For Purchase heads and business owners
Packaging decisions that show up in your profit
For purchase heads and business owners: cost per order, transit damage, courier weight charges and the packaging choices that change them.
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What a damaged delivery really costs you, line by line
A broken parcel costs far more than the product. Work out the real rupee cost: freight both ways, repacking, refund or replacement, support time and more.
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Downgauging: thinner film and tape without losing strength
Thinner film and tape can cut material spend, but only after a proper trial. What downgauging is, the legal floors in India and the maths per 1,000 orders.
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A 10-point packaging specification review for purchase teams
Find savings in the packaging you already buy. A 10-point spec review for purchase teams, with a trial method, a change note and a savings calculation.
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Plastic EPR in India: what a brand owner must do, and what it costs
Who counts as a brand owner under India's plastic EPR rules, what to register, report and buy, the 2026-27 targets, and a way to estimate the yearly cost.
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Volumetric weight: how couriers bill you, and how a smaller box cuts the bill
Couriers bill the higher of actual and volumetric weight. The divisor each courier publishes, a one-minute density check and the maths for smaller cartons.
Why this site exists
Packaging is usually bought on price per roll or price per box. What reaches the profit and loss account is something else: courier charges on air, damaged returns, extra microns nobody needed and compliance work nobody planned for.
Profit by Packaging shows that arithmetic in public, for purchase heads and business owners, with worked examples you can repeat with your own numbers.