Customers are like family to Mona Tracy, president of Universal Machinery Sales. Having served the pallet industry for more than 35 years, she has seen many of her customers grow from a startup with one or two employees to much...

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As I talk with more and more leading pallet companies, one trend has recently emerged. They all seem to be moving toward using employee engagement and/or customer service surveys to measure progress on company goals. Some of the most successful...

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Bob Swan is general manager of the pallet division for Battle Lumber Company, a family owned hardwood and pine sawmill located in Wadley, Georgia. Battle Lumber supplies diverse products including: grade lumber, crossties, switch ties, crane mats, laminated mats, logging...

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While recently watching the movie “Dinner for Schmucks,” I was reminded how peer pressure can impact our decisions. In the movie, a corporate ladder climber learns that to seal the deal on his new promotion, he must compete with other...

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Consumer spending slowed and businesses cut back on investment, indicators that a wobbling global economy and rising tariffs are gathering headwinds that are slowing U.S. economic momentum. Consumer spending has been a bright spot for the economy and has helped...

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software helps businesses manage processes. Integrated applications enable them to manage the business and automate many back office functions. ERP software may integrate everything from product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing —  in a single...

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The Pallet Enterprise, Pallet Profile Weekly, and Recycle Record are teaming together to conduct a Human Resources and Wage Survey of the wooden pallet and container industry. The last labor survey we conducted was in 2016. We are asking readers...

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To access videos, visit the online guide at www.palletenterprise.com/videoguide.   Pallet Assembly Systems   Bronco Pallet Systems www.broncosys.com Bronco Pallet Systems custom machine being used to build oversized pallets at National Industrial Lumber Co. Video is also available on Bronco’s...

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This Pallet Enterprise Roundtable recently welcomed some leading operators to share their views on pallet management and related trends. Participants included: CHEP: Drew Merrill, vice president of National Accounts Ongweoweh: James O’Neil, executive director at Ongweoweh Pooling PALNET: Derek Turney,...

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Some companies talk about teamwork, PalletOne lives and breathes it. As the largest pallet manufacturer in the United States, it would be easy for the company to develop a more corporate atmosphere. But local managers run each operation with an...

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