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Wood Pallet Alternatives: Why Wood Isn’t the Best Pallet Material
Wood shipping pallets have long been the standard in most supply chains purely because there was no viable alternative. While other options are now available, wood pallets are still in wide use simply because many companies aren’t familiar with the alternatives and continuing to use wood is the path of least resistance. However, there are…
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Tips to Reduce Dust in Your Warehouse
One of the constants of working in a warehouse is dirt and dust; even if you work mostly in a warehouse office as a supervisor or logistics manager, you’ll still be familiar with the gritty feeling of dirt under your collar at the end of the day and the crunch of warehouse debris beneath your…
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What Is the Weight of a Standard Pallet?
ARTICLE UPDATED ON JUNE 2, 2023 Standard wood pallets can be manufactured by both large and small companies, out of various types of wood. Though the design is similar, the variables involved often mean that they will have different weights. Wood-block pallets can weigh anywhere from 65 to 75 pounds depending on several factors, including:…
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Pallet Industry Trends and What They Mean for Your Supply Chain
There is little doubt that our world is changing. Technology has made a lifestyle that would have been unimaginable a decade ago an everyday reality. Films and communications are available wherever we happen to find ourselves, and the furnishings, food, and devices that we fill our homes with are ordered online and delivered with just…
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Pallet Requirements for Export: What to Know
ARTICLE UPDATED ON AUGUST 11, 2023 Discovering a new overseas market for your product can be truly exhilarating. While establishing a niche market domestically contributes to a successful business, venturing into foreign markets elevates your brand to a global scale, even if that market happens to be just across the border in Canada or Mexico.…
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Shipping Pallet Market Analysis and Trends
Analyzing the shipping pallet market is a difficult task, and drawing firm conclusions about future trends is harder still. The pallet market is divided into two separate worlds: that of large pallet pools which offer multi-use pallets on an international scale, and the more fragmented world of single-use stringer pallets. Making things even more complicated,…
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Plastic vs. Wood Pallets: Choosing a Shipping Pallet Material
Executives paid more attention to the supply chain in 2018 than they have in decades. One big reason was increasing transportation costs, which will continue to threaten profit margins into 2019 as contributing factors, like the truck driver shortage, persist. There is a silver lining to all this, though. Logistics operations have been conducted for…
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ISPM Pallets: Bypassing Wood Pallet Requirements for ISPM 15
If you’ve ever been on the Gulf Coast on a humid summer night just after dusk, you may have noticed clouds of insects swarming every light source, buzzing around faces, and crunching underfoot. These winged creatures haunting the coast are not moths or mosquitoes, but Formosan termites, an invasive pest that causes millions of dollars…