Welcome to the
eceeboxes training academy
of
corrugated fibreboard engineering
Tutor: Mick Parkes
Three comprehensive modules covering all you need to know about cardboard boxes and more..
Masterclass: This is the BIG ONE:
How to potentially reduce your EPR tonnage fees as well as target new customers with initial value assessments and creating a proposition that’s hard to turn down. Basically solve their issues in a different way
- Optimisation, box performance, McKee formula, how to audit a user, really advanced stuff but put across in a basic easy to understand way, using programmes like CAPE (there’s others) & lots more serious stuff too. It’s all in here = 50 years of brain dump!!!
- The effect of 1mm can have on logistics… A lot!
- Some of the topics to help are:
- Deckling
- All about supply chains
- Auditing and getting the data
- All about box compression, and the secrets no one tells you
- Real life examples
- And a load more
Midweight: the module for your Designers, BDM's, or anyone who wants to know more: The whole nitty gritty of box design is here.....
Let’s get into the intricacies of box design and all that. Not just about origami. Lots about designing for production, basics of box compression (McKee) and how to use it with my calculators, just loads of stuff.
- Passing on 50 years worth of experiences, to the next generation .
- Even How to Manage your colleagues and your boss.
- Get a free unique comprehensive training matrix etc
- This is for someone who wants to go beyond FEFCO and just making samples and Parametrics.
- Some of the topics are:
- Designing for efficient Tooling,
- Protecting a product: Do’s & Dont’s.
- Drop testing: ISTA, UN and more
- Board Allowances, the real ones.
- Offsets.
- Inside/Outside story.
- Origami, do’s & don’ts.
- Working with production, VERY important.
- Auto packing systems.
- Inclusivity. Making packaging easy to open etc.
- Managing your work flow.
- And a lot more I’m not showing on here!
- AND, free mentoring for a while.
Module for the new starters in any department of your box business. The Basics that everyone should know.....
It's not just a cardboard box: It All Starts Here
Starts with an intro as to why I created this course, what, why, where, how and who its for = YOU!!!!
- Gets into paper, board and all the fundementals. All you need to know to get started as a designer.
- This is for the new starter and is an important foundation to box design
Some of the topics are:
- All the papers used
- Kraft v Recycled
- GSM and Soak Tests
- All about board you were never told
- Strengths of board
- Basics of box science
- And more
My comprehensive library of helpful videos on my YouTube channel
I have interesting and instructional videos about:
Structural box design
Box performance
Lighthearted commentary on packaging topics
& a lot more being added all the time
Ask Mick on WhatsApp....
A completely unique support system.Not only will your team learn the full monty, they will get support for 3 months, from signing up, on my WhatsApp site “AskMIck” a totally unique platform for asking me follow up questions relating to the course and extra advice, but also supporting your business.
You can also phone me: 07941390085
Or email me: solutionys@gmail.com
Links at top of page
A Little Bit About Me
I’ve always had an interest in passing on my knowledge to new starters over the years. I have trained over a dozen designers. After 5 decades in the box business, as a designer and Design Manager, along with over 20 years as an Indie Designer, there is also a need for an independent and comprehensive design course. But where do you go?
Here:
I’ve run these courses for the last two years and everyone’s feedback is positive and clients have found it invaluable.
From the early days of drawing on old fashioned drafting boards in the 70s to CAD in the 80s, RRP in the 90s and eCom in the 2010s, you tend to pick up a lot of skills.
There’s also, in mine and others opinion, a lack a quality training for designers and sales/ commercial staff in our industry.
I see it as my role to pass that on that knowledge as well as mentoring.
I’ve worked for a lot of the major high street brands and every sector boxes are used, from small start ups to globals like P&G, Nestle Unilever, Mars, Kimberly Clark, Tesco, JS, and top notch branding companies
ASK MICK on WhatsApp is a unique platform for me to continue to help designers on anything that crops up from the course.
Mick Parkes.
December 2024
The Design Right of the Boxes shown below belong to me 2023
