PACKAGING HUB CONCEPT

The Packaging Hub concept basically consists on planning, buying, storing and supplying packaging itens and issues to customer / partners.

Reduced Inventory (impacts):

• Reduced storage space required;

• Reduced cost with logistics operations;

• Reduced cost with inventory and work force;

• Reduced cost for sourcing and managing suppliers.

Advantages:

• One supplier - one invoice;

• Efficient use of the purchase team;

• Access to La Rondine´s Group competence and expertise in packaging logistics;

• Development of new products and projects by  La Rondine´s Group with supervision of the customer´s engineering;

• Reduced cost for sourcing and managing suppliers with custumer´s supervision or not;

• Agility: buying / decisions / delivery;

• Direct contact with customer´s planning / engineering;

• Packaging market´s oscillation control;

• Lower purchase costs through La Rondine´s Group purchasing power.

Characteristics:

• Development, sourcing, control and supervision of new suppliers by La Rondine´s Group;

• New products, projects and packages development;

• Negotiation and agility in purchases, deliveries and payments;

• Purchase accomplishes;

• Product forecast;

• Quality control of packaging issues;

• Logistic planning (manufacture orders);

• “JIT” just in time deliveries;

• Consolidated deliveries (kits);

• Alternative packages analysis.