VARIABLE HEIGHT BOXES: SAVE MONEY ON YOUR E-COMMERCE
4min read
01/06/2022
First of all, you can save on packaging in your e-commerce, thanks to variable height boxes! In this sense, they will be an added value for your business, but let’s go in parts…
You know that parcel you’ve been looking forward to? You knock on the door and the transporter delivers that box with a huge volume. But what do you find? Metres and metres of kraft paper folded countless times, adhesive tape, an incalculable amount of filling chips and finally, at the bottom, your little object appears. In this way, the product you have been longing for comes lost in the midst of a waste of packaging.
Above all, we want to reflect on whether it was really necessary to use so much material to protect something so tiny. Sometimes, in some e-commerce there is no concern for the environment, causing packaging to be unsatisfactory .
E-commerce packaging: why use large boxes for small orders?
Frequently, in many e-commerce, packaging is used that is absolutely disproportionate to the size of the product that will be sent. Some of these reasons are:
- Stock shortage: the most common is that the warehouse runs out of cardboard boxes of the right size and, therefore, operators are forced to replace theout-of-stock packaging with another that is available;
- Operator convenience: on many occasions, finding the right box can be a difficult or time-consuming task, and the operator prefers not to get a perfect presentation in order to be more productive in shipping the orders;
- Objects with specific formats: there are orders where the packaging is a challenge due to the way the package contents are presented, and there is no alternative but to stick with a large box format to be able to fit it;
- Speed of delivery: another variable is the transport filling of the delivery. If we only use small packages, it will take a long time for the package to be completed and start its journey to deliver the products. On the other hand, with larger orders, the number of packages to be delivered is reduced and distribution is much more agile;
- Theft prevention. Many e-commerce businesses argue that they prefer to pack small products in large boxes to prevent theft.
Variable height boxes: the solution to save money in your e-commerce
Therefore, it is possible to combat all the setbacks mentioned above, without sacrificing the presentation of your order and, moreover, without harming the environment, thanks to variable height boxes. So, by replacing all or part of your stock, with variable height boxes, you will save money:
1. Financially
Variable height boxes provide economic benefits for two reasons:
- Lower expenses with stuffing and tape: by being able to adjust the capacity of the boxes, it will not be necessary to compensate the free space inside very large packages with overstuffing;
- Volume discounts: if, instead of buying a few boxes of several references, you buy many of a single reference, you can benefit from the advantages of large volume accounts at RAJA.
2. In the time taken to prepare your orders
With variable height boxes, operators will not waste time looking for the box according to the content to be packed, since the same reference will be used to pack different types of products. In this way, the average time needed to prepare each order is reduced and productivity per operator is increased.
3. In the management of your warehouse
On the other hand, fewer packaging formats, in stock, result in easier warehouse management as there will be fewer references to check. As a result, invoicing for packaging expenses will be considerably easier.
4. Space
Finally, managing fewer packaging SKUs not only simplifies warehouse management, it also frees up space so that your e-commerce site can store a larger quantity of products available for your customers.
At RAJA, you will find two types of Variaboxes: variable-height and self-bottomed boxes:
- Variabox single flut ed boxes and Variabox double fluted boxes. Both references are environmentally friendly and 100% recyclable, adjustable up to 12 heights and instant fitting. Try now and save on your e-commerce!
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