the packaging management council pmc is interested in raising the visibility of the importance to the packaging function within companies. the pmc believes that the way in which packaging functions are organized and structured within companies plays a key role in how the value of the function is viewed. to that end, the pmc commissioned this study to provide a benchmark of key attributes of packaging departments and packaging&rsquos role in the corporation today. the packaging machinery manufacturers institute pmmi was instrumental in supporting this effort and was a copartner in the survey research.