Asset Tracking

Standardized RPC labeling drive endorsed by retailers

The Packer.com Tom Karst Three large retail­ers have accepted a new label stan­dard for return­able plas­tic con­tain­ers, with trace­abil­ity in mind. Kroger, Loblaw and Safe­way accept a four-inch by two-inch RPC label as the new stan­dard as part of indus­try col­lab­o­ra­tion related to the Pro­duce Trace­abil­ity Ini­tia­tive. The stan­dard­ized label pro­vides a cost effec­tive solu­tion for pro­duce …read more

Mapping Reusables Into Your Supply Chain

Mapping Reusables Into Your Supply Chain

Reusable pack­ag­ing can deliver cost sav­ings, increased mate­r­ial han­dling effi­cien­cies and reduce a company’s envi­ron­men­tal foot­print. How­ever, the imple­men­ta­tion of reusable pack­ag­ing will have a sig­nif­i­cant impact on many inter­nal processes as well as those of sup­pli­ers through­out a sup­ply chain. …read more

RPA and StopWaste Host Reusable Packaging Workshop in Salt Lake City

The Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (RPA) is team­ing up with Stop­Waste Part­ner­ship to host a Use Reusables Work­shop in Salt Lake City, UT on March 21. Other par­tic­i­pants in the work­shop are the Utah Col­lege of Applied Tech­nol­ogy, the Utah Man­u­fac­tur­ers Asso­ci­a­tion, and the Utah Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Qual­ity (UDEQ).…read more

Managing and Tracking Reusable Assets

By imple­ment­ing reusable trans­port pack­ag­ing into their sup­ply chains, many com­pa­nies are gain­ing finan­cial and envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fits. How­ever, reach­ing this state requires con­sid­er­able ini­tial plan­ning as well as ongo­ing fine-tuning of oper­a­tions. …read more

Reusable Packaging Association Hosting Education Conference at MODEXIBM, StopWaste Join Presenters

IBM and StopWaste.Org will share their expe­ri­ences with reusables as part of the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion edu­ca­tion con­fer­ence at MODEX on Feb. 6.…read more

Rehrig Pacific Logistics Announces Bulk Pooling Services Venture

Rehrig Pacific Logistics Announces Bulk Pooling Services Venture

Rehrig Pacific Logis­tics (RPL), a leader in reusable pack­ag­ing ser­vices and solu­tions includ­ing asset man­age­ment and exchange, reverse logis­tics, and recy­cling and sus­tain­abil­ity ser­vices, announced the launch of its newest busi­ness ven­ture, Rehrig Bulk Pool­ing Ser­vices (Rehrig BPS). …read more

Reusable Packaging Association Hosting Education Conference at MODEX — Online Registration Now Open

As part of its ongo­ing effort to build stronger work­ing rela­tion­ships with other key indus­try asso­ci­a­tions, the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion will host a Reusables Con­fer­ence at the new MODEX show in Atlanta, GA, Feb­ru­ary 68, 2012. Reg­is­ter online.…read more

$250,000 of Stolen Reusable Plastic Containers and Pallets Recovered

Last month, more stolen trade­mark plas­tic prod­ucts with an esti­mated value of $250,000.00 were recov­ered by deputies with the Indus­trial Plas­tic Theft Task Force, Indus­try Sheriff’s Sta­tion, Los Ange­les County Sheriff’s Depart­ment.…read more

Case Study — John Deere: Tracking Reusables in a Global Assembly Manufacturing Supply Chain

Case Study — John Deere: Tracking Reusables in a Global Assembly Manufacturing Supply Chain

Whether you’re a farmer or an occa­sional week­end gar­dener, almost every­one rec­og­nizes the green and yel­low col­ors asso­ci­ated with John Deere. The com­pany is the world’s lead­ing man­u­fac­turer of farm equip­ment, and pro­duces and mar­kets North America’s broad­est line of lawn and gar­den trac­tors, mow­ers, golf course equip­ment, and other out­door power prod­ucts. …read more

Member Spotlight: Hillary Femal, Director of Strategic Market Development, IFCO; RPA 2012 Board Member and Chairperson of the RPA Marketing and Communications Committee

RPA’s Mar­ket­ing and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Chair­per­son and new Board mem­ber Hillary Femal, IFCO Sys­tems is inter­viewed for this mem­ber spot­light.…read more

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