Reusable packaging is an important element of sustainable entrepreneurship, as RTIs prevent huge amounts of waste. But as long as you’re unaware of how many containers remain at which location, you’ll spend more time and money on packaging than you’d like to (or should). Your reusable crates or pallets may appear nice and durable, but in reality they’re not. The latest software makes the complex task of packaging management much more controllable.
The EU Circular Economy Action Plan makes your sustainable business more necessary than ever. Reusing packaging is an important form of material saving, which can contribute to the set goals for climate neutrality in 2050. However, many companies have trouble mastering the often complex packaging management.
As crates, containers, pallets and trollies circulate, settlement of deposits is usually needed as well. In addition, specific arrangements are often made with customers, suppliers, pooling companies and carriers. Such agreements about, for example, responsibilities and cost calculation are often different for each counterparty. Until now, that made them difficult to automate or control.
As a company you therefore often depend on that one planner or logistics manager who knows all the agreements by heart or has put (most of) them in some excel sheet. If that person falls ill or goes away on a holiday, things can easily go pear shaped. Colleagues find it difficult to make sense of notes and miss those arrangements the absent colleague carries out without thinking. All these exceptions and special arrangements make correct packaging management not just difficult, but often impossible and that works against many of your sustainability efforts.
All these exceptions and special arrangements make efficient packaging management not just difficult, but often impossible and that does not help your company's sustainability efforts.
"There is only one planet Earth," the European Commission states in its circular economy action plan, "yet by 2050, the world will be consuming as if there were three." According to the same report, the EU needs to 'accelerate the transition towards a regenerative growth model'. We need to give back to the planet more than we take, use fewer resources, and strive to reduce our footprint. According to the action plan, the percentage of circular use of materials must double in the next ten years.
Therefore, a correct, balanced packaging registration is now even more important than it already was. Not only to control costs and enable more efficient operations, but to contribute to climate goals as well. Sustainable entrepreneurship not just about the use of the right raw materials and components, but also in the efficient reuse of – in this case – packaging.
Full efficiency in packaging registration can only be achieved if you always know exactly where each packaging item is located. Such insight enables a sustainable approach to logistics management. You’ll never have too many items in stock, whilst never falling short at the same time, and you’ll maintain a valuable insight into breakages, costs, responsibilities and third party agreements. Automation is indispensable here as it prevents errors and facilitates quicker data processing.
PackControl is a brand new, complete solution for packaging management that will help your sustainability efforts. It allows full integration of data from both internal and external systems. You will, for example, be able to automatically match balance statements of pooling companies with your own transactions. The system also lets you record any special agreements regarding e.g. responsibilities and deposit settlements. Your packaging management will be more efficient and you’ll reduce your error rate. Get full insight into quantities, values, locations, counterparties and directly coordinate transactions with customers and suppliers. It’ll bring you an important step closer to a fully sustainable business.
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