Packaging manufacturer Schumacher Packaging Group has announced a strategic partnership with software provider Skrym. The two companies want to focus in particular on reducing the weight, volume and empty space of paper-based e-commerce packaging. The aim is also to reduce emissions along the supply chain.
The Swedish company Skrym develops software solutions to increase the sustainability and efficiency of shipping packaging in logistics chains. For this Skrym analyses the logistics processes of online retailers - from ordering and packaging processes to delivery. Using existing data and artificial intelligence, the company identifies the optimum packaging size and shape to reduce empty spaces during transport - true to its vision of „Stop sending air“. In this way emissions and logistics costs of e-commerce customers reduced by up to 15 per cent while maintaining the same warehouse processes become.
„The partnership with Skrym is an important step for us towards future-proof e-commerce. With our expertise in paper-based packaging solutions and Skrym's innovative approach to optimising logistics processes in online retail, we can make packaging along the entire supply chain more sustainable and efficient for our customers. This applies both to shipping packaging that reaches the end consumer and to upstream transport solutions in logistics. Thanks to their properties, corrugated and solid board offer the ideal conditions for this.“
Jochen Drösel, Chief Sales Officer at Schumacher Packaging
Schumacher Packaging is now Skrym's preferred partner for packaging in Germany, Poland, Benelux and England. The group of companies with 29 locations in Europe manufactures customised packaging from corrugated and solid board according to customer wishes and requirements. The aspects of packaging minimisation and reduction, which are also a relevant component of the planned EU packaging regulation, play a central role here. This is particularly important in online retail, Use packaging as efficiently as possible to reduce emissions. However, e-commerce retailers are faced with the following challenges, especially when shipping products of different sizes The challenge of finding the optimum paper-based packaging. In future, they will be able to benefit from the cooperation between the two companies.
„Around half of the shipping volume in online retail consists of air - which costs retailers millions every year. With our optimisation algorithms, we can analyse the specific packaging requirements for each shipment in real time. We are proud to work with Schumacher Packaging, an experienced e-commerce specialist, to develop innovative packaging solutions that meet the changing needs of our industry. Together we are committed to reducing waste and helping our customers reduce both costs and emissions.“
Jakob Nordfeldt, CEO of Skrym
Source: Schumacher Packaging
