| One major retailer suddenly
began losing more of its Danzas shipments of
laptop computers. “The boxes arrived and were
signed off clean at the destination, and it
was really a crap shoot to find out what happened
to them,” a company officer explains. The shipper
was being careful to hide the identity of the
product in nondescript outer packaging, but
the company was using security tape that was
as removable as Post-It notes. Any thief could
get into the cartons, remove the laptops and
add rocks to simulate the weight. Corporate
buyers had saved money by using a lower-grade
security tape but by the time the problem was
identified, the company had lost between $75,000
to $100,000 worth of cargo. (World
trade Magazine, May 2002) It’s our
experience when serving as a supplier to apparel
distribution centers, that many of the packages
are either under-packed or over-packed. If
the package is under-packed the flaps can
be pushed down until the adhesive of the tape
breaks bond with the corrugate. At that time
goods can be removed. In the case of an over-packed
case, a great deal of stress is put on the
adhesive of the tape. A stronger tape with
an aggressive adhesive and thicker backing
will help insure the package remains sealed
during transit.
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