibility.

Containerboard production cuts are turning packaging availability into a transportation cost issue for ecommerce, parcel, and fulfillment teams.

EXPO PACK México 2026 highlights a practical shift toward packaging automation, robotics, AI, and smarter logistics execution across Latin American manufacturing and export supply chains.

Shelf-ready packaging and RFID mandates are turning carton design into a warehouse labor strategy, improving throughput, inventory accuracy, compliance, and freight efficiency.

Unitizing is no longer just a packaging task. Smarter stretch wrapping, right-sized cartons, and connected equipment are turning load stability into a throughput and transportation visibility issue.

Data center equipment packaging is now a logistics risk control. Forwarders need better specs, inspections, photo records, and exception workflows for high-value freight.

A tracker study on Starbucks cold cups shows why recyclable packaging claims need chain-of-custody data, reverse logistics visibility, and EPR-ready reporting.