Independent packaging advisory

Smarter Packaging.
Bigger Savings.

Remarkable Packaging Group helps brands and manufacturers reduce packaging complexity, packout labor, product damage, freight and pallet footprint, material use, and total delivered cost.

Start with photographs, approximate annual volume, and the business problem. We will help determine whether a deeper review is justified.

Unbranded packaging improvement pathway showing current complexity, a simplified structural direction, and illustrative reductions in components, packout labor, material use, freight footprint, damage, and total delivered cost
Conceptual improvement path. Metrics are illustrative and vary by project.
40+ yearsSenior packaging, manufacturing, and commercial experience
250+ launchesRepresentative product-launch and commercialization experience
11 countriesInternational supply-chain and stakeholder experience

Audit · Design · Optimize · Launch

Strategic packaging support from current-state review through implementation.

We qualify the business problem, define the packaging and operational direction, coordinate appropriate resources, and keep cost, protection, logistics, and launch readiness in view.

Black and gold packaging concepts, structural drawings, logistics map, and cost-savings graphics
Packaging, logistics, cost savings, supplier coordination, and go-to-market support.

Materials · formats · equipment · execution

A broader packaging toolbox—qualified around the project.

RPG is not limited to one box plant, material, or manufacturing route. We define the requirement first, then coordinate qualified design, converting, automation, and production resources that fit the product, volume, economics, and launch plan.

01

Corrugated, chipboard & graphics

Corrugated boxes, die-cut corrugated, protective inserts, folding cartons, chipboard, litho-laminated graphics, single-face lamination, direct print, and POP or floor displays.

02

Foam, cushioning & protection

Die-cut and molded foam, ESD-compliant protection, laminated cushioning, subassemblies, protective cartons, design, performance review, and testing.

03

Thermoformed & molded formats

Clear or opaque trays, inserts, clamshells, blisters, skin packaging, polyethylene components, molded-fiber or pulp trays, and qualified injection-molded programs.

04

Films, bags & unitization

Stretch, shrink, bundling films, bags, bubble protection, tape, strapping, mattress bags, specialty covers, and distribution-ready unitization.

05

Automation & contract assembly

Case and carton erecting, taping, shrink tunnels, L-bar sealing, conveyors, bagging, strapping, custom equipment, contract packout, assembly, and overflow labor.

06

CAD/CAM, prototypes & testing

Corrugated and folding-carton prototypes, full-color mockups, foam and cushioning design, industrial performance packaging, redesign, testing, print coordination, and ergonomic concepts.

Need a material, machinery, or production route—not just advice?We can help define, source, quote, coordinate, and validate the path through qualified partners.

Packaging cost savings

Packaging cost is more than the price of the package.

A lower unit price does not always create a lower total packed cost. The strongest packaging savings ideas consider design, labor, damage, freight, storage, tooling, fulfillment, and implementation together.

01

Materials and components

Right-size structures, reduce trays, sleeves, inserts, and unnecessary material while maintaining product protection and presentation.

02

Packout labor

Reduce manual packaging steps, repeated hand placements, closures, labeling, replenishment, and line-side complexity.

03

Freight and storage

Reduce dimensional weight, package footprint in shipping and storage, pallet inefficiency, warehouse demand, and fulfillment friction.

04

Damage and rework

Address failures that create returns, replacement product, rework, emergency freight, and customer dissatisfaction.

Packaging optimization consulting

Focused support for complex packaging decisions.

Packaging and packout audits

Document current components, material use, damage, packout steps, labor assumptions, freight, fulfillment, and operational constraints.

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Packout labor reduction

Evaluate manual steps, handling, closures, labeling, line replenishment, throughput, and potential labor savings.

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Structural packaging redesign

Develop preliminary directions for component consolidation, right-sizing, inserts, trays, cartons, retention, and protection.

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Total packed-cost modeling

Compare package price, labor, damage, freight, rework, tooling, fulfillment, and clearly classified assumptions.

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Manufacturing coordination

Qualify the opportunity, identify suitable production resources, and coordinate samples, quotations, testing, and readiness.

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Sustainable packaging savings

Reduce material and freight, assess practical alternatives, and pursue sustainability without ignoring cost or performance.

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Product environments

Experience across consumer, medical, technology, and industrial packaging.

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Representative product environments. Final packaging directions depend on product, volume, protection, presentation, fulfillment, testing, and manufacturing requirements.

How the review works

From operating problem to qualified opportunity.

Document

Capture the current package, process, volumes, constraints, damage, freight, and supplier conditions.

Model

Build a total packed-cost view with evidence, estimates, unknowns, and potential savings levers.

Validate

Coordinate concepts, samples, quotations, testing, stakeholder review, and practical risk assessment.

Implement

Support supplier readiness, documentation, changeover, communication, and measurement of results.

Common questions

Can RPG do this?

Yes. We evaluate materials, components, packout labor, freight, damage, storage, tooling, fulfillment, and supplier complexity to identify practical packaging cost-savings opportunities.

Yes. We can document current packout steps, hand placements, closures, labeling, replenishment, annual volume, labor assumptions, and operational constraints. Observed information is kept separate from estimates.

We can develop preliminary structural directions for multi-bottle and multi-component kits, including insert consolidation, tray reduction, paperboard retention, and revised packout sequences. Final solutions require engineering, prototyping, quotation, and testing.

Yes. After the opportunity is qualified, we can identify and coordinate production resources suited to the project’s volume, materials, printing, finishing, protection, fulfillment, geography, and timeline.

Start with the current package, the current process, and the business problem that needs to change.

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