Reducing the labor burden on elderly silver workers through cardboardization. No need for nails or bolts, and with lightweight packaging, anyone, including women, can handle packing! Towards a company that is friendly to workers.
This is a case of improvement at a company that had been relying on elderly silver workers for packaging tasks.
Currently, silver workers were assembling wooden pallets (wooden geta) using purchased lumber. We received feedback that:
- Securing personnel is difficult.
- Considering environmental impact, we would like to minimize the use of wood.
Based on this, we began the design process.
**Reasons for not transitioning to cardboard**
It seems that there had been a top-down goal to eliminate the use of wood for some time, but progress towards full cardboard implementation had been slow.
- Currently, products were being bolted to the wooden geta for fixation. Since cardboard cannot be secured with bolts, they were hesitant to proceed.
- They could not find a cardboard manufacturer capable of meeting such requests.
**Improvements made**
- No need for nails or bolts.
- Lightweight packaging.
- Elimination of label application (printing directly on the packaging).
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- Anyone can package.
- Simplified disposal for end-users (from industrial waste to recycled paper).
- Reduction in air freight costs.
By simply replacing wood with cardboard, various benefits arise.
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