Logistica, Packaging Intelligente & EVi “Safe Ship Solution Project”
The continuous development of new technologies is also increasingly proactively affecting the world of packaging, transversally involved through the application of the latest solutions related to real-time data collection.
This new scenario involves not only a change in the method in logistics currently applied but also a new relationship of customers with the goods they are waiting for or working.
Smart packaging systems leverage advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cross-verification applications, measurement sensors and data analysis to monitor changes in temperature, humidity, shock, handling conditions and related geo-location, effectively providing very powerful tools to support identification and control logistics.
The final result, in addition to guaranteeing the integrity of the product and strengthening customer trust, is better traceability of the entire shipping flow, optimization of resources and operational management of control over actual logistics costs, which always have a significant impact on the income statements of companies.
Logistics costs have an important value in the process that conveys the product from production to the customer and, in some cases, these costs have a significant percentage incidence on the sales value of the product.
These costs are determined by the sum of many factors such as the storage of goods, their preparation at the end of the line and complete integrity during transport.
To the above we must add an additional load, given the increase in online commerce that has significantly increased shipping logistics processes in recent years.
In addition, logistics costs are considered strategic when the products to be conveyed are goods sensitive to adverse risk factors that can deteriorate or destroy the product, as in the case of fresh food, where storage time is of vital importance, or medicines, where temperature is vital, or dangerous goods that require continuous stability control, of location, humidity and temperature.
In these cases, smart packaging comes into play by ensuring an opportunity to solve the historical problems triggered by litigation over the integrity of the products delivered.
Intelligent packaging intervenes directly:
- on the saving of business costs: unusable goods become unsellable and compensation must be insured;
- on customer satisfaction, who rightly expects to receive a product that conforms to his order.
With the use of solutions that include technologies directly related to data analysis, real-time control and geo-location, it is now possible to monitor even the last mile of the commercial chain.
EVi’s® commitment, aimed at strengthening the development of these environmentally friendly solutions, is activated by proposing the Safe Ship Solution project to support the active and passive safety of packaging.
The aim of the project is to be able to give an immediate, simple and proven answer to guarantee the packaging for any product category produced, thus harmonizing all the actors involved in the “life of the package”.
The possibility of immediately having confirmation that the packaging has been made in a compliant way is in fact important:
– for those who produce the object (testifies to the production professionalism of the company by corroborating the image of the same which in fact, in an extremely transparent way, entrusts the packaging to the shipper with the certainty of having processed an order in a perfect workmanlike manner);
– for the freight forwarder, who can have immediate visual control of the package transport situation (demonstrating extreme professionalism in the treatment of the goods entrusted to him);
And finally,
– for the end customer, who is sure to receive an extremely professional treatment from his supplier (being aware of transparently tracking the real situation of the state of the packaging in every form and certainty that the ordered product arrives intact and ready for use as per his request).
Starting from the possibility of sealing the packaging, using Water Activated Tape in its various realizations (normal, reinforced with threads or rhomboidal weft), the precious contents are perfectly environmentally friendly and leak-proof.
The use of WAT tape is the first important step in a virtuous shipment, because in addition to being a closure security, it is insensitive to the dust that may be present on the cartons, it can be used on any type of carton and in any working environment (whether cold or extremely hot) and, not fearing storage aging, offers economic certainty on supply for a conscious company administrative management.
Considering that each product has its own specific protection needs, it must be ensured that:
– the packaging is best protected to ensure the optimal safety of the product during transport;
– the environmental impact of the packaging is minimized ;
– logistics costs are optimized.
Identifying these needs and outlining the best form of protection is the winning choice, as already mentioned; During its “journey”, the product must be protected from active and passive shocks, possible overturning, sudden changes in temperature, the presence or absence of humidity and, in some cases, even exposure to sunlight.
Once the package is sealed, it is now possible to create the “control” part, using, according to actual needs, all those intelligent and innovative solutions whose availability allows a professional demonstration of the extreme quality of the services made available for modern and efficient intelligent logistics which, in a nutshell, allows you to obtain operational peace of mind through cost reduction, better customer satisfaction with consequent loyalty and inevitable increase in sales.
To learn more about Water Activated Tape and Safe Ship Solution Project , and to explore an exciting range of smart packaging solutions, info@evi-italia.com