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Everything you need to cut packaging cost — in one workspace

Upload the documents you already have and see where your packaging spend, suppliers and warehouse performance sit against similar UK businesses — and what each gap is worth.

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£1.28m

Annual spend

£1.06m

Benchmarked

£220,600

Savings identified

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Your spend Benchmark
Packaging spend against UK benchmark, month by month.

Core capabilities

Six capabilities, each written as the problem it removes and the outcome it delivers.

01

Your purchasing data, without the data entry

Packaging information is scattered across invoices, quotations and specifications, so benchmarking usually dies in a spreadsheet. Packmetric reads those documents automatically and pulls out line items, prices, order quantities and delivery terms. Your team gets a complete picture of spend in hours instead of weeks — and no one retypes a PDF again.

02

The true cost of every line, not just the unit price

Most packaging decisions are made on headline price, which hides freight, minimum order quantities, stockholding and damage. We model all ten cost drivers behind each line. You find out which "cheap" items are the most expensive things you buy, and how much that is costing you a year.

03

Supplier decisions you can defend

Quotes rarely compare like for like, so tenders are won on presentation rather than value. Every supplier is scored on commercial terms, logistics, quality, reliability, ESG and risk, then ranked on total landed cost. You renew, consolidate or switch with evidence a finance director will accept.

04

Warehouse costs traced back to their cause

Damage, rework and extra pallet movements look like warehouse problems but usually begin with a specification. We benchmark pallet utilisation, void fill, damage rates and lead-time reliability against similar UK operations. You see exactly which decision to change to remove the cost.

05

A prioritised action list, in plain English

Knowing where money is lost is only half the job; teams stall on what to do first. Each recommendation explains why it matters, how to implement it, the expected saving, the effort involved and the time to value. Procurement starts on Monday with the highest-return action rather than the easiest one.

06

Reports your board actually reads

Cost programmes lose momentum when the analysis can't leave the analyst's screen. You get an interactive and downloadable report covering savings, supplier options, operational actions, implementation phases and full workings. Approval conversations take one meeting instead of three.

How it works

Most customers go from first upload to a benchmarked savings report inside a working week.

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Drop invoices, quotations or specifications

PDF, XLSX, CSV or image · 20MB

Meridian_Invoice_Mar26.pdfInvoice34 lines97% confident
Calder_Quotation_Q2.pdfQuotation18 lines94% confident
Carton_Spec_RSC320.pdfSpecification12 lines88% confident
Purchase_Ledger_FY26.xlsxLedger84 lines76% confident
Invoices, quotations and specifications read automatically — no data entry.
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SupplierUnitLandedLeadScore
Meridian Packaging Group£0.412£0.48921d76
Calder Corrugated LtdBest value£0.378£0.42114d98
Anglia Case & Carton£0.365£0.44728d84
Severn Protective Solutions£0.401£0.43411d94
Baltic Board Imports£0.312£0.46863d81
Ranked on total landed cost — not just the price on the quotation.
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  • Pallet utilisationYou 71 · Benchmark 86
  • Damage rateYou 29 · Benchmark 13
  • Void fill ratioYou 31 · Benchmark 18
  • Stock coverYou 94 · Benchmark 55
Every driver compared with similar UK operations of your size.
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  • Re-tender RSC cartons across two suppliers

    £78,400

    You're paying more for cardboard boxes than most similar UK businesses. Moving part of the volume to two better-priced suppliers of the same quality box could save around £78,400 a year.

    Medium effortPriority 1Procurement
  • Down-gauge board on 4 high-volume SKUs

    £41,100

    Your boxes are stronger — and more expensive — than your products actually need. A slightly lighter box that still passes the same drop tests could save around £41,100 a year.

    Medium effortPriority 1Specification
  • Redesign case sizes to pallet footprint

    £36,800

    Your boxes don't fit your pallets neatly, so you're shipping air. Resizing three boxes would fit around 1,340 fewer pallets a year and save roughly £36,800.

    High effortPriority 2Logistics
Each action shows the saving, the effort and the time to value.
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Packaging procurement assessment

Northgate Fulfilment Ltd

£1.28m reviewed · 7 suppliers · 148 lines

£220,600

Annual saving

17.2%

Of spend

86%

Confidence

  1. 1. Executive summary·····
  2. 2. Current vs benchmarked cost·····
  3. 3. Supplier comparison·····
  4. 4. Risk analysis·····
  5. 5. Implementation roadmap·····
  6. 6. Appendix — methodology & sources·····
Board-ready PDF: summary, savings, risks and roadmap.
  1. Step 1

    Create your account

    Free to start — no card, no sales call required.

  2. Step 2

    Upload documents

    Invoices, quotes and specifications — the detail is extracted for you.

  3. Step 3

    Review benchmarks

    See current vs benchmarked cost across ten drivers.

  4. Step 4

    Act on the report

    Prioritised recommendations with expected savings.

Most warehouse problems don't start in the warehouse. They start with supplier and packaging decisions.

Packmetric helps businesses make better decisions before those problems become operational costs.