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Governing for Results 13 - Washington State Digital Archives

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<strong>Washington</strong> <strong>State</strong> Lottery<br />

Lottery Scratch Ticket Order Packaging<br />

The Lottery spends nearly $40,000 annually on packaging materials used to ship<br />

scratch ticket orders to retailers. The packaging materials must provide physical<br />

protection to the tickets while enroute. They also must be secure, must be easy<br />

to work with and easy to store. At the time this project began, scratch ticket<br />

orders were being packaged in either cardboard boxes or manila envelopes lined<br />

with bubble wrap.<br />

Several changes in the scratch ticket distribution system resulted in an<br />

opportunity to change packaging materials. The team members analyzed the<br />

costs and benefits of changing to polyethylene bags <strong>for</strong> small orders. The team<br />

found that per<strong>for</strong>mance and handling characteristics of the polyethylene bags<br />

were as good or better than existing packaging and costs were less. The group<br />

also confirmed that the new bags allowed <strong>for</strong> printing on the exterior of packages.<br />

In addition, the new bags increased our customers’ ability to identify packages<br />

that may otherwise have been mishandled.<br />

<strong>Results</strong><br />

★ An estimated annual saving of $6,716 based on 3,300 packages per month.<br />

★ Polyethylene bags eliminated the need to order two different sizes of shipping<br />

boxes.<br />

Team Name: Lottery Scratch Ticket Order Packaging<br />

Team Members: Ken Balko, Gus Gustafson, Dustin Adams, Jerry Jansen,<br />

Rich Koochagian, Bruce Eisentrout<br />

CONTACT: Bruce Eisentrout, (360) 664-4790<br />

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