Greener Package is teaming up with the leading practitioners of packaging sustainability to bring you on important sustainability topics. The presenters are experienced packaging professionals with decades of experience and expertise in packaging.

We're proud to offer Greener Package site visitors the following training, with much more to come:

Walmart Scorecard Training (part 1)

Live webinar - September 6, 2010 1:30 p.m. EDT

This course provides step-by-step instructions to help attendees efficiently enter data into the Wal-Mart Packaging Sustainability Scorecard. The course includes a detailed guide which takes users through the scorecard input process. An in-depth review of the mechanics and metrics, as well as a hands-on experience to illustrate the Package Modeling 2.0 to help you understand and improve your scores. The course includes a limited time license for the packaging scorecard allowing you to further acquaint yourself with it’s potential.

In this course, you will learn:

• What the Scorecard questions mean
• What data need to be available
• The mechanics of data entry
• An overview of Wal-Mart’s sustainability strategy
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• In-depth examples illustrating key concepts such as cube utilization for both the selling unit packaging and transport packaging
• Valuable insight into buyer reports as well as learning what others have done through case study discussions.

This web based training session is 3 hours in length. Registered participants will be provided a URL and login instructions. The registration fee for this session is $400 per person. Please click on the button below to register for Part 1 Scorecard Training.

Price: $400     Length: 3 hours     Format: Live Webinar

Presenters:
June Anderson, M.S., CPP, Partner, Packaging Knowledge Group
Larry Dull, M.S., CPP, Partner, Packaging Knowledge Group

Package Modeling Training (part 2)

Live webinar - September 13, 2010 1:30 p.m. EDT

What you will learn:

• The mechanics behind the Modeling Software
• How to import and export modeling data
• Valuable insight into the information that Walmart buyers access to make purchasing decisions
• Case studies in how other companies have increased the sustainability of their packaging

This web based training session is 3 hours in length. Registered participants will be provided a URL and login instructions. The registration fee for this session is $400 per person. Please click on the button below to register for Part 2 Package Modeling Training.

Price: $400     Length: 3 hours     Format: Live Webinar

Presenters:
June Anderson, M.S., CPP, Partner, Packaging Knowledge Group
Larry Dull, M.S., CPP, Partner, Packaging Knowledge Group

About June Anderson
June is an IoPP Certified Packaging Professional with a B.S. and an M.S. in Packaging from Michigan State University. She has 25 years of experience as a packaging engineer and manager, including service in the automotive, office furniture and home appliance industries. She has served in various positions on the IoPP's National Board of Directors, including president and chairman, and she has been inducted into the IoPP College of Fellows as well as the MSU Packaging Hall of Fame. She has experience as an independent consultant for major food processors, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities and previously served as manager of Packaging Quality Assurance and Environmental Compliance with Burger King Corporation.

About Larry Dull
Larry is an IoPP Certified Packaging Professional with a B.S. and an M.S. in Packaging Technology from Michigan State University. With 25+ years of experience in managing technical packaging development groups, he has held positions with Eastman Kodak Company, Calgon Corporation and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. He holds six U.S. patents in the field of packaging and has won several awards in national packaging design competitions. Larry has delivered numerous presentations and written numerous articles on packaging, packaging development and packaging testing, and is an honorary professor at Hunan University of Technology in China. An IoPP College of Fellows inductee, Larry is also active in several industry and professional associations.