packaging
21 posts tagged with “packaging”
Commodity Volatility Is Turning Packaging Inputs Into Transportation Planning Data
Commodity volatility is making packaging inputs a freight planning variable for carton availability, pallet density, damage risk, and landed transportation cost.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 18, 2026 · 6 min read
General Mills' Supply Chain Revamp Shows Packaging Flexibility Is Now a Logistics Constraint
General Mills' $3 billion cost-cutting program shows why CPG packaging flexibility now has to connect product design, warehouse flow, transportation cube, and service outcomes.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Sustainable Packaging Equipment Is Becoming a Freight Data Source
Sustainable packaging changes are turning machinery limits, material formats, dimensions, durability, and pallet patterns into freight execution data.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 10, 2026 · 6 min read
International Paper’s CPKC Rail Plan Shows Packaging Plants Need Freight Optionality Built In
International Paper’s CPKC rail-served Mississippi packaging facility shows why freight optionality belongs in industrial site design, not after-the-fact logistics fixes.
CXTMS InsightsJune 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Food Packaging Is Becoming a Safety-Control Point, Not Just a Cost Line
Food packaging decisions now affect traceability, recall scope, warehouse handling, and supplier-change risk across food logistics networks.
CXTMS InsightsJune 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Pallet Sourcing Is Turning Into a Cross-Border Continuity Risk
Pallet sourcing is becoming a continuity risk as cross-border shippers balance pallet availability, export compliance, dock throughput, and reusable asset visibility.
CXTMS InsightsJune 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Containerboard’s 8% Production Reset Could Become a Hidden Parcel Packaging Constraint
Containerboard production cuts are turning packaging availability into a transportation cost issue for ecommerce, parcel, and fulfillment teams.
CXTMS InsightsJune 9, 2026 · 7 min read
EXPO PACK México 2026 Shows Latin America’s Logistics Automation Moment Is Getting Real
EXPO PACK México 2026 highlights a practical shift toward packaging automation, robotics, AI, and smarter logistics execution across Latin American manufacturing and export supply chains.
CXTMS InsightsJune 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Shelf-Ready Packaging and RFID Are Becoming Warehouse Labor Strategy
Shelf-ready packaging and RFID mandates are turning carton design into a warehouse labor strategy, improving throughput, inventory accuracy, compliance, and freight efficiency.
CXTMS InsightsJune 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Warehouse Unitizing Is Back in the Spotlight as Load Stability Becomes a Throughput Constraint
Unitizing is no longer just a packaging task. Smarter stretch wrapping, right-sized cartons, and connected equipment are turning load stability into a throughput and transportation visibility issue.
CXTMS InsightsMay 27, 2026 · 6 min read