Packaging Glossary
All About Packaging
The days of packaging products for purely functional purposes and pursuing only economic rationality are long gone.
These days, packaging is also an integral part of products and an indispensable aspect of consumers’ lives as it plays a vital role in responding to changes in society by enhancing a product’s value and image.
The Roles of Packaging
Why do we package things???
Packaging plays an important role as part of products themselves, which makes it indispensable in our daily lives. As a result, consumers are increasingly interested in packaging and demand it to be of high quality. You could even say that packaging reflects the values and lifestyles of the time.
In the age when in-person sales of products were the norm, the main role of packaging was to protect products during transport and storage. However, as self-sales methods like those found in supermarkets and convenience stores became more mainstream, consumers themselves began to select and purchase packaged products in stores. In other words, packaging is now needed not only to protect products, but also to make them easy to carry, visually pleasing, and enjoyable from the consumer’s point of view.
Packaging has become a part of the product itself, and it is more important than ever to use packaging to enhance the value of a product. Packaging has become the unsung hero that supports and enriches our daily lives.
Purposes of Packaging
1.Protecting Products
Maintain higher product quality by preventing changes in taste from oxidation, discoloration from ultraviolet rays, and other negative effects caused by dust and bacteria.
2.Improving Convenience
Make it possible for products to be consumed anytime, anywhere. Make products easy to carry and open.
3.Enhancing Product Image
Stimulate purchasing desire by using attributes such as attractive printing, convenient forms, display effects, and brand image.
4.Efficient Distribution
Improved efficiency in transport, storage, and cargo handling.
5.Providing Information
Display information that is required of products and descriptions of product contents.