In Asia, ocean containers are commonly loaded with single boxes. This certainly minimizes the cost per box for shipping charges, but this practice can lead to costly consequences for the recei... View More

My mother used to say, “Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.” It sounds a bit pessimistic, but I’ve been surprised at how often those words have rung... View More

Almost every company has done it: sent a package that was larger than it needed to be and ended up paying the price in the form of dimensional weight surcharges. (As a refresher, dimensional w... View More

The most obvious cost related to packaging is direct material, but the largest cost associated to packaging size is transportation. This is especially true for products shipped in large volumes and su