subject: Make Sure Your Products Arrive At Their Final Destination In One Piece With Sturdy Paper Systems [print this page] Its a challenging and complicated time to be in business. Communication via the Internet allows goods and services to be traded at a speed unheard of just a few decades ago. Gone are the days when one had to rely on expensive international phone calls, or slow and rudimentary fax machines to communicate with vendors and customers. Today, with e-mail, instant messaging, smart phones and tablet computers, one can do business from just about anywhere. As a result of all this efficient distribution, stores carry fruits, vegetables and other products from various parts of the world. We have even become insensitive to the seasons in which certain produce or fruits are grown locally. If they're not available here, we can get them from a different part of the world, and only for a slightly higher cost. Most shoppers have forgotten whether it's the season for peaches or not--they just expect to find them at the local supermarket, regardless of the time of year.
All this convenience and wide variety of choice is also thanks to modern transportation and distribution systems. Once again, computers have come to our aid by helping to schedule deliveries, track inventories and even monitor bills of lading on giant cargo ships and modern cargo airplanes. One thing that has not changed is the fact that any product that is going to be shipped either across town, or halfway around the world needs to be properly packaged, or it risk getting ruined in transit. For this, most manufacturers, distributors and shippers rely on modern paper systems to package and bundle goods that need to be shipped and delivered. Naturally, paper comes from trees, and a large part of the world's population is becoming more and more environmentally aware every day. Therefore, many innovative packaging suppliers have devised products which are in fact environmentally friendly, by cutting down on the amount of paper that is required to efficiently package and wrap a box of goods. These applications also can save a shipper money, as they don't wind up wasting any paper unnecessarily.
