Course 4

Packaging and the law, corrugated packaging distribution considerations,
packaging equipment and packaging line layout concepts

Overview:

The strength of packaging materials, especially corrugated fibreboard is an important factor discussed in this course along with regulatory obligations and governmental jurisdictions & laws. Packaging development and the production line complete the knowledge base of packaging as a means of distributing products.

Learning objectives:

Labelling requirements & enforcement
Principal physical distribution environmental hazards
Conventional measurements of flutes & fibreboard
Production speeds and production line design
Packaging development and common failures

Course modules:

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Packaging and the Law
- Why Regulate?
- Jurisdictions, Federal and Provincial
- Mandatory Label Information
- Descriptors
- Enforcement
The Distribution Environment
- Nature of the distribution environment
- Source of and damage related to shock inputs
- Sources of and damage related to vibrational inputs
- Unit load efficiencies
- Tracking and assessing damage
- Joint Industry study and recommendations
Corrugated Fibreboard
- Containerboard caliper, basis weight and types
- Corrugated board flute sizes and applications
- Edge-crush test values and box compressions strength
- Carrier rules and class stamps
- Corrugated board manufacture
Box Compression Strength
- Compression strength vs. stacking strength
- Effect of humidity, time palleting patters & contents
- Estimating compression strength using environmental multipliers (workshop)
Packaging Machinery
- The nature of the packaging machinery industry
- Custom nature of package machinery and lead times
- Package design, machinablity and productivity
- Intermittent motion vs, rotary motion designs
- Fast changeovers
Production Line Workshops
- Upscale herbal shampoo launch
- Production rate requirements
- Coffee and lunch break statistics
- Speed allowances
- Assigning line machine speeds
- Assign machine speeds
- Efficiency and output
- Line output efficiency
- Line output calculation
- Buffers or accumulators
Packaging Development
- Packaging's role in market success
- A packaging design's many stakeholders
- Packaging project scope, complexity and objectives
- Generating ideas, the package design brief
- Quality defined
- Specifications as a descriptor of quality

Who should attend?

Everyone involved in packaging for the distribution of products
Professionals in the areas of Purchasing, Sales & Marketing, Packaging, Design and Production
Employees changing fields in packaging
Employees new to the packaging industry