Launched in 1978 by two brothers in New Zealand, EziBuy has become a leader in the apparel and homewares market and the largest multi-channel retailer in Australasia, processing more than 1.75 million orders per year.

The e-commerce giant needed a way to smooth out the peaks and valleys in its fulfillment process. Faster throughput was essential to remain competitive in the increasingly challenging online retail market.

Solution

Sealed Air has worked with EziBuy for more than 30 years, during which time industry changes have presented many new challenges. Most recently, the company needed additional automation to keep up with customer demands. Sealed Air helped EziBuy add, customize, and adapt packaging processes and automated systems to unlock labor efficiency, reduce costs, and get orders out the door faster — without sacrificing product integrity.

With the AUTOBAG^® brand FloWrap^® automated mailer system to produce and label rightsized, shipment-ready courier bags, EziBuy has been able to level out its workload. The FloWrap^® system now processes 65% to 70% of all poly bags shipped from EziBuy’s e-commerce fulfillment center, with 15% to 20% fewer hours required for the company’s outbound temporary teams.

Results

Increased throughput capacity to 8,000+ pack per day
Reduced outbound temp labor up to 20%
Upskilled permanent staff into new roles and responsibilities
Increased packaging speed to 39 seconds per pack
Rightsized packs to reduce associated freight costs

EziBuy employee working with Autobag FloWrap automated mailer system

Autobag FloWrap automated mailer machiine

EziBuy employees working with automated mailer systems

“Our customers want good quality product in good condition arriving at their house in a timely manner. We’ve always been looking at Sealed Air as the ability to lead us to the next technological solution.”

— Bernard Walsh, General Manager of Supply Chain at EziBuy