Animal Health Products Company Saves $1 Million on Packaging and Small Parcel With Procure Analytics 

A global animal-health company selling products and services to veterinary practices in nearly 20 countries approached Procure Analytics for guidance in managing shipping and packaging costs. 

Challenges

The company had 16 distribution centers across the US, with each using different box sizes and serving differing ranges of customer needs. Their customers could order any combination and quantity of items at any time, making it difficult to find the optimal box size for each order. 

Procure Analytics implemented Aether, its analytical packaging solution.

Approach

Aether utilizes unique historical data and simulates real-world packing in a virtual environment, replicating the logic of the company’s warehouse management system and optimizing packaging with proprietary algorithms. Accounting for the freight and material costs, as well as physical constraints across the customers network, Aether identified the optimal box dimensions for the entire distribution network. 

$1 Million in Savings Identified

Aether identified more than $1 million of annual cost savings for the company by reducing the dimensional weight of its packages, while also consolidating down to 12 standard box sizes across all distribution centers. 

Procure Analytics’ implementation team validated the savings across multiple sites then managed the end-to-end implementation process, successfully capturing over $1 million in savings.