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BGR Impact Program: A Leap Towards Total Packaging Control

Written by Jeff Dickson | Mar 15, 2024 5:45:28 PM

BGR IMPACT PROGRAM: A LEAP TOWARDS TOTAL PACKAGING CONTROL

We're thrilled to announce the BGR Impact Program, an innovative continuous improvement service accompanied by a robust guarantee, setting a new industry standard.

WHY IT MATTERS

An overwhelming 94% of manufacturers and distribution centers grapple with a significant challenge: a lack of visibility, obscuring millions in potential bottom-line benefits. This program tackles:  

  • The often-overlooked impact of packaging, not typically listed on bills of materials, complicating its management and optimization. 
  • The underestimation of "indirect spend" as a minor factor, with efforts traditionally aimed at marginal cost savings rather than the millions in potential.

 

WHAT IS THE SECRET?

THE PACKAGING SUPPLY CHAIN™

As supply chain challenges ease, the focus shifts to minimizing direct packaging costs. However, this program reveals that product savings are just the tip of the iceberg. Packaging affects the entire supply chain, a concept BGR pioneered in 2016 with the term Packaging Supply Chain™ (PSC). This PSC™ approach looks at the full impact of packaging, demonstrating that individual strategies tend to have an adverse effect on the business if not considering the whole supply chain.  

 

THE IMPACT

The BGR Impact Program, crafted by our elite team of Supply Chain, Automation, and Packaging Engineers, aims to optimize every aspect of packaging—sourcing, inventory management, customization, throughput, and delivery. Our results are so consistently positive that we've moved beyond the traditional salesman promises to “save money,” to a double-digit guarantee, along with several other quantifiable promises that puts BGR ‘skin in the game. Jeff Dickson, BGR’s Chief Customer Officer, summarizes it this way:  

“WITH THE STRONGEST PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE IN THE MARKET, BGR IS POSITIONED AS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PARTNER…WHO JUST HAPPENS TO DISTRIBUTE PACKAGING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE NATION.”

Jeff Dickson, BGR’s Chief Customer Officer

 

 

BY THE NUMBERS

Customers average 1.6M in savings, 51% gains in throughput, and 235% ROI within the first year of signing up for the BGR Impact Program.

 

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Price Lock Promise: Enjoy superior pricing on packaging supplies, locked in for 90-180 days, courtesy of our precise forecasting. 

  • Throughput Promise: Each year, our expert team will deliver a data-driven analysis of your packaging performance across your entire supply chain. 

  • Zero-Stockout Promise: With forecasting and optional RFID services, never run out of essential packaging supplies. 

  • Continuous Improvement Promise: Receive data-driven insights, innovation opportunities, and impact reports each quarter to focus on the improvements that matter most. 

  • Double Digit Guarantee: Our expert recommendations will deliver double-digit impact to your bottom line in the first year of the contract, with a minimum of 5% savings each year thereafter. If we fail to deliver this impact, or any other Program promise, BGR will write you a check for 5% of your packaging spend, guaranteed. 

 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The Impact Program requires a three-year agreement with a minimum spend in annual consumables. The best part? Every additional dollar spent with BGR improves your level of control and ROI, guaranteed.  

 

WHO IS IT FOR?

This program benefits supply chain, operations, and procurement leaders seeking significant business impacts through data-driven decisions. 

 

WHAT ARE CUSTOMERS SAYING?

 


FLEXIBILITY AND INTEGRATION:

The program's adaptability allows integration with our RFID and Automation Programs.   

 

DATA-DRIVEN EXPERTISE:

Every recommendation proposed through the Impact Program comes with data—data-driven insights, innovations, and outcomes. To do this consistently, our experts leverage baseline data, time studies, and transparent analyses to provide tailored recommendations.  

 

IN SUMMARY

As our President says, "The BGR Impact Program is our flagship offering for a reason. Not only does it demonstrate our commitment to our customers, but it is also one of our strongest activations of the BGR purpose: ‘Unpack Potential. Deliver Value.’ It’s what we do better than anyone."