Processes and operations cases

Gunnar Stefansson; Christoph Tyssen; Thorsten Klaas-Wissing; Sonia Guerola Pérez; Marielle Labrosse; Miroslav Rumler; Mark Servidio; Balkan Cetinkaya; Lyall Cresswell; Peter Franke; Barbara Ocicka; Krzysztof Rutkowski

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12023-7_11

Processes and operations cases

Gunnar Stefansson, Christoph Tyssen, Thorsten Klaas-Wissing, Sonia Guerola Pérez, Marielle Labrosse, Miroslav Rumler, Mark Servidio, Balkan Cetinkaya, Lyall Cresswell, Peter Franke, Barbara Ocicka, Krzysztof Rutkowski

Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science

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In order to lower logistics costs and increase efficiency in its transportation and warehousing operations, IKEA started an internal competition to reduce unnecessary air in their product packaging. This Air hunting competition focused on removing as much air as possible from packaging and thereby increasing true product volume during transportation and storage. Several IKEA products were identified for packaging development, one being the Glimma tea candle that is described in this best practice documentation. The development of the Glimma tea candle packaging resulted in a 30% increase in products volume for each load unit. Thanks to this packaging development, the efficiency of the transportation and warehouse operations is now much greater and the impact on the environment has decreased significantly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Subtitle of host publication	Practical Ideas for Moving Towards Best Practice
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	213-258
Number of pages	46
ISBN (Print)	9783642120220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12023-7_11
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Stefansson, G., Tyssen, C., Klaas-Wissing, T., Pérez, S. G., Labrosse, M., Rumler, M., Servidio, M., Cetinkaya, B., Cresswell, L., Franke, P., Ocicka, B., & Rutkowski, K. (2011). Processes and operations cases. In Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Practical Ideas for Moving Towards Best Practice (pp. 213-258). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12023-7_11

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