Packaging costs you in four ways: the material, the labor to pack it, freight to ship it and replacing damaged shipments. Our 19 packaging engineers find money in all four. Most of what we change has no impact on the customer.
Most people only look at the price of the box. That's one quarter of the cost.
What the box, bag, film, pallet or crate cost to buy. Often the wrong grade, size, material or more parts than required.
What it costs in time to pack it. Every extra fold, tape strip, and hand step is money, and it repeats on every single order.
What it costs to move it. Carriers charge for size as well as weight, so a half-empty box costs real money on every shipment.
What it costs when packaging fails to protect the product. Every dent, scratch, break, return, replacement, and customer claim adds cost beyond the package itself.
Our project went very well right from the beginning. The project itself required a lot of attention to detail due to the packaging and protection requirements that were necessary. I worked with Max from their team and he did a fantastic job executing on all levels. All of the work was done in a timely, professional and satisfactory manner. I would highly recommend their design and consulting services!
Your team delivered well beyond our expectation on the cost saving goal, and the ISTA testing provides our customers with confidence that the product will arrive in good condition. The process was very easy and all of the objectives were met. Dave answered all of our questions in a timely manner and did an excellent job addressing concerns.
Five figures spent with the BoldtSmith Packaging team has in turn saved our business six figures. Going on seven!
Four steps. Start at the beginning, or jump in where you already are.
Plenty of people land here with the problem already named: a box that's too big, a line that's too slow, a price that jumped last quarter. Tell us what it is and we can start at step 3.
You know the number is too high, but not where it's coming from. That's exactly what step 2 is for. We look across your packaging, your process, and your freight, and tell you where the money actually is.
Tell us what you ship and roughly what you spend on packaging. We tell you whether there's likely money here, about how much, and which step you should start at.
We analyze your current packaging, how you pack it, and how it moves through your supply chain. Then we rank the best opportunities and put a size on each one. You see how much is on the table before you commit to anything.
We take the packaging apart piece by piece and put a cost on every layer. Then our engineers redesign it. You get three to five real options, each with the price difference next to it.
We test the new design to be sure it still protects the product. We build the financial case so finance can sign off. Then we write the specs, get supplier quotes, and help you make the switch without stopping your shipping.
Where your money is going across material, labor, and freight, with every opportunity ranked and sized. You find out what is worth chasing and what isn't.
Three to five real alternatives with a price on each one, so you're choosing between numbers instead of guessing.
Tested designs, approved specs, supplier quotes, and the switchover done. Savings that show up in what you actually pay, not just in a report.
A cheaper box that ships worse or takes longer to pack isn't cheaper. We add up all four categories to get the optimal total landed cost before we call something a saving.
We are engineers, not a supplier or a broker. We make nothing on what you buy, so the cheapest honest answer is the one we give you.
You see real numbers quickly, and we only move forward if the opportunity is real.
Not unless you want it to. Most of the savings are in things your customer never sees: the grade of board, how it stacks on a pallet, how many separate parts there are. We flag anything that would change the look before we recommend it.
A list of your packaging items, twelve months of what you spent, your current supplier prices, and freight information if you have it. If you're missing some of that, we work with what you have and tell you how it affects the accuracy.
No. The biggest savings usually come from changing the design, not the vendor. If a supplier is genuinely overcharging, we'll show you the proof and let you decide.
It depends mostly on how long it's been since anyone looked. We give you an honest range after the first week, with a confidence level attached, so you can decide whether it's worth going further.
Yes. Brokers work on price. We work on design, spec, and how the package moves — which is where most of the money is hiding. The two don't conflict.
Usually the opposite. Less material and less wasted space means less to buy and less to ship. When there's a real trade-off, we put both numbers in front of you.
Tell us what you ship and what you spend. We'll tell you whether there's real money here and where it's most likely hiding.