All the Packaging Services You Need Under One Roof
Whether you need wood, paper, foam, or plastics, having a sole source vendor for packaging has many benefits.
If you are responsible for procuring packaging for a diverse product line, you may face unique challenges in ensuring everything arrives in perfect condition. This is particularly true if your mix contains large, heavy, or highly fragile products. You may be working with multiple vendors to get the combination of packaging materials you need, and this can put a strain on your business that leads to increased administrative costs and inventory that can be challenging to manage.
Using different vendors to source packaging materials intended to work together, such as foam inserts and plastic cases, may result in them not fitting as well as you would like. This can lead to decreased efficiency from slower packaging times, increased costs from mismatched sets of inventory and minimum order quantity (MOQ) differences, and potential damage and erosion of customer trust if parts don’t work together and cause damage.
The best way to reduce these issues is to have a single source provider.
At WIC, we specialize in custom packaging solutions catering to products of all shapes, sizes, and fragility. What sets us apart is our ability to engineer the packaging from various materials – wood, foam, plastic, and paper – to precisely fit each item and the needs of our customers. Below, we discuss the benefits of working with us as your single vendor to get the custom packaging you need, whether wood, corrugated paperboard, foam, plastic, or any combination. We also offer on-demand system solutions (paper, inflatable air, and foam) for your packaging line.
Convenience
Having a single point of contact for all your packaging needs is the ultimate convenience—no more coordinating between different suppliers for wood crates, foam inserts, or plastic protectors. Multiple vendors will have various lead times, and coordinating them to get the necessary packaging combinations can be tricky. Or you will have to keep stock on hand to ensure it is there when you need it, adding inventory carrying costs for your business.
Fortunately, we handle it all, simplifying your packaging supply chain and logistics and saving you a tremendous amount of time. This convenience translates into increased productivity and efficiency for your purchasing, warehouse, and packaging staff.
Customization and Protection
Each of your products is unique, and its protection should be too. Our design team works closely with our customers to create packaging tailored not only to the product’s dimensions but also to its specific shipping, handling, and performance requirements. We look at not just your product but also your handling, inventory, and shipping practices. For example, we will optimize the number of products that can be placed in packaging, the number of boxes that fit on a pallet, and the number of pallets in a truckload. Optimization will drastically lower the risk of damage, which is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and reducing returns and warranty claims. It will also save money on shipping costs. We work on reducing costs across all your packaging processes, inbound and outbound.
Once we have a design, we will develop a prototype or several to ensure we have the best possible solution. Once that is determined, we can move on to testing. We can simulate the environments that a packaging may encounter. We drop it, crush it, shake it, spin it – we want to be sure that your product will be protected.
Cost Efficiency
While custom solutions might sound premium, our customers often find they save money in the long run. Our packaging is designed to be exactly the right size, reducing shipping costs. The enhanced protection minimizes the expense of damage claims, and an efficient design minimizes pack-out labor. Not to mention the time you’ll save in procurement, management, and other soft costs.
Sustainability
If sustainability is a concern for your company, our eco-friendly options ensure that protecting your products doesn’t come at the expense of the environment. In addition to using eco-friendly materials, our engineering team’s design techniques reduce the amount of material in the product and encourage reusability or recyclability. Paper-based packaging is renewable, biodegradable, and recyclable. Wood packaging is sustainably sourced, reusable/repairable, and compostable. Plastic molded cases and material handling totes and trays are reusable and some recyclable. Even foam packaging may be recyclable.
By choosing the right materials and optimizing your packaging, you have the power to make an impact on the environment. This can be a great message to share with your environmentally conscious customers.
WIC: Your One Stop Packaging Shop
We’d love to help you streamline your packaging supply chain and optimize your product packaging, warehouse, and processes. Take the first step and contact us today.