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Thesis 1 - Packaging in The Philippines
Thesis 1 - Packaging in The Philippines
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Introduction
the product life that we take them for granted and hardly realize
will benefit on the product itself. Moreover, the product and the
have used it and will use it again. It shift from one place to
that we see and neglect it, but it’s hard to consider a world
without it. Today, these types of boxes are used for a number of
its history.
THICK PAPER
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
they weren’t the same corrugated boxes that we know today. They
British inventors Edward Healey and Edward Allen put a new spin
man named Oliver Long. It was Long who came up with the idea of
box. By 1890, Long’s idea was in general use around the country.
ship and store all types of goods because they’re affordable and
strong. When they first came out, though, corrugated boxes were
box can be traced all the way back to the invention of paper in
sure: Corrugated boxes have changed our world for the better.
Conceptual Framework
percent of the raw material and also other raw materials like
the consumers.
CUSTOMER RETENTION
Low customer retention rate is again a major issue for the box
all sides.
INEFFICIENT MANAGEMENT
The box industry suffers from inefficient management as they do
industry.
Raw materials
Major raw materials usually comprise more than half of the total
material costs and pass through as much of the raw material price
in raw material prices over the past few years, and the
reprocessed).
erodes over time. Spend too much on the wrong projects and your
delivered”
(KPIs).
able to deliver new shapes, use new materials, print more colors
disadvantage.
offshoring
Maintaining an effective supply chain and operations network for
considered as follows;
ACTIVITIES:
Mapping of
Demands
Proposal for
Analysis Future Work
Mapping of
Existing
Standards
Mapping of demands:
followed up
on packaging development
central level.
other
material
Identified Problems:
1. Logistics
- Creep
- Perforations
– Performance loss
properties
• Tensile stiffness • Edge crush test • Box compression
stability • Warp
STANDARDIZED METHODS
BENDING STIFFNESS
ISO 5628
HOW TO REFLECT
REAL LIFE
TRANSPORT TEST
ASTM D 4169
BOX COMPRESSION TEST
ISO 12048, ASTM D 642
Although, box manufacturers are facing stupendous challenges to
the pressure.
questions:
1.1.3 Employees
Machines
a. Raw Materials
b. Technology
a. Quality
b. Cost
c. Services
a. Culture
b. Philippine economy
c. Environment Climate
d. Market Industry
the product?
Assumptions:
assumptions
1. The corrugated packaging industry is facing challenges in
global competition.
the business sectors. Through this, they can gain ideas that they
be more exploratory.
HYPOTHESIS
following hypothesis:
H01 = Culture, Philippine economy, environment, climate and
the customers.
policy.
Synthesis
progressive.
MANAGEMENT
the packaging industry, (1) Raw materials (2) “Waste not, want
not” (3) Capex: are you getting “bang for the buck”? (4)
Operational performance: “What gets measured gets delivered” (5)
the dogs (7) The supply chain “balancing act” and effective
offshoring.
board and container, with the aims to create a practical tool for
box designers.
such as (1) Ethics (2) Know your product (3) Analyze the market
CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature
cardboard, and many are displayed in the same boxes, which were
manufactured so they could be opened and used for this purpose.
Made” posted last June 2017, during 1992, more than 25 million
the beginning of this process, kraft rolls from the paper mill
layer is pasted with two flat parallel sheets of paper. The boxes
towards packaging and in the last few years increasing stress has
thro' the heated rolls and other is brought into contact with it
articles.
6) Easy to fabricate.
10) Re-usable
Applications:
Corrugated fibre board boxes are being used for the packing
e.g. Bernad et al. (2010). There are also many studies of stacked
al., 2004).
requirements
models and four (4) softwares for predicting corrugated board and
e.g. stacking time and humidity. This makes stacking strength one
structure. Since 1903 when corrugated box was first accepted by legal
over more than 100 years. Because of its light weight, low cost, ease
in use were wooden boxes, with cartons accounting for only about 20%.
By the end of 1940 and the beginning of 1950s, the percentage of boxes
Jiangsu and Shanghai is the region which has witnessed the most rapid
home and abroad are considering increasing the income while decreasing
but also an indication of the shift in priority from cutting down the
cost of the product itself to the cost of the external packaging when
paper than that of normal base paper, while its strength is comparable
base paper” will inevitably become the superior choice in the future.
gram weight of box averaged between 320g to 360g, and the base paper
used for the manufacture of export boxes and domestic sale boxes was
corrugated cardboard previously used. For the outer and inner layer of
strength corrugated composite box replaces wooden box, not only its
reduced cost.
cardboard are used as outer paper and inner paper (board), between
30%, and its appearance and integrity are also improved. Therefore,
electromechanical equipment.
that adhesive can filter into the cardboard fibers. Thus, the softness
of paper can be modified, and the two layers of corrugated base paper
are combined together. The corrugation is rolled under heating
divided into 2A, 2B and 2C type [9]. The research, development and
the hope of expediting progress and finding diamonds in the rough. One
sometimes there are certain things that we see but do not notice. We
fail to recognize their importance because they become usual, regular
the price of kraft paper which constitutes about 70 percent of the raw
material and also other raw materials like adhesive glue etc. is
COMPETITION
One reason why the surge in prices of raw materials is affecting the
CUSTOMER RETENTION
Low customer retention rate is again a major issue for the box
for them to maintain quality with pressure coming from all sides.
With ever rising cost of raw materials and stagnant realization rate
feeble space.
INEFFICIENT MANAGEMENT
Report Buyer, The small and regional corrugated packing suppliers are
developed markets.
On an article published by EY Company Director for operational
Raw materials
Major raw materials usually comprise more than half of the total cost
and a hard place” in the value chain can be dangerous to the company’s
manage the stability of their input raw material costs and pass
customers.
raw material prices over the past few years, and the increasing
Spend too little and your competitiveness (and EBITDA) erodes over
time. Spend too much on the wrong projects and your cash flow suffers.
Therefore, finding the quantum and mix of capex spend that sustains
delivered”
keep their utilization levels high. Also, given the technical nature
to deliver new shapes, use new materials, print more colors in greater
for transport, which means it can travel further than other types of
packaging.
Yao-Li Zhang published in 2011 by Elsevier Ltd., due to the fact that
Challenges.
knowledge which will someday take its place with the older
and error method. There is great need for a more reliable basis
for decisions, and this can come only from research in sufficient
and transfer of goods to the point of end use are the areas of
greater inefficiency and waste, compared with the sophistication
for developing new and better methods for determining needs and
been made with bending machines. Here the goods are brought to
in the selection and make the transaction, at the time and place
system.
CHALLENGES
each year in the country. The worker in packaging must not ignore
packaging.
One other item to be considered from this viewpoint is the
a. Ethics
d. Competitive packages
e. Recognize needs
f. Innovations
g. Integrated systems
i. Export problems
j. Vending machines
ideas will find acceptance for the same reasons. In other words,
that one can confuse the Machine for Process. They must be
Maximum results. One for example, can have a $10 million machine
CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Since this research is about the Study on the Problems
LOGISTICS 36 25
Shipping, Storeroom
Warehouse
Profile of Respondents
Slovin Formula,
Research Instruments
Strongly Disagree).
operation line.
3. Producing Corrugated Boxes needs to undergo extensive quality
locations.
technology.
customers.
customers.
needs.
corrugated products.
8. I incur minimal work related errors due to proper sales and
management training.
market demands.