Johan Faes

PackAssist is a web-based tool that streamlines the packaging process and integrates easily with systems such as WMS and ERP. Thanks to a transparent approval process, it increases quality and consistency within the logistics chain. The innovation was honoured at the NL Packaging Awards 2018, underlining the value and impact of PackAssist.

Packaging management revolves around the intelligent organisation of all processes related to packaging, loading, and shipping. By gaining control over this often underestimated part of the supply chain, you can reduce costs, work more sustainably, and increase customer satisfaction. Faes demonstrates how 4PP specialists assist companies in managing packaging strategically and efficiently.

Faes acts as chain director at the Brainport Industries Campus and integrates logistics and packaging management into a single sustainable ecosystem. With PackAssist and smart collaboration between partners, Faes ensures more efficient processes, lower costs and less environmental impact.

Without an integrated packaging policy, there is a risk of inefficiency, unnecessary costs and quality issues in the supply chain. Packaging management must therefore be strategically incorporated from the outset in order to maintain value and ensure continuity.

In this article, Johan Faes outlines how the supply chain is evolving into an ecosystem in which 4P partners take on specialised tasks. Control lies with an independent 5P partner who ensures transparency, efficiency and trust in the chain.

Brainport Industries Campus chooses Faes to organise packaging flows in a smarter and more sustainable way. With uniform packaging and digital support via PackAssist, they ensure lower costs, fewer errors and maximum efficiency in the supply chain.

Fourth Party Packaging (4PP) revolves around outsourcing packaging management to a specialist who optimises the entire chain. It increases efficiency, reduces costs and supports sustainability by gaining control over packaging flows that often have an invisible impact.

Faes gives PE foam waste a second life by shredding residual pieces and reusing them in applications such as underlays for artificial turf pitches. This reduces residual waste, lowers the carbon footprint and contributes to circular entrepreneurship.