There are many uses for glass, one of the most common being windows. We saw several flaws in the method of packaging used for transporting glass.
In the original box, the slab of glass was placed in a package much too big for its size, with many flimsy packing peanuts used as protection. This is inefficient because using such a large box is a waste of cardboard, and packing peanuts don't offer very adequate protection. They allow for the glass to move around in the already over-sized package, and the product may acquire cracks, or break more easily.
Our redesigned box, however, uses bubble wrap in place of the packing peanuts to protect the glass. It wraps all the way around the glass, protecting the product more efficiently. This barrier makes it much harder for the glass to break, even if it was able to move around freely. However, it is not able to do so, because we have made the box tighter-fitting to prevent excess movement of the product during shipping. The size of the box will vary depending on the size of the slab of glass being shipped (in our example, it is a 1/8 inch thick, 13 by 7 slab). This more size-efficient box will not only save cardboard material to make more, but it will also add extra protection for the glass, in addition to the bubble wrap surrounding it.
Wasted Space in Packaing Glass
There are many uses for glass, one of the most common being windows. We saw several flaws in the method of packaging used for transporting glass.
In the original box, the slab of glass was placed in a package much too big for its size, with many flimsy packing peanuts used as protection. This is inefficient because using such a large box is a waste of cardboard, and packing peanuts don't offer very adequate protection. They allow for the glass to move around in the already over-sized package, and the product may acquire cracks, or break more easily.
Our redesigned box, however, uses bubble wrap in place of the packing peanuts to protect the glass. It wraps all the way around the glass, protecting the product more efficiently. This barrier makes it much harder for the glass to break, even if it was able to move around freely. However, it is not able to do so, because we have made the box tighter-fitting to prevent excess movement of the product during shipping. The size of the box will vary depending on the size of the slab of glass being shipped (in our example, it is a 1/8 inch thick, 13 by 7 slab). This more size-efficient box will not only save cardboard material to make more, but it will also add extra protection for the glass, in addition to the bubble wrap surrounding it.