Driving Raw Material and Packaging Material Productivity Excellence

Study Overview

Current Packaging Productivity Benchmarks

• Study Objectives
• Key Findings and Insights
• Benchmark Class Profile

Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Productivity Demands

Leveraging Supplier Relationships

• Defining Productivity
• Cost Metric: Material Costs
• Cost Metric: Average Savings
• Distribution of Total Savings
• Delivering Productivity Goals
• Measuring Productivity
• Achieving Productivity Targets
• Research and Development Resource Deployment
• Research and Development Resource Allocation
  • Introduction
• Preferred Supplier Collaboration
• Utilizing Suppliers' Insight
• Leveraging Supplier Competition
  • Hedging Against Cost Fluctuation
• Buyer vs. Supplier Hedging
• Short-Term Approaches
• Long-Term Approaches

Maximizing Internal Relationships

• Driving Productivity
• Driving Productivity Innovations
• Centralized Reporting Lines
• Key Internal Relationships
• Sharing Best Practices

Utilizing Technological Innovation

• Role of Technological Innovation
• Sources for New Technology
• Transferable Technology
• Key Industry Trend: Sustainability