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May 2018, Challenges
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The global market for smart packaging is expected to reach $26.7bn by 2024. Smart packaging refers to packaging systems with
Abstract
embedded sensor technology used with foods, pharmaceuticals, and many other types of products. It is used to extend shelf life,
monitor freshness, display information on quality, and improve product and customer safety. In addition, smart packaging offers
In today’s business environment, the trend towards more product variety and customization is unbroken. Due to this development, the need of
new business opportunities based on digitization and thus fits into the broader realm of Industry 4.0. In this paper, the authors
agile and reconfigurable production systems emerged to cope with various products and product families. To design and optimize production
provide an introductory overview of smart packaging and discuss its underlying base technologies. This is followed by a
systems as well as to choose the optimal product matches, product analysis methods are needed. Indeed, most of the known methods aim to
presentation of potential benefits and emerging opportunities in the packaging sector, contrasted by a number of challenges that
analyze a product or one product family on the physical level. Different product families, however, may differ largely in terms of the number and
first have
nature to be overcome
of components. for smart
This fact impedes packaging to reach
an efficient its fulland
comparison potential. Finally,
choice of conclusions
appropriate product are drawn
family and an outlook
combinations for thetowards the
production
future, critical research areas to work in, and potential lessons to be learned from associated areas are presented.
system. A new methodology is proposed to analyze existing products in view of their functional and physical architecture. The aim is to cluster
these products in new assembly oriented product families for the optimization of existing assembly lines and the creation of future reconfigurable
© 2018 The
assembly Authors.
systems. Published
Based on Datumby Elsevier B.V.the physical structure of the products is analyzed. Functional subassemblies are identified, and
Flow Chain,
Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific
a functional analysis is performed. Moreover, a hybrid committee of the 51st
functional CIRP Conference
and physical on Manufacturing
architecture graph (HyFPAG) Systems.
is the output which depicts the
similarity between product families by providing design support to both, production system planners and product designers. An illustrative
Keywords: Smart packaging; Active packaging; IIoT; Cyber-physical systems; Industry 4.0.
example of a nail-clipper is used to explain the proposed methodology. An industrial case study on two product families of steering columns of
thyssenkrupp Presta France is then carried out to give a first industrial evaluation of the proposed approach.
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
1. Introduction handling.
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However, traditional packaging is no longer sufficient due
The mainAssembly;
Keywords: purposeDesign
of packaging is to identification
method; Family protect a product against to continuously increasing customer experience expectations,
deteriorative effects caused by exposer to and usage in the increasing product complexity, and, most recently, national and
external environment. In addition, product packaging serves as international initiatives towards fostering a circular economy
an effective means of marketing to communicate with the and minimising the carbon footprint of manufactured products
1.consumer.
IntroductionIt comes in various shapes and sizes and, as a user [3].theInnovative
of packaging
product range with enhancedmanufactured
and characteristics functionality is also
and/or
interface, provides consumers with both ease of use and required to accommodate a variety of additional
assembled in this system. In this context, the main challenge in consumer
convenience.
Due to the The fast
main development
functions of product
in thepackaging
domain haveof needs. Examples
modelling includeis offering
and analysis now notfoodsonlyprocessed with single
to cope with fewer
been categorised as follows [1]: protection,
communication and an ongoing trend of digitization and communication, preservatives, products that meet increased
products, a limited product range or existing product families, regulatory
convenience, and
digitalization, containment.
manufacturing For example,
enterprises packaging
are facing used
important requirements,
but andtopackaging
also to be able analyze and that allows for
to compare cradle-to-grave
products to define
in food products usually serves the following
challenges in today’s market environments: a continuing purposes [2]: tracking and thus may serve as a protection against
new product families. It can be observed that classical lawsuits. In
existing
• To prevent the product from leaking or breaking, and addition, smart packaging serves as a means of expanding
tendency towards reduction of product development times and product families are regrouped in function of clients or features.
to protect it against possible contaminations. markets in the context of globalization, helps to accommodate
shortened product lifecycles. In addition, there is an increasing However, assembly oriented product families are hardly to find.
• To communicate important information about the stricter national and international food safety regulations and
demand of customization, being at the same time in a global On the product family level, products differ mainly in two
contained food product and its nutritional content and even serves as a protection against potential threats of food
competition with competitors all over the world. This trend, main characteristics:
bioterrorism [4]. (i) the number of components and (ii) the
to provide cooking instructions.
which is inducing the development from macro to micro typeOver
of components (e.g. mechanical,
the past two decades, electrical,
terms such electronical).
as active packaging,
• To provide convenience such as allowing consumers
markets, toresults
reheatinthediminished lot sizes
contained food due to augmenting
in a microwave. Classical methodologies considering mainly
intelligent packaging and smart packaging have emerged single products in
product varieties (high-volume to low-volume
• To provide containment for ease of transportation production) [1].
and or solitary, already existing product families analyze
literature and are often used interchangeably [4]. They all refer the
To cope with this augmenting variety as well as to be able to product structure on a physical level (components level) which
identify possible optimization potentials in the existing causes difficulties regarding an efficient definition and
production
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Authors. Publishedtobyhave a precise
Elsevier B.V. knowledge comparison of different product families. Addressing this
Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 51st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems.
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Published by Elsevier
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to packaging systems used for foods, drinks, pharmaceuticals, Intelligent packaging system use communication functions
cosmetics and many other perishable goods. Strictly speaking, to facilitate decision-making aimed at preserving food quality,
one should actually distinguish between intelligent, smart, and extending shelf life and improving overall food safety [11]. It
active packaging. is capable of carrying out intelligent functions such as sensing,
• Kerry et al. [5] defined active packaging as detecting, and tracing, recording and communicating certain
“incorporation of certain additives into packaging types of information [12]. Accordingly, intelligent packaging
systems with the aim of maintaining or extending systems consist of hardware components such as time-
product quality and shelf-life”. temperature indicators, gas detectors, freshness and/or ripening
• Otles and Yalcin [6] defined intelligent packaging “as a indicators [10] and radio frequency identification (RFID)
packaging system that is capable of carrying out
systems [5].
intelligent functions (such as sensing, detecting, tracing,
The required functions can be implemented and realized via
recording and communicating) to facilitate decision-
indicators and sensor devices to communicate the pertinent
making to extend shelf life, improve quality, enhance
safety, provide information, and warn about potential information. Indicators inform about a detected change in a
problems”. product or its environment, for example a change in
• Several other authors, including Otles and Yalcin [6] temperature or pH level [4]. In food packaging, this technology
and Vanderroost et al. [2], defined smart packaging as is often complemented with biosensors to detect, record and
“one that possesses the capabilities of both intelligent transmit information related to potential biological processes
and active packaging. Smart packaging provides a total and reactions occurring inside the package, for example
packaging solution that on the one hand monitors changing oxygen and freshness levels [4, 11].
changes in the product or the environment (intelligent)
and on the other hand acts upon these changes (active)”. 2.3. Smart packaging
In this paper, the authors discuss the background of According to Vanderroost et al. [2], “smart packaging provides
smart/active packaging technology and provide a brief a total packaging solution that on the one hand monitors
overview of its main application fields and opportunities for changes in a product or its environment (intelligent) and on the
adding value in the global market place. They also discuss other hand acts upon these changes (active)”. Smart packaging
related challenges and outline steps towards future research on utilises chemical sensors or biosensors to monitor the quality
this topic. and safety of food all the way from producers to consumers
[13]. As with the previously discussed technology, smart
2. Underlying technologies of packaging systems packaging utilises a variety of sensors for monitoring food
quality and safety, for example by detecting and analysing
Packaging base technologies vary not only in terms of freshness, pathogens, leakages, carbon dioxide, oxygen, pH-
hardware, but also in the amount and type of data they can level, time or temperature.
generate, capture, process and distribute [7]. The exact functionalities of specific smart packaging
solutions vary and depend on the actual product being
2.1. Active packaging packaged, for example, food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, or
various types of health and household products [13]. Similarly,
Active packaging is a first alternative to traditional packaging the exact condition to be monitored, conveyed, or adjusted vary
methods. It refers to an innovative food-packaging concept accordingly.
introduced in response to continuous changes in consumer
Smart packaging allows to track and trace a product
demands and market trends. Active packaging technology
throughout its lifecycle and to analyze and control the
embeds components into the packaging that are able to release
environment inside or outside the package to inform its
or absorb substances from or into the preserved food or the
surrounding environment to sustain quality and prolong shelf manufacturer, retailer or consumer on the product’s condition
life [8]. Advantages of using active packaging for perishable at any given time.
goods include reduction of the amounts of active substances,
reduction of localisation activity and migration of particles 3. Application areas and market opportunities
from film to food, and elimination of unnecessary industrial
processes that might introduce bacteria into the product [9]. 3.1. Application areas
The components frequently used in active packaging systems
include oxygen scavengers, ethylene scavengers, flavour and Based on findings by Pereira et al. [14], more than 6 million
odour absorber/releaser, antimicrobial and antioxidants [10]. cases of foodborne diseases occur every year in the United
States, potentially leading to more than 9,000 deaths. It is
2.2. Intelligent packaging estimated that in Spain, there are 60 cases of foodborne disease
per 100,000 inhabitants every year. Hence, it is not surprising
According to Kerry et al. [5], intelligent packaging is mainly that one of the key application areas of smart packaging
used ‘to monitor the condition of packaged foods such as meat technology is the development of biosensors to detect
to capture and provide information on the quality of the pathogens in food. Other areas of application include moisture
packaged good during transport and storage’. absorbers, antimicrobial packaging solutions, carbon dioxide
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emitters, oxygen scavengers, and antioxidants embedded into and storing of goods [19]. This massive waste of food
the packaging. constitutes a significant financial burden for the food industry
In general, smart packaging technology has a wide variety to cope with, hence designing adequate packaging for
of potential application fields from monitoring food safety and perishable goods is of utmost importance in terms of allowing
drug use, to tracking postal delivery of items via embedded for longer transportation and storage periods and thus extended
security tags [8]. From a customer perspective, such shelf-life [5]. However, the design and manufacture of
opportunities are perceived as value-added benefits. In this day adequate smart packaging technology is quite challenging from
and age of people being permanently connected to the Internet, an industrial point of view, for a number of reasons (see Fig 2)
new ways of tracking and monitoring purchased goods with and the grey area represents opportunities.
associated apps has turned into an important business
opportunity for companies to increase customer satisfaction
and loyalty. Pacquit et al. [15] identified that smart packaging Anti
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Research challenges and
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The global market for advanced packaging systems was at a Internet
opportunities of smart
of
level of $31.4 billion in 2011 and $33.3 billion in 2012, Things packaging
respectively. It is predicted to grow to $44.3 billion in 2017/18
[12]. The global demand for electronic smart packaging is
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an annual growth rate of 7.4%, reaching US $3,600 million in
the next decade (see Fig. 1). The second largest market is Japan
reaching the equivalent of US $2,360 million, followed by
Australia with the equivalent of US $1,690 million; the UK, at
the equivalent of US $1,270 million; and finally Germany, at a Fig. 2. Challenges and opportunities of smart packaging
level equivalent to US $1,400 million.
4.1 Challenges
Predict Packaging Global Market Growth Rate by 2026
• Antimicrobial packaging is gaining interest from
US $ Million researchers and industry alike due to its potential for
4,000 providing quality and safety benefits [5, 20, 21]. Future
3,600 research in the area of microbial active packaging
3,500
should increasingly focus on naturally-derived
3,000 antimicrobial agents, bio-preservatives and bio-
degradable solutions. For example, bio-degradable
2,500 2,360 packaging technology with improved quality and safety
has already resulted in a number of innovations in the
2,000
1,690 packaging sector and contributed toward the
1,500
1,400
1270
enhancement of food quality and safety, proving the
feasibility of bio-active functional components.
1,000 • Further development of so-called active materials is
also important as they are able to preserve both their
500
original mechanical and barrier properties [12]. This
0
will further increase food safety and extend shelf life.
USA Japan Australia Germany UK Realini and Macros [12] concluded that ‘the use of
active compounds derived from natural resources is also
Fig 1. Predicted global market growth rate expected to continue growing as well as the
incorporation of biodegradable packaging materials as
4. Research challenges and opportunities carrier polymers’.
• Research and development of thin film electronics to
According to the United Nations [18], approximately one-third integrate into packaging technologies is a challenging
(over 1.3 billion metric tons) of all edible products for human area. Vanderroost et al. [2] point out that the integration
consumption is lost or wasted annually. This is due to poor of thin film electronics into printed and flexible sensor
practices and conditions in terms of harvesting, transporting systems can be used for temperature tracking to monitor
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