The Nelson Technical Center

Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

Our Systems Approach achieves the lowest total costs by making sure these three key elements of your packaging system work together:

1. Pallet

The smallest detail can make the difference between a successful pallet design and a costly mistake.

2. Packaging

Designing packaging elements independently curbs innovation and limits chances for exceptional savings.

3. Handling

Leaving equipment compatibility to chance opens the door for preventable mishaps and loss to happen.

Success Story

savings found... again

New Packaging Saves $1 Million

A manufacturer of porcelain plumbing supplies was seeing their profits go down the toilet. Literally. Damage rates were as high as 25%.

A common mistake we find in damage cases like this stems from designing the packaging separately from the pallet. Our technical team knows that architecting the unit load as a system provides best results.

After lab testing our new packaging system and running field trials, we reduced product damage to 0% saving this customer over $1 million.

You're off to a great start.

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Your Technical Control Center

Packaging specifications seem to be changing at an alarmingly fast pace. Keeping up is becoming just plain overwhelming. We can help.

The Nelson Technical Center has been assisting packaging engineers for decades. Reducing total cost of ownership with an eye towards sustainability is our core focus. We can help your company reduce damage, improve packaging or standardize pallets for improvements everyone in your supply chain will see.

Packaging Analysis

Our all-inclusive evaluation of current systems and processes takes place at your facility. The process can last several hours to a few days and concludes with our Opportunity Assessment Report.

Design & Tech Support

Imagine a perfectly load-balanced shipment that is properly sized, better protected and costs less. And, if you’re exporting, picture your freight sailing through customs inspections.

Lab Tests & Field Trials

Can your packaging hold up to the rigorous challenges of industrial shipping and warehousing? Controlled testing environments validate materials and designs.

Improvement Teams Welcome

Consider us an extension of your team for helping to solve specialized problems, reduce waste and improve control in your transport packaging systems.

Kaizen
Lean
6 Sigma

Become your Company's Logistics Hero

When all three key elements of your packaging system work in perfect harmony, no one even notices them. That's how it should be.

You want a transport packaging consultant that can solve your unique challenges and understand everything you go through on a daily basis. That's The Nelson Technical Center.

Experience

We've been in your shoes. We manage and support transport packaging systems in ways that help your company save.

Advice

Get realistic, expert advice from wood science specialists and packaging engineers for advancing your goals.

Strategy

We shift the focus from operations to strategy for optimizing savings opportunities throughout your system.