Unit Load
Tools to Optimize Lift Truck Fleet Can Net Cost Savings, Efficiency
(Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a white paper titled ‘Optimizing Your Fleet: A Business Case for...
Read moreMaterial Use and Production Changes in the U.S. Wood Pallet and Container Industry: 1992 to 2006
Introduction A series of five studies conducted by the Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, in collaboration...
Read moreMarkets in Transition: Wood Pallets Play Key Role in Automated Warehouse Storage
In this issue I report on the success of plastic pallets at the highly automated mailing room of Canada’s...
Read moreVirginia Tech: Researchers Study Modeling Compressive Stress Distributions Across Pallet Deck Surfaces
All activities within a supply chain involve the transfer of products from suppliers to customers. In the marketplace, products...
Read moreMarkets in Transition: Designing Pallet Systems for a Sustainable Future
Why is it so hard to get customers on board with an excellent pallet system? I hear people ask...
Read moreChoices Growing for Technology to Track Pallets and Containers
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in conjunction with unique asset tracking is clearly the ‘next big thing’ in technology...
Read moreMarkets in Transition: RFID and Finding Lost Pallets
What does reusable asset management have to do with Disneyland? Not much yet, but a lot of people are...
Read moreAudio Conference to Feature Two Pallet Design, Unit Load Specialists
Pallet Enterprise will host a telephone audio conference Feb. 13 featuring a pair of experts in pallet and unit...
Read moreFuture of Plastic Pallets Linked Closely to Tracking Technology: Targeting Supply Chain Efficiency
Last year, Honda began using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and tracking technology for over 500,000 reusable metal cages...
Read moreVirginia Tech: Convergence of Two Shades of Green ? Environmental Impacts from the Manufacture, Use, and Disposal of Pallets
The word green in today’s world has become synonymous with environmental sustainability. Sustainability is another buzzword that refers to...
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