Recent texts show that much effort has been dedicated to identifying elements that have crucial role in packaging logistics, and to formulate structures or other sorts of systems of such factors to function as useful conceptual framework to handle these diverse phenomena. However, this appears a bit narrow view, since there are many issues in logistics beside packages to be integrated. Packages are essential in handling single pieces of cargo, however they are also essential in forming sortiments and displaying information about items in sortiment. When trying to manage the product diversity, e.g means offered by packaging should be utilized.
Packaging can of course contribute to added utilities.
Packaging costs mentioned mean mainly the material costs of packages. However, many others of these logistical cost items are impacted by packaging, too. Damages, cargo handling, control and warehousing costs are much dependent also on quality and performance of packages, and on information carried by the packages. That framework can thus been regarded as one structuration of packaging logistics factors. Price is known to be possibly increased if utilities are added in the product.