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Plastic Pallets for Export
Plastic pallets valued for export: no ISPM-15 worries, lightweight, and more. Based on a pallet designed and utilized for air mail, the Shuert Ex-Air weighs just 10 pounds. Are you considering...
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What Came First, The Pallet or the Forklift?
This 1915 truck was probably the first low-lift platform truck to be powered both vertically and horizontally. The same manufacturers made a similar one the year before, but the platform had to be...
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Protecting the ROI of Reusable Packaging Solutions
When there is a lack of visibility and management, reusable packaging can’t deliver on ROI commitments. A managed reusable packaging solution will reduce wasted costs — such as packaging loss,...
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Enduring Standard – EUR Pallet Celebrates 50 Years
This story appeared in June 2011 The standardised European EUR pallet, a well-known and integral part of the international logistics and goods distribution system, celebrated its 50th anniversary on...
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Are Tracking Challenges Constraining the Reusables Blastoff?
Present Approaches to Reusable Packaging Management Constrain Expansion in Some Applications If you come to a fork in the road, Yogi Berra once said, “take it.” In a nutshell, that is where some...
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What Is a Pallet?
An example of a two-way entry stringer pallet (Source: Custom Built Plastic Pallets) The pallet, typically a form of tertiary packaging, is a flat structure used as a base for the unitization of goods...
View ArticleOEM Parts Packaging Best Practices
Packaging plays a vital role in your parts production. And while the role of packaging is multi-faceted, it no more important purpose than protecting your goods and making sure they reach the end user...
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Reusables 101: Defining Reusable Transport Packaging and Its Applications...
This is the first article in a three-part series by Jerry Welcome, formerly the president of the Reusable Packaging Association. This first article defines reusable transport packaging and its role in...
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Reusables 101: Determining Whether Reusable Transport Packaging is the Right...
This is the third and final article in a three-part series. The first article defined reusable transport packaging and its role in the supply chain, the second article detailed the economic and...
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The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Reusable Transport Packaging
This is the second article in a three-part series by Jerry Welcome, former president of the Reusable Packaging Association. This first article defined reusable transport packaging and its role in the...
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Canadian Pallet Council (CPC)
Note: The Canadian Pallet Council ceased operations in April 2015. The pool was getting run down in its latter years. Deteriorating pallet quality was one of the factors in its decline. The Canadian...
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Why Use Two If One Will Do?
The following reprint underscores early thought about pallet reuse, in essence, the emergence of coordinating inbound receiving of pallets under load with their reuse for outbound shipment. “Why Use...
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What Came First, The Pallet or the Forklift?
This 1915 truck was probably the first low-lift platform truck to be powered both vertically and horizontally. The same manufacturers made a similar one the year before, but the platform had to be...
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Reusable Packaging Revolution
Reusable packaging is embarking into a time of revolution. That’s just the way it is in the world of reusable packaging. So what is a revolution? According to www.dictionary.com, a revolution can be a...
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5 Advantages of Bulk Bags and Who Should Use Them
Bulk bags which are also known as Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) are a great instrument for shipping products, but they seem to have a hard time proliferating within some industries. In...
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Are Tracking Challenges Constraining the Reusables Blastoff?
Present Approaches to Reusable Packaging Management Constrain Expansion in Some Applications If you come to a fork in the road, Yogi Berra once said, “take it.” In a nutshell, that is where some...
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John Deere: Tracking Reusable Packaging in a Global Assembly Manufacturing...
Still a very useful case study involving the tracking of 1.5 million reusable assets, this story was posted in 2012. Written by Jerry Welcome, former Reusable Packaging Association President,...
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If You Can’t Make Some Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen
The title of this piece, a twist on Harry Truman’s classic quote about not standing the heat, is a call by business writer John Maxwell for leaders to act proactively and make a difference. But often...
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