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Release time: 2021-04-29 06:00:00 Update time: 2021-04-29 12:47:26
April 29, 2021, 6:00 a.m. EDT Released on April 29, 2021, 12:47 p.m. EDT
Author: Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist
Raleigh, North Carolina-Family, beware! The cost of related products such as diapers and tissues is about to rise.
Proctor & Gamble and other manufacturers are now facing higher cost of goods, one of its main ingredients.
Last year, as the coronavirus pandemic began and a lockdown order was issued, toilet paper triggered panic and led to widespread shortages.
Robert Handfield, an expert in supply chain management at Poole School of Management, explained: "The demand for toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, and the demand for all of these things have reached a peak, and the cost of these things is also rising." In North Carolina. State University.
Handfield said that the new issue affecting paper products and end consumers is the higher demand and cost of wood pulp.
"In particular, people's demand for virgin pulp from trees, rather than recycled cardboard," he said.
Virgin pulp is also used to make products, including baby wipes, diapers, magazines, newspapers and books. Handfield said that all these changes have positive aspects.
"More and more organizations are considering recyclable and biodegradable packaging," he said.
This is especially true in the booming e-commerce industry, which relies heavily on paper and cardboard to ship and deliver products to consumers.
Handfield acknowledged that people may immediately link wood pulp demand to wood costs. However, he said that they are different problems, even though they are also a burden for consumers.
"Timber prices have soared, mainly because of housing construction and the huge demand for housing," he said.
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