Minimalist On The Move
A Blog about Packing and Moving
Friday, April 26, 2019
Tips to Boost Sales with the Help of Packaging Design
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Why Should the Companies Need To Focus On Reducing Packaging Waste?
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Packaging Supplies That Your Business Needs
2020 was a crazy year for everyone. Never before has our new age economy have to come to terms with such a daunting amount of changes and economic twists and turns. Consequently, the eCommerce industry has absolutely taken off in the past year. While this industry was steadily growing for the past 10 years or so, the pandemic and related factors have exemplified what it means to be an eCommerce business and shown how profitable and convenient this industry can be. One thing I noticed is that there were many small attempts at various eCommerce businesses, but many small business owners seemed to struggle with the details and complications that arise from attempting to own and operate your own eCommerce business. I’ve made this list as a few tips and tricks to help guide you in your first eCommerce business. Time to get in on the action!
My first tip to you is to invest in some quality packing and shipping supplies. I’m talking boxes, poly bags, packing tape, bubble wrap, all of that stuff. Obviously, you don’t need to buy all of these things, but I wanted to give you a few examples of how important your packaging and shipping supplies are going to be. After all, this package going out to your customers is likely the only physical interaction your customers will have with you; you need to make sure you get it right. Different packages or boxes are good for different products. For example, clothing or similar items don’t need a cardboard box or something like that. Just use poly bags and a weather proof package and that will do the trick! More fragile or bulky items may need a box of some sort, so be sure to pack lots of packing materials like bubble wrap or packing peanuts in the box as well. Remember, this is likely the only physical interaction you will have with your customer, and it’s important to keep a healthy relationship with these customers.
Another tip I have for you is to take advantage of all the resources available to you online. Since you are owning and operating your own eCommerce business, the internet is going to be your best friend! There are so many different ways to get started with your business and start selling things online to people all over the world. There are specific apps and programs that make building your website, platform, and business easier and more efficiently. Certain programs like Shopify are designed for people who don’t necessarily know how to write code or work with designing websites in any complicated ways. This program is perfect for me, since I am a complete neanderthal when it comes to working with computers.
Another helpful tip is to, once you’ve established your website and store online, enable tracking via google analytics or something similar. This can help you determine who your customers are and what they like about your product. Knowing more information about your customers will help you create ads that specifically target them and will generate more traffic on your website, which translates to more sales. Gathering data on your customers will allow you to create ads through Facebook, Instagram, or other social media that you know your customers are regularly using. This is a super good way to generate more sales!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Efficient Packing Your Car for Moving
Friday, January 12, 2018
BUBBLE WRAP CAN BE RECYCLED, BUT HOW?
Bubble wrap has long been one of the most important packaging materials for the past 60 years. Thanks to its flexible design, its flexibility ensures that you can use it as a protection device for valuables of any size or shape. Even though bubble wrap can protect goods from damage during transport, it is essential to consider its effects on the environment. Is bubble wrap able to be recycled, for instance? In this article, you will find a look at eco-friendly alternatives to bubble wrap and find out if bubble wrap is environmentally friendly.
Bubble Wrap: What Is It?
The product was initially named "Bubble Wrap," and many millions of shipments have been protected with it worldwide since then. The first computers that IBM shipped were expensive, heavy, and bulky. It was difficult to preserve these shipments from damage because the only protection available was paper, sawdust, and horsehair. All of which were unsuitable in a blatant manner. Developed by Sealed Air Corporation in 1957, Bubble Wrap, a trademark still used today, revolutionized the container packaging industry when thin sheets filled with air pockets were invented.
Bubble Wrap is Made of What?
It is important to note that innovation played a significant role in creating the trademarked product. It is not unusual for each bubble wrap sheet to have thousands of tiny air pockets sealed with plastic. To protect your valuables during shipping, a layer of air pockets serves as a protective barrier, shielding them from bumps that are inevitable while sending packages.
Is Bubble Wrap Recyclable?
It is possible to recycle bubble wrap in your ordinary recycling container, just like you do with any other plastic. As a result, it will be collected and delivered to a facility that will recycle it to make clothing and garden furniture. It is worth mentioning that plastic can even last for decades or centuries after it is created, even though it is recyclable and biodegradable.
Bubble wrap is one of the most reliable forms of packaging protection on the market today. It can be used to protect the latest technology as well as fine jewelry. There have been several changes in recent years that have increased the scrutiny of the industry. It wasn't long ago when Amazon, an international online retailer, introduced non-recyclable bubble wrap envelopes. This led to a media uproar in the U.S. Having endured heavy backlash from the public, and they changed their packaging from cardboard and paper to a more sustainable alternative.
Despite that, we remain faced with a problem: due to a lack of recycling and the proliferation of bubble wrap, we contribute to a plastic waste pandemic, a polluting effect on the oceans, and an escalating landfill problem.
Nevertheless, you should make sure that you consider the environmental impact before using oil-based plastics as a package protection material. With every package that you send, you can contribute to saving the planet. There are so many eco-friendly alternatives available that you can choose from, many of which are already made from recycled materials.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Importance of Packaging Machinery Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance is something that the packaging industry absolutely needs. When you look at machinery maintenance for packaging, most think of preventative forms of this. This is of course, one of the most important parts. It basically helps you handle the problem before it become as a problem. When you work with this, it basically allows for the machinery to keep and start running once more. They also offer you the least amount of downtime as a firm, allowing you to get more packaging out than ever before.
What is It and why is it Important?
Basically, predictive maintenance is a kind of packaging type of machinery that lets the machinery, along with the assets that are related, get monitored through a computerized, manual process that lets you predict the assets that will need to be repaired or maintained in some way or another.
Why is it important you might ask? It’s responsible for keeping everything up and running. That’s because, it lets you replace everything before it becomes an issue. So let’s say you’ve got two companies competing in consumer goods. You can use predictive maintenance to handle the problems before a packaging line goes down.
Instead of needing to shut down, contact someone to fix this, and then wait before it’s resolved, this maintenance plan beforehand all make sure that all of the dynamics necessary for a packaging line are implemented before you even start, offering the best, and most important predictive maintenance that’s out there, and that’s possible.
While there is some irregularity, if you monitor this, then everything runs under optimal conditions. You can put together the best equipment numbers, identify problems within the machines, and everything comes together at an expected baseline, and is adjusted before everything fails. This saves you major costs down the line, and also doesn’t delay shipment in businesses such as this.
How to use this
There are a few ways for you to use this. First, you can set up machinery that has the predictive maintenance naturally built into there, and then, you can focus on the metrics that are necessary for identifying various issues.
When your computer is able to find the irregularities that are present there, and then, through the use of metrics, they can identify this, and then, when the anomalies are taken care of, then the operator is notified. Then of course, maintenance that’s done by technicians look to identify everything that must be replaced, or what needs to occur. Not every single packaging machinery uses the predictive maintenance that’s built within it, and sometimes, this is augmented, but that’s not always true.
The best way to actually handle this though, is through working with a technician, as they can look at the required metrics, and anything else that they need to watch out for, setting up the functionality of this, and also track performance metrics that you have. The numbers are then recorded, moving away from the baseline, identifying the areas of issue, and what changes need to occur.
This means that the technician helps to figure out the best repairs, tweaks, or your replacements that must be done before the item breaks down, offering you a chance to decrease this downtime along the line of packaging, saving you a lot in costs that are there, and also will help with decreasing a lot of problems down the road. So definitely consider this if you’re looking to beef up your system, as it can help with improving the whole thing, and also prevents the worst from happening as well.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The Minimum Requirements for Packaging
Before you order the materials that you need for packaging, are there requirements. What are the minimum requirements before you can place an order for packaging? These are usually based on the company that you’re getting it from, and if you don’t meet the needs, you may have to pay for more. But this is why a lot of people don’t understand it, since they just assume they can order and be done with it. Here, we’ll go over some of the minimums that you need typically, and what you have to look at when choosing to buy from packaging companies of all kinds.
What is the minimum order requirement
This is pretty much a requirement of the types of materials that you must purchase minimally for a company to fulfill it at certain prices and fees. This is based on the following requirements:
The production scheduling
The availability of materials
The run time of the machinery and items to make this
Why does this matter? Well if you don’t understand dynamic packaging, it’ll cause many other problems down the line. If you’re trying to buy willy nilly, lots of companies will charge you more or just not fulfill it in general, and you won’t be able to get your stuff. If you’re a company who needs this, you might have to fork over more, or you may have to shop around for providers, which does take a bit of time.
So what are They?
Usually, this varies from place to place. One thing to consider is that not everything will have this, or some may be smaller requirements for this than others. Why is that? It’s because some materials are easier to print or manufacture than others. For example, shrink film that’s printed, especially custom printed, will have a minimum order requirement, since usually there are other variables that affect the cost of this.
When you’re ordering of course, you’ll need to factor in this. Another thing to understand is that additional aspects of this put into the order will affect the costs. For example, if you’re ordering printed shrink film with a branded logo on it, it’s going to cost you a bit more money. Because of this, a lot of printed shrink films will have specific order requirements, which means that you need to meet this minimally to order/.
Alternatively, fi you can’t, they may charge a premium fee, since you are requiring something that’ll cost a lot to print, and if you’re not printing enough, it may not be financially viable for some companies. If you’re curious about this, you should always inquire about these materials before you get a minimum order. Without doing this, it can cause issues after the order is placed, resulting in more fees, or perhaps the order being canceled because of it not being financially viable.
So how do you find out what the minim order requirements are? The simplest way is to check the website, since usually if you’re ordering from certain companies, they have specifics that’ll help customers figure this out. Alternatively, there are packaging specialists that can help you figure out what the costs of this are, and they of course can be talked to, and you can get the answers there.
It’s important for businesses however to have this information on hand before they actually buy anything, since otherwise, it can cause a lot of issues down the road, and there is always a chance that there might be a problem, and you end up spending more than you should.