Specialty Retailer Packaging Optimization Case Study Total Supply Chain Cost Savings 23.2% Transportation Savings 19.8% Reduction in filler 60.3% 22.4% 12.5% 8.5% Reduction in carton material Reduction in cartons shipped Reduction is weight shipped (from carton material) 35.1% Reduction in cube SOLUTION RESUL TS APPROACH PROBLEM Specialty reatiler with 145 stores and eCommerce business seeking opportunities to reduce supply chain costs. We increased the number of boxes from 16 to 22 only 9 of which were the original sizes. Full year impact resulted in 23.2% savings of total supply chain costs along with carbon footprint savings. This included a 12.5% reduction in labor. We used our proprietary software and the retailers shipment profile to mathematically compute the optimal number an

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