Eco-friendly protective void fill cut from coloured, rigid paper in an accordion pattern. Ideally absorbs impacts, secures the product and adds elegance to gift and cosmetics parcels.
A formula used by courier companies (e.g. DPD, UPS) that determines the billable weight based on the parcel's volume. A light but large air-filled parcel can cost far more than a small, heavy box.
Packaging produced entirely from a single material type. A shipment consisting of a paper carton, paper void fill and paper tape is monomaterial — straightforward in mass recycling.
Two core manual processes in fulfillment. 'Pick' is the collection of customer-ordered products from scattered warehouse shelves. 'Pack' is securing them with void fill and sealing in the shipping carton.
An outsourced logistics service where an operator (e.g. a 3PL warehouse) takes over the entire process of storing, picking, packing and shipping goods on behalf of the online store. The store focuses solely on selling.