Packaging Engineering Studio · Engineered to arrive.
Your packaging
is costing you
more than you think.
Akma Studio is a dedicated packaging engineering studio in the Philippines. We find where your packaging is losing you money — in DIM weight charges, damage claims, and 3PL costs — and engineer the fix.
of shipping cost attributable to packaging decisions — overspecced boxes, wrong DIM weight, dead air space
of DTC returns from packaging failure — transit damage, poor protection, wrong barrier properties
estimated annual packaging cost leakage for a DTC brand doing $10M–$30M shipping from Asia
Most brands have never run this calculation. That's where we start.
The Real Cost
Bad Packaging
Compounds at
Every Stage.
You're shipping physical products from a factory in Asia to a US 3PL to your customer's door. At every handoff, bad packaging decisions cost you money — and most brands have no idea how much.
You're paying for air.
Overspecced boxes and wrong DIM weight mean your carrier charges you for the space around your product, not the product itself. That surcharge compounds across every unit you ship.
Damage before it ships to your customer.
Poor stacking stability, inadequate cushioning, and wrong box structure lead to warehouse damage you absorb as cost. Often the most invisible line item on your P&L.
Carrier surcharges on every order.
Wrong-sized packages generate dimensional weight surcharges from every last-mile carrier. At scale, this can add $1–3 per order silently, permanently.
Packaging failure is the silent return reason.
Most return surveys don't capture 'box failed in transit.' But it shows up in your return rate, your customer satisfaction score, and your repeat purchase rate.
Most vendors just use whatever they have. Even when they're willing to develop something new, they don't have the expertise to engineer it properly. The result is packaging that was never designed for your supply chain or your cost structure. Akma Studio is the fix.
What Akma Studio Does
Packaging Engineered
for the Full Journey.
Not just a box. Not just a design. An engineered system — optimized for your product, your supply chain, your compliance requirements, and your cost structure.
Structural Engineering
Material selection, structural design, and prototyping from first brief to production-ready spec. We engineer for the full journey — not just what looks good on a shelf.
DIM weight optimizedCost Optimization
DIM weight analysis, right-sizing, material substitution. We identify where you're paying for air and engineer the fix. Most clients see 15–30% reduction in packaging-related shipping costs.
Landed cost + last mileTesting & Compliance
ISTA, ASTM, Amazon SIOC, and hazmat compliance. We test before your 3PL rejects the shipment, before Amazon flags the order, before your customer gets a crushed box.
ISTA · ASTM · SIOCSustainability Engineering
FSC-certified alternatives, recyclable and compostable materials, plastic reduction programs that meet retail and marketplace requirements — without sacrificing protection.
FSC · recyclable · compostableWhy The Philippines
Expertise Closest
to Where Your
Products Are Made.
Your products are manufactured in Vietnam, Indonesia, China, or the Philippines. Akma Studio engineers packaging within the same supply chain geography — giving us manufacturing proximity, fast prototyping access, and deep material supplier relationships that a US-based agency simply cannot match.
Asia Manufacturing Proximity
Fast prototyping access to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Philippine material suppliers. We iterate in days, not weeks.
English-First Workforce
Direct technical communication with your US product and ops teams. No translation layer, no spec interpretation errors.
DTC Supply Chain Depth
Built on Move Global Solutions — 8 years running supply chain for US DTC brands from the Philippines. We know your supply chain from the inside.
Founder Access
You work directly with Akma Studio leadership throughout the pilot. No account managers between you and the engineer.
How It Works
Start With a Free
Packaging Audit.
We don't ask you to commit to anything before you see the numbers. The audit shows you exactly where your packaging is costing you — then you decide.
Free Packaging Audit
We assess your current packaging across all SKUs. DIM weight analysis, damage pattern review, compliance check. No cost, 30 minutes of your time.
Cost Leakage Report
You see exactly where money is leaving — per unit, per shipment, per year. This number usually surprises people.
Pilot Agreement
One product. Eight weeks. We engineer the solution, build the prototype, run the tests, deliver the spec.
Prototype + Testing
First prototype in weeks 5–6. ISTA compliance confirmed. DIM weight validated. You review and approve.
Your Decision
At the end of the pilot you see the full savings projection. You decide what happens next. No obligation beyond the pilot.
Founding Client
What a founding client gets
- —Free packaging audit across all current SKUs
- —Founding pricing — the best we will ever offer
- —Direct access to engineering team throughout
- —Full savings projection at end of pilot
- —Your feedback shapes how Akma Studio is built
Who We Work With
Built for Brands
That Ship.
$5M–$30M DTC Brand
You're shipping physical products from Asia to US fulfillment at meaningful volume. Packaging inefficiency is costing you real money — you just haven't had anyone do the math yet.
On Amazon or a Major 3PL
You're dealing with FBA compliance, ISTA-6 requirements, or dimensional weight surcharges. These are engineering problems, not logistics problems. We solve them.
Scaling Without a Packaging Engineer
You don't have an in-house packaging engineer. Your supplier handles it — but their packaging was never designed for your supply chain. It's time to fix the spec.
Backed By
Move Global Solutions
Akma Studio is built on the infrastructure of Move Global Solutions — a Filipino-owned operations company that has run supply chain for US DTC brands since 2017. We bring that operational depth specifically to packaging engineering.
Part of the Move Global product development ecosystem