由 caicai8478 On the competitive road of international logistics, speed is one of the key factors to win customers. However, many sellers’ efforts to increase speed tend to focus only on choosing faster transportation channels, but they ignore a lever hidden inside the warehouse that can bring about huge efficiency improvements — packaging standardization.
A cluttered packaging process is the “hidden killer” of storage efficiency. Standardized packaging means that through the establishment of a unified and standardized packaging system, 打包 is transformed from a “art” to an efficient and predictable “science”.
- Why is standardized packaging the core of the efficiency revolution?
When you have dozens of cardboard boxes of different sizes and materials stacked on your shelves, a packager is needed for each product. When looking for a suitable box, the efficiency is low. Standardized packaging solves the fundamental problem through the following method:
Reduce decision-making time: Operators don’t need to think about “which box to use”, and directly click on the product to take a fixed model of packaging, and the decision-making time is reduced to zero.
Optimizing warehouse space: Paper boxes of the same size can be neatly stacked, greatly improving warehouse space utilization and reducing warehouse floor space.
Simplified material management: only need to purchase a few sizes of cardboard boxes, fillers and tapes, simplifying the procurement, inventory management and replenishment processes, reducing management costs and the risk of material shortages.
Improve the efficiency of the water supply line: the standardized process is suitable for the construction of the water supply line, specialized personnel, high operational proficiency, and fast speed.
- How? Implementation of standard packaging？four big steps
First step: Product analysis and classification
For all SKUs on the disk, measure the length, width, height and weight of the product.
According to the size and characteristics (such as whether it is easy to break), put the products into categories. Most of the company’s product lines can be put into 3-5 standard size series.
Second step: design standard packaging scheme
For each size series of products, select 1-2 standard outer boxes of the best size. The ideal state is when the product is put in, the gap is minimal, and there is no need to overfill.
Establish a fixed internal protection plan for each class of products: For example, Class A products use 气泵film wrapping + two sides of air pillow; Class B products are placed directly in the filled paper box.
Establish《Standard Operation Procedures》(SOP):明Make a record of each type of product that should be used in the outer box, the type of filling, the quantity used, and how to package it. Let any new employee be able to follow the diagram.
第三步: Material integration and procurement
Non-standard paper boxes and packaging materials, selected several standard size paper boxes and supporting materials for centralized procurement.
The price advantage brought by 大宗 purchasing can also significantly reduce the single packaging cost.
Fourth step: Reorganize warehouse layout and process
A fixed packaging workstation is set up in the warehouse, and each workstation only stores 1-2 standard paper boxes and related materials within easy reach.
推行 “套娃式” storage layout, the product storage area is placed close to the corresponding standard packaging material area, reducing the operator’s walking distance.
- Intuitive manifestation of efficiency improvement
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Search for matching paper boxes and filling materials in four places, take it directly, and reduce the time consumption by more than 70% without thinking.
Each time you need to think about how to pack and fill, the technique is not the same as the SCP operation, the technique is unified, the muscle memory is formed, and the speed increases by more than 50%.
Package stacks are not uniform in size and shape, cannot be stacked evenly, waste space, uniform size, can be as stable as bricks, efficient stacking space utilization rate is doubled
New people training requires a long time to accumulate experience, the training cost is high, and you can get on the job in half an hour, and there is almost no learning cost Reduce the cost of training - Surpassing efficiency: Additional benefits brought about by standardization
Controllable cost: The cost of packaging materials and manpower become predictable and calculable, convenient for financial calculation and control.
Improved stability: The standard process reduces the fluctuation of packaging quality caused by differences in personnel operation, and the protection performance is more stable.
Professional image: uniform appearance of the delivery package, conveying to the customer a professional and careful brand image.
Optimizing shipping: Through carefully designed standard box type, you can better avoid the trap of “heavy volume”, thereby reducing shipping costs.
Conclusion
Standardized packaging looks like a compromise to “personalization”, but it is actually the only way to scale and professionalize. It brings not only a quantitative change in the speed of delivery, but also a qualitative change in the entire warehouse operation model.
Don’t let the packaging link become a flaw in your logistics chain. Today, put effort into designing a scientific standardized packaging system, and tomorrow your warehouse will deliver goods to every corner of the world with the speed and precision of a water line. In this efficiency revolution, the rapid delivery of each package is a solid manifestation of your competitiveness.