Sizing boxes and palettes to maximize the number and volume of product shipped, and minimizing associated packaging materials (fill, tissue, foam, label, tape, plastic wrap, etc.) help achieve efficiency and transportation and waste reduction goals.

1. Reducing the need to warehouse materials and completed projects can help achieve efficiency and transportation and waste reduction goals.
2. ‘Just in time’ manufacturing is a strategy that reduces the need for warehousing.
3. Packaging may be designed for more efficient use of space and/or weight reduction.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-Time_Manufacturing

See: http://www.toyota-global.com/company/vision_philosophy/toyota_production_system/just-in-time.html