Everyone is looking for ways to produce more with less. Frequently, pallet and lumber company executives focus on the equipment or lean business strategies. These are great. But there is one key that many times gets overlooked. It is the...

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Rotochopper recently hosted customers and prospects from around the world at their 8th annual Demo Day. Approximately 200 guests from four countries attended the event with the theme “Mission Possible." The day began with tours of the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility,...

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Pallet Enterprise: How do you think the pallet industry will change in the next 5-10 years? Reardon: In the next 5-10 years, I expect the pallet industry to move further away from the local mom and pop shops, toward large...

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Spot rates for trucking increased drastically as capacity tightened in the second half of 2017. The trend is illustrated in the accompanying graph from the annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, which was...

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Does your business use a Private Bank Exchange (PBX) system? If you’re not sure what a PBX system is, it is a phone switching system that connects your internal phones to each other and to an external phone network, often...

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If you don’t want to work with Millennials, you better get over your hang-up because they are now the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, and their importance for the future is only going to grow. According to a...

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Pallet and sawmill companies have to deal with wood scrap material generated by their operations. Whether the business is processing logs, remanufacturing cants or rough lumber, producing pallet cut stock, recycling pallets, or any combination of those operations, scrap wood...

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The trade wars between the United States and other major trading partners has hit the forest products sector with a thud as China announced its most recent tariff targets. On August 3rd, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce released a proposal...

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Price is still king even though environmental benefits count in the court of public opinion. When it comes to pallet procurement strategies, carbon and sustainability benefits have taken a back seat to pallet price for most buyers, according to the...

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Gumbo, or in French, Gombo, is a famous dish in Louisiana. In fact, it is the state’s official cuisine. Like any stew, the most delicious outcome is achieved by bringing together a winning combination of diverse flavors to delight the...

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