Objectives
- Protect Tuscan Iron Entries’ 1,000-pound, custom-made ornamental iron doors during shipping
- Cut down the 16-hour packing process
- Lower the high cost of packing material
Solution
- Used Laminations VBoard®, PF PalletTop® and FlatBoard®
- Wrapped each door, added strategically placed foam cubes and banded the doors to the frame to keep all the pieces upright
- Covered the entire pack in a white pallet wrap, preventing anything from getting inside the frame
Results
- Significantly reduced door damage during shipping
- Shortened assembly time for the packs from 16 hours to six hours
- Created a savings of 50 percent on packaging materials costs
- Cut shipping weight on each pack by 10 percent to 15 percent, creating more storage space in their facility
Click here to read more about this success.
