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PACK SPACE

EXCELLENCE:

RANPAK’S 50 YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE TO IMPROVE

YOUR WAREHOUSE!

Text: Frank Calviño // Photos: Ranpak
For over 50 years, Ranpak has been listening to its customers’ needs regarding packaging and

warehouse operations. Half a century of experience is now reinforced by the use of the latest
technologies, such as Augmented Reality. Rebranded as Pack Space Excellence, this service
aims to increase productivity and space efficiency while also providing packers and staff with
a more ergonomic approach to their daily tasks. A complex undertaking that Simon Davies,
Product Manager Cushioning, and the Pack Space Excellence team at Ranpak are leading with
the confidence that Ranpak’s experience as an industry leader provides. The result? An absolute
triumph!

hat is Pack Space Excellence? work more comfortably with the space that you already have.
“Pack Space Excellence is a service that Ranpak And finally, ergonomics are really important because your
Wprovides and is a means to fully understand packers can suffer repetitive strain injuries from stretching or
our customers’ needs. And once we have understood our bending or working in awkward body positions.”
customers’ needs, we can provide both standard or bespoke
packaging solutions to increase our customers’ productivity Remember that spending the entire day doing the same
and space efficiency while improving staff ergonomics at the repetitive movement, even a tiny wrist-turning movement,
same time,” says Simon. can cause aching, pain, or, worst case scenario, an injury.
So, by improving the ergonomics, we reduce the possibility
How does Pack Space Excellence work? of this happening, and we help all the staff involved in the
“Pack Space Excellence works with three different pillars: packaging operation to work more efficiently and naturally.
space savings, increased productivity, and improved Improving ergonomics directly impacts the efficiency
ergonomics, and we can provide an improvement in one of the packer. Because if you are not doing unnecessary
or more of those pillars at the same time. For example, by repetitive movements, you work in a happier, faster, and more
incorporating one of our Pack Space Excellence integrations comfortable way.
in the customer warehouse, we can help you work more
efficiently and do things faster and quicker, reducing the These three pillars usually go together. The improvement in
possibility of causing workplace injuries. one often has a positive impact on the other two. So, even in
the case that we go to a customer and provide solutions that
Space is a premium for our customers in their packaging are aimed at only one of these pillars, at the end of the day,
areas, so with one of our solutions, we can help them save we impact the whole packaging operation.”
space, opening up areas for other activities, or simply just

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