Components and material use
Count trays, inserts, sleeves, cartons, labels, closures, void fill, shipper materials, and repeated functions.
Packaging audit services
Find Hidden Costs Inside the Package and the Packing Process
A packaging and packout audit documents the current state before a redesign, sourcing event, or savings claim is treated as a solution.
Audit scope
A practical packaging process audit.
Current-state process mapping
Document handling steps, packout sequence, replenishment, inspection, rework, movement, and constraints.
Damage and performance
Review damage modes, returns, replacement product, emergency freight, containment, and testing history.
Freight and warehouse cube
Review dimensions, dimensional weight, pallet density, storage, nesting, inventory, and fulfillment flow.
Labor assumptions
Identify standard times, observed times, wage assumptions, burden, volume, shifts, throughput, and exceptions.
Supplier conditions
Review specifications, quotations, minimum orders, lead times, freight, tooling, inventory, and source complexity.
Sustainability evidence
Review material weight, recycled content, recyclability, waste, transport efficiency, and supplier data.
Opportunity summary
Separate verified facts, estimates, unknowns, constraints, potential levers, and recommended next actions.
Audit deliverables
Evidence before promises.
A packaging cost-reduction audit should not begin with a predetermined package or manufacturer. The output should clarify what is known, where cost is occurring, what requires observation or quotation, and which opportunities justify further work.
- Current package and component record
- Current-state packout sequence
- Cost and evidence matrix
- Risk, constraint, and data-gap summary
- Prioritized opportunity list
- Recommended validation path