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In years’ past, performance was improved at year end via increased management focus; however, that improvement very quickly regresses after the fiscal year to where they were before. In addition, external benchmarking revealed that Sonoco was performing in the third quartile as compared to our peer group in the packaging industry.  ### Download the Case Study Now ### Be A Hero! Empower Your Network Being a hero is all about creating value for others. 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