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Logistical Packaging: For Safe Product Handling Movement and Storage

After reading the chapter, the students should be able to understand:

  • Marketing packaging and logistical packaging
  • Role of packaging in logistics
  • ‘Unitization’ in logistical packaging
  • Logistical packaging design considerations

During these days of cost optimization, every stage of physical distribution has considerable significance. This significance gets further augmented with variations in distribution channels, handling methods, modes of transport, trans-shipments, storage conditions and extremes of environment. As the distribution aspects of the products are influenced ...

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