		NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4, JUNE '09

YOUR CORPORATE R&D INNOVATION RESOURCE


	Increasing efficiency to save cost is a perennial business goal.
	In tougher times, there is an inevitable drive to push this even harder as companies look to drive out waste to decrease cost in sourcing, production, and transport. Some aspects of this process have come to the fore in the last couple of years as elements of sustainable business practices. Companies are now looking to meet the requirements of the sustainability triple bottom line: lower cost, lower environmental impact, and improved social impact. Key areas of development towards this goal have been increasing the energy efficiency of buildings, zero waste factories, and designing innovative packaging solutions that reduce sourcing and transport impact. In this issue we will explore how you can use illumin8 to identify new processes to increase efficiency in your packaging, processes, and more. In our quest to make and keep this newsletter relevant for you, we would love to hear from you. Tell us what you think about this issue and what you would like to see on upcoming newsletters. The illumin8 team

Featured Story: INCREASING SHIPPING EFFICIENCY AND PACKAGING

Improving packaging design has proven to be a great avenue to improve shipping efficiency and will no doubt continue to be an area that fosters valuable innovation. Existing innovations have related to space efficiency and weight reduction. Both of these areas have the potential to provide great ancillary benefits in sourcing and disposal of packaging.

We can use illumin8 to explore the technologies, products, and partners available to reduce packaging materials

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Tips & Tricks: Familiar Challenges - New Answers

Increasing Shipping Efficiency.

Two heavyweight drivers of efficiency in packaging and shipping have come into the corporate view in the last few years, Wal-Mart's packaging scorecard and the fuel price spike of 2008. One or both of these has impacted most companies, pushing the need for innovation to improve efficiency in many areas, particularly in transport and shipping efficiency.

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illumin8 product news: The more granular classifications for results

Have you checked out the recent for illumin8 focusing on personalization features.

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	Innovation News & Events
	There are certainly a broad range of other areas that illumin8 can help you explore, try your looking for the benefit you're looking to provide or the technology that will help improve shipping efficiency for your organization. For further information please join the Increasing Shipping Efficiency or any of the other upcoming webinars, see below. Increasing Shipping Efficiency: 10:00AM ET (14:00 UTC), June 17th, 2009 View the Full Summary and Register Getting Started with illumin8: 10:00AM ET (14:00 UTC), July 2, 2009 View the Full Summary and Register Replacing Dangerous Product Ingredients: 10:00AM ET (14:00 UTC), July 15th, 2009 View the Full Summary and Register Getting Started with illumin8: 10:00AM ET (14:00 UTC), July 29, 2009 View the Full Summary and Register




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