Quicker packaging and despatch

COMPETING WITH eCommerce giants like Amazon to provide a similar level of service is often difficult. Nevertheless, there are ways of enhancing packaging and despatch systems to speed up turnaround times, increase order fulfilment and meet consumer expectations. 

Space optimisation ensures warehouses run efficiently and effectively. Poorly organised areas can lead to longer pick and pack times, costing your business money when they shouldn’t. Avoid this by integrating packing benches into your despatch area if you haven’t already as this will provide an organised and dedicated setting for the function. Kite’s standard bench is made with powder-coated steel and a MFC Melamine Faced Chipboard wipe clean work top, available with or without a shelf and extra roll holder dependent on your needs. These have excellent load-bearing stability suitable for a variety of operations and are supplied flat-packed for easy storage and transportation. Our Premium benches are designed for businesses with higher throughput and larger packaging areas. Suitable for industries including manufacturing, production lines and warehouses, they come with shelving for storage, making packaging materials easily accessible.  

Equipping packing benches appropriately is also key. As mentioned above, all goods and materials should be easily accessible, and these should be stocked adequately to ensure smooth running of supply chains. Notably, fast-moving goods should be located closer to packaging areas so they can be reached quickly, while less frequently ordered goods can be placed further away.

To make the most of your pack station, opt for space-saving products like Kite’s economy grey mailing bags. Ultra-thin and flat-packed, these conserve warehouse space and free up storage for more inventory. Available in a large selection of sizes, our economy grey mailing bags suit various products and industries and can aid SKU reduction. Their 40mm lip features an easy peel-&-seal strip to secure goods within, eradicating the need for tape and tape dispensers. Opting for products like this not only reduces expenditure on packaging materials, but also declutters your packaging environment for simplified and streamlined despatches. 

Our Hivewrap box offers an all-in-one paper solution for protecting your goods, perfect for packing benches and the environment thanks to its 100% recycled content and kerbside recyclability. Due to its compact, space-conserving nature, it also provides an entry point onto the market for smaller business users who operate out of small spaces. Previously only available as Hivewrap paper on a roll, Kite have now designed and added a purpose-built dispenser to the range. This expands the paper into an interlocking structure as it is pulled out of the box, providing effective shock absorption and protection to your goods. 

Incorporating automation, whether in the form of small or large machinery, aids faster packaging and despatch times, especially during the peak season. Kite supply a range automated solutions, like pallet wrapping machines, carton sealing machines, and much more to aid a busy warehouse. 

Speed up packaging and despatch by introducing conveyors into your warehouse. These will transport goods safely and economically, saving time and labour spent travelling between points when picking goods. Kite’s systematic, space-optimising conveyor with adjustable heights and lengths fits into any packaging area, and can be flattened to save space when not in use.  Each unit features four swivel castors for manoeuvrability around work spaces as needed. Their flexible characteristics allow adaptation, catering to your business’s specific needs. Available in twelve sizes, Kite’s offering provide a systematic, productivity-boosting structure to any packaging and despatch operation.

Jake Kirk, managing partner, Kite Packaging

For more information, visit www.kitepackaging.co.uk