Packaging is integral to the supply chain process, yet it is often managed in silos and treated as a ‘bolt-on’ service, instead of being fully integrated. This makes it harder to digitalise, creates higher costs, increases waste and reduces the ability to react fast to customer and market demands.
At DHL Supply Chain, we orchestrate your end-to-end packaging supply chain under a Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) model, creating value through operational standardisation, central sourcing and governance. We integrate packaging with supply chain functions to deliver a seamless customer experience, influence sustainability and drive down cost. By consolidating warehousing, packaging and transport under one roof, we increase agility, improve forecasting and eliminate unnecessary transport.
Powered by our global network of expertise and experience, we create competitive advantage with an end-to-end, tailored and low risk packaging operations that include material management (design engineering, sourcing and procurement, contract packaging and warehousing and distribution.
By integrating your packaging operations within a distribution centre (dedicated or multi-customer) or production facility you can improve material and inventory tracking, enable late-stage customisation and postponement and improve flexibility and responsiveness from demands coming upstream.
Our solutions design process determines the packaging operations profile and specifications aligned with your requirement including the operational parameters, packaging line layout and space requirement, process maps for all workstreams and labour planning.
