Lab Testing vs. Field Trials: What’s Best for Your Packaging?

Lab Testing vs. Field Trials: What’s Best for Your Packaging?


Discover why lab-based distribution testing delivers more reliable, repeatable results than unpredictable real-life transit trials.

In this downloadable infographic, Smithers' distribution testing experts unpack the key differences between laboratory-based testing and uncontrolled, real-life shipping trials.

While field trials may seem like the most authentic way to assess packaging performance, they come with critical limitations. Factors such as weather, vehicle type, traffic, and route variability make the results hard to replicate - and even harder to act on.

Laboratory distribution testing, on the other hand, offers a controlled environment where every variable can be replicated and every outcome precisely measured. That means more consistent data, clearer insights, and greater confidence in your packaging decisions.

Download now to explore how simulated testing can reduce risk, loss and damage, and give you a clearer picture of how your packaging performs across the supply chain.

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