How to Get Started to Reusable Packaging

Generally, a company should consider switching to reusable transport packaging when it would be less expensive than one-time or limited-use transport packaging.
The following six steps help you determine if  reusable transport packaging can add profit to your bottom line.:

Selecting Pallets: Wood vs. Plastic

In continuation with the objective of collating maximum information on pallets, I thought of coming up with this post. This post can be helpful in selection of appropriate pallet material between wood and plastic.

Wood remains the most common pallet material used globally. But for about five percent of shippers, plastic is a better choice for moving goods. How does a shipper choose? Should you change to a new pallet material? Steven Mazza, president of S&B Pallet Co., Plainfield, N.J., and member of the board of directors of the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association, offers these tips for choosing between wood and plastic.

Pallet Standardization

Recommended Pallet Size

4-way entry, 1000mm x 1200mm pallet is the recommended standard for the grocery and fast-moving consumer goods industry. The standard pallet shall have a safe working load of minimum one tonne.

RECOMMENDED PALLET

1200mm x 1000mm 4-way entry pallet is in accordance with the ISO6780 specification.

Nominal Dimension of pallet (L or W)	Entries and openings
	L1 and W1 max.	L2 and W2 min.
1000	150	720
1200	150	770

Dimensions in MM.

    

Why 1000mm x 1200mm pallet?

• Compatible with standard ocean going containers and the majority of trucks

• Dominant size used in Asia (India, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore)

• Conform to International Standard - ISO 6780 'General-purpose flat pallets for through transit of goods - Principal dimensions and tolerances'

• Conform to Singapore Standard - SS 334 'Specification for Timber Pallets'

• Major retailers in India have already adopted this standard

• Sufficiently wide for drive in racking.

Benefits of Pallet Standardization

Standardization of pallets provides the platform for pallet exchange. In the ideal scenario, goods can be transported from the manufacturer, through the distributor, to the retail store on the same pallet. By eliminating the need for manual transfer of goods to another pallet, productivity and work efficiency are improved. The reduction in both labour and handling of goods will reduce delivery and transfer costs. Standardization of pallet sizes will in turn allow standardization of palletisers, racking and warehouse design. This will result in economy of space and facilitate automation. Other benefits include the following:

My Story of a Solution - Pallets & Crates on Rent!!!!!!

Somebody has rightly said “Better late than Never”. Yes, I am a new blogger on board. And though I don’t even have average writing skills, I was introduced to a truly amazing concept which motivated me to write and share my views and the idea with all of you. I am sure like me; many of you have gone thru or may be going thru the experience that I am sharing here.

It all started on a Monday morning. I was working in the engineering department and our “Process Improvement” meetings were scheduled on 1^st Monday of every month. The Cross Functional Team had gathered and first 5 minutes were spent to discuss on what snacks, tea or coffee to be ordered.  I sometimes felt that these 5 mins had 100% involvement from the entire CFT. The next 5 minutes were spent on some of us voluntarily informing everyone on how they had enjoyed their weekends and the new restaurant that had come up in their area.

The discussion finally started coming around the main objective and I started reading the minutes of previous meeting. Each of the initiatives and their status were briefly discussed. And there was this particular point which was being skipped since last 4 meetings. I took a few sips of tea and read the next point “Pallet….Standardization”. The point was not even finished and there was a bang on the conference table. It was so sudden that I almost lost the balance of my hand and dropped a few drops of tea on the beautiful carpet below. I really felt sad for the carpet. I looked in the direction from where the sound had come. The epicentre of this small earthquake was the place where our hefty Quality manager was sitting.