Reduce your shipping volume by 30%!

Did you know that 43% of the volume of an e-commerce package is empty space? This empty space is costly in terms of your shipping costs, packaging purchases, productivity, and carbon footprint. In 2024, French e-commerce shipped nearly 2 billion packages. That's a lot of boxes in circulation... and a lot of opportunities for optimization.

Added to this are new regulatory requirements (PPWR): a void ratio of less than 50% by 2030, followed by even stricter thresholds in 2034. But behind this obligation lies a tremendous opportunity: optimizing your packaging is one of the fastest and most profitable levers in the entire supply chain.

Transport: when empty space costs you money

Carriers charge by volumetric weight. A box that "weighs" 10 kg in volume, even if it only contains 2 kg of products, will be charged at... 10 kg. The result: +15 to +30% extra cost on your transport bills, solely due to the air you are shipping.

Wasted materials and labor

Every extra centimeter generates more cardboard, more padding, more handling, and more storage space. Poorly sized packaging consumes more resources, slows down your teams, and increases micro-costs on a daily basis. Ultimately, preparing an oversized package is more expensive, slower, and less sustainable.

Carbon impact and damaged customer image

Reducing the volume shipped means reducing the number of trucks needed, limiting partially filled trips, and reducing CO₂ emissions. Conversely, a product that floats around in an oversized box increases the risk of breakage and returns, and conveys an image of wastefulness to customers. A properly sized package is therefore an environmentally friendly gesture... and a sign of professionalism.

How can you reduce the volume of your shipments by up to 30%?

Drastically reducing the volume shipped starts with a simple idea: don’t send a single millimeter of unnecessary cardboard. To achieve this, each package must be adapted to the actual contents of the order. No taller, wider, or deeper than necessary.

This approach changes everything: a customized box immediately takes up less space, requires less material, eliminates the need for padding, and automatically optimizes truck fill rates. By reducing empty space, you reduce the volume shipped (sometimes by up to 30%), which directly translates into transportation savings, lower CO₂ emissions, and better control of your operating costs.

This is precisely what SAVOYE’s automated packaging solutions enable, adapting the package to the product in real time, eliminating empty space and ensuring compact, reliable, and sustainable packaging.

Switching to perfectly sized packages doesn’t just transform your shipping line: it transforms your cost structure. As soon as volume decreases, the savings begin — and they are often dramatic.

Let’s take a concrete example.

A site shipping 10,000 packages per day, with an average transportation cost of 4€ per shipment, immediately sees the impact of a 30% reduction in volume:
the bill is reduced by more than €250,000 per year, solely due to the lower volumetric weight. And this figure does not even take into account other gains: less cardboard purchased, less packaging material used, less handling, and therefore increased productivity.

In reality, the cumulative effect is even more powerful. Less volume means:
> better-filled trucks,
> optimized routes,
> less waste generated,
> a significantly reduced carbon footprint.

The result: a return on investment achieved in just a few months, while ensuring full compliance with new European regulations on empty rates.

Reducing volume is therefore not just an operational improvement: it is an immediate, measurable, and sustainable accelerator of economic, environmental, and logistical performance.

Boost your logistics performance

Would you like to reduce the volume of your shipments, optimize your logistics costs, or learn more about customized packaging solutions? Our experts are available to analyze your situation and offer you tailored support. Contact us now.