Reusable, returnable packaging for e-commerce

Projektinformationen

RePack

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 671852

DOI

10.3030/671852

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 27 April 2015

Startdatum 1 Mai 2015

Enddatum 31 Oktober 2015

Finanziert unter

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Gesamtkosten

€ 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

ORIGINAL REPACK OY
Finland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RePack (Reusable, returnable packaging for e-commerce)

Berichtszeitraum: 2015-05-01 bis 2015-10-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The objective of our proposed innovation project is to introduce more sustainable and intelligent packaging and delivery processes across ecommerce supply chain in the EU and also globally in the future.

The main specific objective of the feasibility study is to pilot RePack in other EU markets. This pilot is used to gather consumer and webstore feedback to identify benefits and analyse bottlenecks in the e-commerce value chain in EU markets.

Our current analysis is that the main bottleneck is lack of awareness regarding our innovation outside Finland, limited sales channels, lack of e-commerce contacts and long sales and project cycles. This is especially related to fashion ecommerce. We want try and remove some of these bottlenecks, further investigate others, increase awareness of our solution and accelerate Repack adoption cycles.

By executing the project we will significantly contribute to resource efficiency, sustainable logistics and to development of circular economy in the domain of commerce.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

Work was completed by a small team and hired consultants in targeted markets, mainly Sweden, Netherlands and France.

Before the project we had five customers in Finnish clothing segment and two using furniture RePack. Biggest client was Varusteleka.fi midsized European webstore shipping around 100 000 deliveries annually. Beginning of the project we had about 100 daily deliveries.We identified potential partners and client, approached webstores and brands outside the Finnish market and discussed our offering with them.

At the end of the project we had
- 15 webstores in Finland
- Letters of intent with two global brands for operations in 2016
- 20 ongoing negotiations in proposal phase
- 500+ daily deliveries
- Decision to discontinue furniture RePack,
- New packaging segments tested in telecoms and pharmacy
- Sales pipeline of over 2 million euros
- Two sales agents in EU markets and operational capacity
- Suppliers and logistics companies to handle tens of thousands RePack deliveries on a monthly basis

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

Operations to be launched in several EU countries in 2016. Localisation with local teams in 2017. Estimated need in 2017 is three teams with personnel of 3 in each, totalling nine new hires.

Already hundreds of kilos of packaging trash has been avoided. In 2016 our expected volumes are close to 100 000 uses resulting in reduction of thousands of kilos of packaging waste.

In 2016tTens of thousands of e-commerce shoppers introduced to a reusable packaging service, giving them a small nudge towards more sustainable lifestyle.

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