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Different packaging materials in logistics

The main purpose of packaging


are to hold its contents securely
to prevent leakage and breakage,
to protect the foods from
different hazzard like germs,
heat, moisture loss or moisture
pick up, etc. To protect the
contents while distribution, etc.
For all types of packaging, there
are different types of packages.

The different types of packages can be classified into two groups:

Retail containers: These containers protect food or the content from different damages and at
the same time they advertise the product for retail sale. For example, glass bottles, sachets,
over wraps, plastic bottles, metal cans, etc. They can be used for home storage also.

Shipping containers: These containers contain and protect food and other items during
distribution and transport or any other marketing function. For example, sacks, stretch, or
shrink wrapped containers, corrugated fire board cartons, drums, barrels, crates, and foil bags.

Industrial packaging materials are different from the traditional packaging materials. In
addition to material, attractive design also preferred. Packaging comes in many different
forms, based on technical requirements throughout the supply chain, as well as marketing
needs (like brand identity or consumer information) and other criteria.

Packaging is very essential to every and to any type of industry. Whether you’re in the food
business, clothes manufacturing or you’re in the technology industry, packaging is crucial. It
protects the product from any potential damage that will deem the product useless. Thus a
good packaging system is a must.

Having a high-quality taping machine and a case erector will definitely aid in achieving the
very essence of packaging that is to secure the product and to keep its original state or how it
was after production. Packaging will only vary in every industry depending on how the
product will be marketed. Different industries will definitely use different types of packaging
but the objective will still remain constant. As most businessmen would always say
packaging can be the difference in successfully shipping a product to the market in one piece
or in pieces. Listed below are different types of packaging:
Paper & Board
Paper is widely used because it is low cost, holds its shape, and is easily decorated.
Commercially-available paper is predominantly made from cellulose fibre from pulped wood,
but can also be made from other sources such as cotton, straw, sisal and hemp. All are
recyclable.
Paper and board are usually measured by weight or caliper. Material weighing less than 250
grams per square metre (gsm) is referred to as paper, and material at about 250 gsm is
referred to as paperboard.
The fibres of machine-made paper run parallel to the length of the machine that produced it.
This machine or grain direction affects performance:
 Paper tears easiest along the fibres
 Folding is easiest along the fibres
 Fold endurance is greatest across the fibres
 Stiffness is greatest when flexed across the fibres
Paper can also be laminated to increase strength or provide barrier properties. The materials
used can be gloss or matt finished or embossed. Other materials can be laminated onto
paperboard e.g. foil or plastics.
Packaging produced using paper and board includes cartons, labels, leaflets, tubes, corrugated
cases, rigid boxes and pulp packs.

GLASS
Commercially-available glass is made from silica, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate.
Other compounds can be added to give colour, sparkle or heat shock resistance.
Glass is a popular and useful packaging material because it is:
 Inert
 Sterilisable
 Barrier to moisture and gas
 Pressure resistant to a degree
 Can be moulded into a variety of shapes
 Transparent making the product visible
 Glass is also highly recyclable
The most obvious drawback is fragility and the danger of broken glass. The transparency of
glass can be a problem where the product is degraded by light.
Glass can be directly decorated but is most commonly labelled.

METAL
The metals used in packaging are predominantly tin-plate or aluminium
and are used to make food and drink cans, aerosol cans, tubes, drums
and slip or hinged lid DrumsDrumsboxes for gift sets and selections of
confectionery or biscuits. All packs are recyclable.
Tin-plate is tin-plated steel and the most common material used in food
cans.  Steel can also be used un-plated or with coatings.
Aluminium is used for drinks cans, closures, trays, tubs and tubes. As foil
it can be used in multi-laminate constructions or as a blister pack or
container seal.
Metal can be exploited to produce the following packaging characteristics:

 Strong and rigid


 Barrier to gas and moisture
 Pressure resistant
 Temperature and pressure resistant / tolerant
 Corrosion resistance via coatings
 Sterilisable
 Directly decorated or labelled
The limitations of metal packaging are in weight and shapes achievable,
especially when compared to plastics.

WOOD
Mostly used for pallets and crates (heavy duty products). Some lidded or hinged
boxes are produced e.g. cigars, gifts, tea, cheese. High value spirits use wood
and a few caps incorporate wood.
16 Types of Container Units and Designs for Shipping Cargo

1. Dry storage container


The most commonly used shipping containers; they come in various dimensions
standardized by ISO. They are used for shipping of dry materials and come in
size of 20ft, 40 ft and 10ft.

2. Flat rack container


With collapsible sides, these are like simple storage shipping containers where
the sides can be folded so as to make a flat rack for shipping of wide variety of
goods.

3. Open top container


With a convertible top that can be completely removed to make an open top so
that materials of any height can be shipped easily.

4. Tunnel container
Container storage units provided with doors on both ends of the container, they
are extremely helpful in quick loading and unloading of materials.

5. Open side storage container


These storage units are provided with doors that can change into completely
open sides providing a much wider room for loading of materials.

6. Double doors container


They are kind of storage units that are provided with double doors, making a
wider room for loading and unloading of materials. Construction materials
include steel, iron etc in standardized sizes of 20ft and 40ft.

7. Refrigerated ISO containers


These are temperature regulated shipping containers that always have a
carefully controlled low temperature. They are exclusively used for shipment of
perishable substances like fruits and vegetables over long distances.

8. Insulated or thermal containers


These are the shipping storage containers that come with a regulated
temperature control allowing them to maintain a higher temperature.
The choice of material is so done to allow them long life without being
damaged by constant exposure to high temperature. They are most suitable for
long distance transportation of products.
9. Tanks
Container storage units used mostly for transportation of liquid materials, they
are used by a huge proportion of entire shipping industry. They are mostly made
of strong steel or other anti corrosive materials providing them with long life
and protection to the materials.

10. Cargo storage roll container


A foldable container, this is one of the specialized container units made for
purpose of transporting sets or stacks of materials. They are made of thick and
strong wire mesh along with rollers that allows their easy movement.
Availability in a range of colored wire meshes make these shipping container
units a little more cheerful.

11. Half height containers


Another kind of shipping containers includes half height containers. Made
mostly of steel, these containers are half the height of full sized containers.
Used especially for good like coal, stones etc which need easy loading and
unloading.

12. Car carriers


Car carriers are container storage units made especially for shipment of cars
over long distances. They come with collapsible sides that help a car fit snugly
inside the containers without the risk of being damaged or moving from the
spot.

13. Intermediate bulk shift containers


These are specialized storage shipping containers made solely for the purpose of
intermediate shipping of goods. They are designed to handle large amounts of
materials and made for the purpose of shipping materials to a destination where
they can be further packed and sent off to final spot.

14. Drums
As the name suggests, circular shipping containers, made from a choice of
materials like steel, light weight metals, fiber, hard plastic etc. they are most
suitable for bulk transport of liquid materials. They are smaller in size but due
to their shape, may need extra space.

15. Special purpose containers


Not the ordinary containers, these are the container units, custom made for
specialized purposes. Mostly, they are used for high profile services like
shipment of weapons and arson. As such, their construction and material
composition depends on the special purpose they need to cater to. But in most
cases, security remains the top priority.
16. Swap bodies
They are a special kind of containers used mostly in Europe. Not made
according to the ISO standards, they are not standardized shipping container
units but extremely useful all the same. They are provided with a strong bottom
and a convertible top making them suitable for shipping of many types of p
roducts.

Assignment No.: 3
COURSE AND CODE
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (19MBAOM344)

SUBMITTED BY

Nagbhushan Kumar singh


(1NH18MBA52)

3rd SEM ‘B’ SECTION

SUBMITTED TO
Prof. Saumi Roy

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES


NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
BANGALORE

2019-2020

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