With a plethora of packaging material options available in market there is no reason why a delivery package cannot reach safely to its destination. Getting parcels delivered in a secured manner is no rocket science. Here’s how to avoid and manage five of the most common parcel damage horrors, one can think of. Resource: http://dcgpac.com/

1. How to Deal with Different Types
of Parcel Damage Horrors
Can you relate with the feeling of ordering your favourite Chanel
perfume online after months of careful savings? Remember how you took
an off from your work to be present to sign for it on the day of its scheduled
delivery! You were even ready to take another off from work when the
delivery got delayed? But, the real tragedy happened when the package
was in your hands. After all, what could’ve been worse than receiving your
priced purchase in a damaged condition or simply, in an abnormal state?
With a plethora of packaging material options available in market there is no
reason why a delivery package cannot reach safely to its destination.
Getting parcels delivered in a secured manner is no rocket science. Here’s
how to avoid and manage five of the most common parcel damage horrors,
one can think of.

2. Collapsed parcels
One of the most common damage to your parcel is it getting collapsed.
Cardboard is a sturdy packaging option however, if we place something
really heavy on top of it exceeding its loading capacity, it is bound to get
collapsed.
So, if you want your cardboard packaging box to retain its shape, make
sure you get the size of the box that exactly fits the size of your product or
if there are any empty spaces or voids inside the box, make sure to fill
them up with some kind of void fill.

3. Bursting of parcels
Exactly in the way, putting too little in your parcel can cause it to collapse,
putting too much of content can cause it to burst. Whether your box may
burst outwards or in an extreme case, burst downwards, in order to prevent
this from happening, you can start with choosing an accurately sized box.
Make sure that the box has a holding capacity of carrying the kind of weight
you are planning to fill it with.
Want to add another layer of protection to your box? Make use of some
plastic strapping or strapping tape in order to make doubly sure that your
box stays intact during transportation.

4. Crushed or buckled boxes
Parcels, during transit are generally placed one on top of the other, without
much thought given to their holding capacities, in which case, there is high
risk of the poor quality boxes getting crushed. These poor quality boxes
may look exactly the same as the good quality ones and these may be
available at cheaper price, but one can just not be confident about the
product safety on using them.
So, to avoid crushing or buckling of the boxes, make sure that you do not
over-stack the box pallets and you use only the good quality boxes and
heavy duty boxes, in case the need be.

5. Damaged content inside
There are cases when your parcel looks just okay from the outside, but the
real horror begins when on opening them, broken and damaged content
gets exposed to you. This usually takes place because of vibrations,
shaking and bumping of the package during its journey. Packaging
protectively and carefully is the only solution to avoid this kind of damage
and this is specially important in case of electronic equipment that can
easily get damaged with electrostatic discharge.

6. Boxes not handled carefully
Even after taking all the precautions while carefully packaging your boxes, it
can all go wrong if your box packages are not safely handled by the courier
company staff or anyone the box meets on its journey. In this case we can
simply stick to the basics and apply packing tapes and a variety of labels
having printed messages such as ‘Fragile’, ‘Handle With Care’ and ‘This
side up’. For Fragile articles like glassware you can also use special boxes
as showcased on www.dcgpac.com.