Pack count is a merchandising decision before it is a logistics one. A four-cell alkaline card is an impulse purchase at the till; a fifty-cell carbon zinc carton is a replenishment purchase for a workshop. The same cell in the wrong pack sits on the shelf.
Our range is built around that split: four and twelve for retail cards, sixteen and twenty-four for household multipacks, thirty-two-plus-thirty-two and fifty for bulk. Mixed AA and AAA packs exist because a lot of buyers would rather stock one SKU than two.
Decide pack count before artwork. It sets the card size, the dieline, the carton quantity and the barcode — change it later and all four have to be redone.
Use this checklist
- Match pack count to how the customer buys, not to unit cost
- Mixed AA/AAA packs cut two SKUs down to one
- Pack count drives dieline, carton and barcode
- Lock it before artwork goes to proof