ABSTRACT
Increasing costs and environmental pressures have forced firms to relook at their product designs and packaging for seeking economic and environmental gains. Tesco, for example, is developing packaging that would be fully recyclable by 2025. Unilever has reworked several of its designs in product categories such as shampoos, hand wash, soaps, deodorants, and detergents keeping in view material consumption during production and economic gains during packaging, storage, and display on retail shelves. 1 With the rise in online retail and increase in direct deliveries, firms are looking for efficient ways to save costs in transportation, warehousing, and last mile delivery. Much of this calls for changes in product and process designs. What implications do design changes have on supply chains? How should product and process designs be tailored to supply chain requirements?
