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3 ista views • October 2015 • www.ista.org WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 1:00PM – 2:00PM EST Dissecting Containment Force: Load Compression, Film Stiffness, and their Roles Stabilizing Unitized Goods Luke Venechuk, Senior Packaging Engineer, Highlight Industries, Inc. Containment force readings using a pull plate or similar tool are treated as a single force when in reality they are a combination of the compressive force (AKA wrapping force) and the stiffness (AKA stretch resistance) of the wrapped film on the load. Compression and stiffness each contribute to load stability but in different ways. Their contributions are dependent on the inherent vulnerability of the load to different failure modes. This study is a look at the roles of compression and stiffness as isolated variables and the balance required to stabilize a variety of loads with different stabilization requirements. Takeaway: What forces comprise "Containment Force" and how are they balanced during a pull plate test. - How to better understand a load's inherent stability / failure vulnerability and the changing contribution requirements of compression and stiffness. ISTA Members: FREE Non-Members: $55 Luke Venechuk Biography: Education: BS in Packaging, Michigan State University, School of Packaging. Activities: Member of ISTA, Member of ASTM Subcommittee D10 on Packaging, Member of IoPP's Transport Packaging Committee. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 1:00PM – 2:00PM EST Adapting to the Re-configuration of the Retail Supply Chain Greg Fornasiero, Sr. Manager Packaging, The Home Depot Many of the major retailers today must sell through both retail outlets and online channels to remain competitive and relevant. This change in the delivery process is transforming retail supply chains from a unitized bulk storage operation to a single package environment. However, in the current transition state, retailers are challenged with managing the balance between cost and performance. The task of package design and test requirements becomes more challenging when products are established in a "Brick and Mortar" retail business, and begin to rapidly gain sales in the online environment.Takeaway: Understand the difficulty of designing universal packaging and to explore options for finding the appropriate balance between the right "retail" package and the right "E-Commerce" package. Explain different ways, data, testing and research can help strike the right balance for the design approach. ISTA Members: FREE Non-Members: $55 Greg Fornasiero Biography: Education: B.S. Packaging - Michigan State University, MBA University of North Carolina Wilmington. Activities: Member ISTA; IoPP Southeastern Chapter, Featured Speaker, Competition Judge, Member at Large, IoPP Transport Packaging Technical Committee. Achievements: GE Manufacturing Engineer of the Year Award, Six Sigma Black Belt, US Patent Award, 2011 New York Times Feature Article, 2013 CEO Award for Management - The Home Depot. Luke Venechuk Greg Fornasiero