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The Relationship Challenge: Converging Trends and
the Resultant Freight Damage Potential
June 17th, 2015
Packaging Technology & Securement
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• Offer a view of packaging evolution and the
growing gap that may lead to increased freight
damage
Objective
Overview
• Rail Freight Trends and Considerations
• Packaging Trends
• Transit Packaging System
• Convergence of these Trends
• A Path to Damage Prevention
Main Points
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Rail Freight Trends
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Rail Considerations
Shock,
Vibration and
Compression
Hazards Response of
the Hazards
with contents
are not
braced
Temperature
& Humidity
Hazards
Are retailers and brand owners
considering the implications of rail?
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Packaging Trends
Light Weighting
Cost Avoidance Sustainability Retail Ready
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Packaging Trends
Population and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
U.S. EPA and Census Bureau Statistics
1994 2012 Change
U.S. Population (MM) 261.8 313.9 19.9%
Households (MM) 97.1 121.1 24.7%
Total MSW (mm tons) 209.1 250.9 20.0%
Containers & Packaging
MSW Generated (mm tons) 75.0 75.2 0.3%
% of Total MSW 35.9% 29.9%
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Packaging Trends
Source: IGD’s International SRP Report, May 2006
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The “Just Right” Package
Transit Packaging System
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Transit Packaging System
Shipping Container
(often forgotten)
Unit Load Configuration
Tertiary Packaging
Secondary Packaging
Primary Packaging
Product
Consumer Product Categories
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Convergence of Trends
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Convergence of Trends
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• All parties want to ship more by rail (goal)
• There is fear of damage shipping by rail (road block)
• There is a path to the goal (predicting the effects)
Conclusions
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Integration and communication
Path to Damage Prevention
• Packaging Community: Increased
understanding that the cargo
container is part of the packaging
system
• Shipping Community: Support the
education of the packaging
community
• Logistics Community: Bring the
two parties together
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USA
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