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Tailored Industrial Packaging Solutions For Your Operations
Whether your business is in fabricated metal products, machinery manufacturing, or paper manufacturing, Shorr’s specialists will help you identify the ideal industrial packaging solution for your needs.
Shorr provides robust ips packaging and automation built to withstand various environments from production to delivery. Protective packaging is one of Shorr’s core capabilities. That’s why our customers enjoy a wide variety of protective packaging solutions designed to safeguard valued shipments throughout the entire packing, transportation, and storage process. Our purchasing power and relationships with leading suppliers ensure customers receive high-quality products at the best prices. We’re with you the whole way, meeting all your packaging needs.
We understand DIM weight is a significant factor in shipping, transport, and freight as it allows carriers to calculate the charge for the actual space consumed by packages. Shorr packaging solutions are designed to help you optimize DIM weight, maximize warehouse space, and increase your bottom line.
The ROI on Shorr’s solutions is clear: improved efficiencies and quality, compliance with labor and safety regulations, minimized waste and inventory and reduced operating costs. Contact us today to learn more.
Packaging Automation
Our automated systems deliver efficient solutions for a variety of products and in multiple line speeds.
National Accounts
For companies with multiple locations we offer vendor consolidation and streamlined supply chains.
Corrugated Design
Our custom corrugated products are ideal for a wide range of storage, shipping, filing and retail applications.
Sustainable Solutions
Eliminate, innovate, circulate, and successful delivery. We are here for our customers every step of the way.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can packaging help reduce product damage during manufacturing, shipping, and distribution?
Packaging reduces product damage by protecting products from impacts, vibration, compression, load shifting, and other risks encountered throughout manufacturing, storage, handling, and transportation.
The first step is to understand how products move through the supply chain and identify where damage can occur. Products can face risks that compromise integrity and cause costly returns, rework, and customer dissatisfaction.
Effective protective packaging solutions are designed around a product's fragility, weight, dimensions, and distribution environment. Damage patterns, product characteristics, handling conditions, and testing results also inform the recommended packaging solution.
By optimizing packaging performance, Shorr helps manufacturers reduce damage, improve supply chain efficiency, and ensure products arrive safely from production through final delivery.
The first step is to understand how products move through the supply chain and identify where damage can occur. Products can face risks that compromise integrity and cause costly returns, rework, and customer dissatisfaction.
Effective protective packaging solutions are designed around a product's fragility, weight, dimensions, and distribution environment. Damage patterns, product characteristics, handling conditions, and testing results also inform the recommended packaging solution.
By optimizing packaging performance, Shorr helps manufacturers reduce damage, improve supply chain efficiency, and ensure products arrive safely from production through final delivery.
What packaging solution is best for heavy, fragile, or irregularly shaped products?
The best packaging solution depends on the product’s size, weight, fragility, shape, and transportation requirements. Protective packaging options may include foam-in-place packaging, engineered corrugated solutions, Hexacomb® pads, custom cushioning, and load stabilization systems. Each solution serves a different protective purpose. For example, cushioning can help limit product movement and absorb shock or impact, while load stabilization can help secure heavy or irregularly shaped products during palletized transport.
Shorr partners with you to evaluate product requirements and distribution conditions to develop packaging solutions that improve protection, reduce material usage, and support safe transportation throughout the supply chain.
Shorr partners with you to evaluate product requirements and distribution conditions to develop packaging solutions that improve protection, reduce material usage, and support safe transportation throughout the supply chain.
How can packaging improve labor productivity in manufacturing?
Packaging improvements increase labor productivity by simplifying workflows, reducing manual touchpoints, improving consistency, and helping operations meet production demands more efficiently.
Manufacturers partner with Shorr to identify opportunities to streamline packaging processes and increase throughput:
Manufacturers partner with Shorr to identify opportunities to streamline packaging processes and increase throughput:
- Packaging optimization: Right-sized packaging and standardized processes
- Material and process standardization: Consistent packaging materials and suppliers across facilities to reduce training requirements and improve efficiency
- Operational consistency: Faster pack-outs, less rework, reduced product damage, and streamlined workflows
- Packaging automation: Case erecting, case sealing, labeling, void fill, bagging, and palletizing systems that increase throughput while reducing manual processes
What sustainable packaging solutions are available for manufacturers, and do they perform as well as traditional materials?
Many sustainable packaging solutions provide performance comparable to traditional materials while decreasing environmental impact.
Sustainable packaging strategies include right-sizing, light weighting, recycled-content materials, recyclable packaging, fiber-based alternatives, source reduction initiatives, and responsible sourcing programs. These approaches reduce material consumption, improve transportation efficiency, decrease waste, and lower environmental impact while maintaining product protection and operational performance.
Shorr helps manufacturers evaluate, test, and validate sustainable packaging solutions to ensure they meet performance requirements throughout the supply chain.
Sustainable packaging strategies include right-sizing, light weighting, recycled-content materials, recyclable packaging, fiber-based alternatives, source reduction initiatives, and responsible sourcing programs. These approaches reduce material consumption, improve transportation efficiency, decrease waste, and lower environmental impact while maintaining product protection and operational performance.
Shorr helps manufacturers evaluate, test, and validate sustainable packaging solutions to ensure they meet performance requirements throughout the supply chain.
How is packaging performance tested and validated?
Packaging performance is tested by evaluating package durability, product protection, and supply chain performance under conditions that model real-world handling and transportation environments.
Shorr validates packaging performance through a combination of engineering analysis, prototyping, and testing. Services include product fit testing, material and board grade analysis, Edge Crush Testing (ECT), physical sample evaluations, customer reviews, and ISTA-certified third-party testing when required. This helps manufacturers identify opportunities to improve protection, reduce damage, and optimize packaging performance before implementation.
Shorr validates packaging performance through a combination of engineering analysis, prototyping, and testing. Services include product fit testing, material and board grade analysis, Edge Crush Testing (ECT), physical sample evaluations, customer reviews, and ISTA-certified third-party testing when required. This helps manufacturers identify opportunities to improve protection, reduce damage, and optimize packaging performance before implementation.
Can packaging be standardized across multiple manufacturing facilities?
Yes. Packaging standardization improves consistency, reduces costs, simplifies inventory management, and creates operational efficiencies across multiple facilities.
Shorr assesses packaging materials, suppliers, inventory practices, packaging processes, and spending to identify standardization opportunities. Based on the results, we develop packaging standards, approved product lists, governance processes, and implementation plans customized to each organization. Dedicated account support helps ensure consistency while addressing site-specific operational needs.
Shorr assesses packaging materials, suppliers, inventory practices, packaging processes, and spending to identify standardization opportunities. Based on the results, we develop packaging standards, approved product lists, governance processes, and implementation plans customized to each organization. Dedicated account support helps ensure consistency while addressing site-specific operational needs.
How do you identify opportunities to optimize packaging in manufacturing operations?
Opportunities to optimize packaging solutions are identified by evaluating workflows, packaging materials, labor requirements, transportation costs, damage trends, and overall supply chain performance.
Shorr leverages our comprehensive process review, automation specialists, and corrugated packaging experts to conduct thorough operational assessments. We analyze packaging costs, labor utilization, freight expenses, throughput, product protection, and automation opportunities to quantify potential savings and operational improvements. The result is a prioritized roadmap of recommendations designed to improve efficiency, productivity, customer experience, and ROI.
Shorr leverages our comprehensive process review, automation specialists, and corrugated packaging experts to conduct thorough operational assessments. We analyze packaging costs, labor utilization, freight expenses, throughput, product protection, and automation opportunities to quantify potential savings and operational improvements. The result is a prioritized roadmap of recommendations designed to improve efficiency, productivity, customer experience, and ROI.