February 2024

Welcome back to Corrugated Connections!

Last month we learned how adopting some best practices in unitization can help businesses reduce product damage, rejected goods and unnecessary surcharges while also helping to improve customer satisfaction. But did you know that this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to optimizing your packaging operations and adjacent supply chain?

For many companies, the philosophy around packaging is that it’s a basic but necessary cost center whose costs can be minimized through vendor bidding. After all, a box is just a box…right?

Wrong. A box isn’t JUST a box. It’s a vital component that can impact every other part of a business’s supply chain. And if overlooked, it can result in hidden and costly inefficiencies in production and distribution.

PCA’s Performance Packaging Group (PPG) specializes in addressing these far-reaching effects of packaging operations. PPG team members act like detectives, finding pain points and identifying untapped efficiencies throughout a packaging system.

Explore our latest article to get a bird’s-eye view of how the PPG helps PCA customers streamline their operations.

We’ve seen that a box isn’t as simple as it appears on the surface. So let’s dive beneath the surface. Have you ever wondered how boxes are made? Well, you’re not the only one!

That’s exactly why we created our illustrated article, “How Corrugated Boxes Are Made.” Unbox the origins of corrugated in this educational article packed with images and insights.

Thanks for reading! We’ll see you next time.