Winner material flow PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR 2023
IPP: RUDi - innovative returnable display for the POS
1st place in category 4: Logistics and transportation: Around 30 million disposable displays are placed on the market in the D-A-CH region every year. The majority of these displays are constructed on quarter pallets or dollies, the rest are purely disposable constructions. The annual amount of waste caused by the use of disposable displays is around 165,000 tons of paper/cardboard. The new ReUsable Display RUDi consists of a variable number of bases, which are mounted on a quarter pallet or dolly. The big advantage is the reusability of the bases, which do not have to be disposed of after a single use. They are inspected after use, repaired and then put back into use. They are made of fully recyclable plastic and can therefore be used for a practically unlimited period of time; defective parts or bases are recycled and reused for the production of new bases. This leads to high cost savings in terms of materials, transportation andCO2 reduction.
The reusable display enables the presentation of almost all products, at different heights and regardless of weight and stackability. The decoration of the base, the structure and therefore the entire design of the display can be designed flexibly, as with a one-way display made of corrugated cardboard. Assembly and packaging can be carried out both - as before - by the brand manufacturer and on site at the POS. This is made possible by the different usage variants that the reusable display can be used for. It can be used as a supplier display (brand supplier delivers assembled displays to the retailer) or as a retail display with a) commissioning of the brand supplier to assemble the retail display (brand manufacturer delivers goods plus display equipment to the retailer's central warehouse, which finalizes the display) or as a retail display with b) internal use (retailer repeatedly assembles the existing display itself). These three usage variants can also be combined, as the components of the display are reusable and the bases are equipped with RFID, data matrix and barcode. As is already the case today, the cycle is similar to returning the quarter pallet to a depot. The more frequently the reusable display is used, the greater the cost savings and the reduction inCO2 emissions. Based on the estimated market volume, the savings potential for internal retail use is up to 84%. This is due to the elimination of material and production costs compared to disposable displays. In addition, transportation can be designed and utilized more efficiently, as the conventional "display bases" are already being replaced in the market by the reusable displays. Transport and handling costs are only incurred for restocking the existing reusable displays. The savings potential for the supplier display, which repeatedly passes through the "brand supplier - retailer - depot" cycle, is up to 48 percent. The potential savings result from the reduced material and production costs.
This article appeared in issue 6/23
The application phase for the material flow PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR 2024 is currently underway and submissions can be made until October 31, 2023.
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