Three Simple Shipping Tips to Improve Customer Satisfaction

Here are three simple ways you can improve the efficiency of your shipping department and leave customers happy and satisfied.

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Have You Made Any Packaging Resolutions?

I think it might be a good time to make some new resolutions. Specifically, resolutions about something that a lot of companies don’t often think about. Obviously, we’re talking about making packaging resolutions. This is a packaging company, after all.

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5 Telescope and Tray Boxes That can Help Your Operation

This week, we’re going to take a look at FEFCO series 03, officially known as Telescope Boxes. Telescope boxes consist of at least two pieces, and have a lid piece called a tray. Shoeboxes are examples of telescope type boxes.

Trays and other parts of telescope type boxes usually have four flaps that need to be held together. This is difficult to do with either glue or tape, so staples are often a common part of Telescope Boxes.

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Are You Ready to Face DIM Charges this Holiday Season?

The holiday shopping season is the biggest season of the year for retailers, and this year is expected to be busier than ever. The National Retail Federation predicts holiday sales will increase 3.7% to $630.5 billion this holiday season, with online sales increasing between 6-8% to as much as $105 billion.

Due to the growth of online shopping and returns, UPS expects to deliver a record number of packages this holiday season. The shipping giant is anticipating to handle over 630 million packages. Dec. 22 is expected to be the busiest day for holiday shipments, when UPS plans to deliver an estimated 36 million packages, an amount that’s double its average daily deliveries.

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7 Variants on the Regular Slotted Container Box You Might Need

A few weeks ago we talked a bit about why the Regular Slotted Container (RSC) is the de-facto corrugated cardboard box. But there are several variants of the RSC that are used when the situation calls for it.

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Is Your Organization Recycling Corrugated Cardboard Correctly?

Corrugated cardboard is a major driver of the U.S. economy, and part of the reason for that is its sustainability. It is the most renewable packaging material that is available to us, and it is a cost-effective way to ship and package your goods. Look around, and you’re sure to see corrugated cardboard in your daily life at the office and at home. We’ve talked in the past about the different types of corrugated cardboard shipping boxes. Now we wanted to take a second to discuss why recycling corrugated cardboard is so important.

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Earth Overshoot Day—Not a Day Worth Celebrating

I’m writing this on August 14th, 2015. Yesterday (August 13th) came and went as normal with little fanfare. But something happened that day that’s incredibly important and all too often ignored.

August 13th is the day that we as a planet used up all the resources the Earth budgeted for us for the year.

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Why the RSC is the top corrugated cardboard box

FEFCO officially lists around 150 different styles of corrugated cardboard box, but as far as I could tell, only one is used in stock photography—the Regular Slotted Container, or RSC.

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The 5 Stages of Dealing with Oversized Shipping Boxes

Dealing with an oversized package can be tough. Although all of us have dealt with this situation at some point or another in our lives, it can be difficult to empathize with someone who is currently going through that process.  Sadly, that process often involves searching for the product they ordered in a sea of bubble wrap and packing peanuts.

Empathy can be especially difficult if the person in question is one of your customers.

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