- A beverage manufacturer saved $500,000 with new bottles, optimized corrugate weight and adjusted stretch wrap thickness – a return on the company’s investment of 400%.
- A tissue manufacturer saved $320,000 by switching to recycled corrugate for its secondary packaging.
- A private label manufacturer saved $200,000 by eliminating slip sheets when transporting its pre-moistened wipes.
CHEP ideation sessions unlock supply chain optimization and packaging performance opportunities
posted by AJOT | Apr 04 2017 at 06:20 AM | Logistics
CHEP expands scope of ideation sessions to uncover greater customer opportunities to increase efficiency, decrease damage, reduce costs and improve sustainability.
Customers saved more than $1 million with CHEP Packaging Performance Solutions.
Chicago, Illinois - During a presentation at ProMat, CHEP’s Ben Eugrin, Director of Supply Chain Solutions, and Mohammad Ansari, Senior Manager of Product Development, briefed attendees on CHEP’s proprietary ideation session methodology and the value it creates for customer supply chains. They also discussed the $1 million in packaging performance savings for customers through collaboration with CHEP.
“CHEP has a wealth of end-to-end supply chain knowledge, experience and expertise,” said Mr. Eugrin. “But the secret to our supply chain solutions success is our strong commitment to true collaboration with our customers. We bring together customer representatives from across all functions in the supply chain and expand their understanding of value creating opportunities well beyond pallet operations. That is what our ideation sessions are all about, and the results speak for themselves.”
CHEP has conducted many collaborative, cross-functional ideation sessions with customers over the past few months, identifying supply chain efficiency opportunities and developing innovative solutions that save time and generate sustainability savings. CHEP’s ideation sessions bring together all supply chain functional areas, including packaging, planning, operations and logistics to identify the highest value targets. Recent Ideation Sessions have covered transportation, store fulfillment, sustainability, distribution center operations and inbound order optimization.
In addition, Mr. Eugrin and Mr. Ansari outlined how CHEP’s Packaging Performance Solutions resulted in more than $1 million in savings and significant return on investment for customers, including: