Cpc pallet program

The plywood does not need to be heat treated, but solid timber pallets for export will require HT. Many wood pallet suppliers can provide this service for you. Engineered wood such as plywood is exempt. Will post some links later. Comments Can you answer a question for me or put me in the right direction. Hi Charlie, The shipping agent is correct. According to Jobe, proper documentation is absolutely crucial; each pallet is an asset. It should be signed for, retrieved, and accounted for.

Jobe says that successful pallet and container control comes down to the basics. At that very basic level it works. Did I give it to you? Will you give it back? Will you sign for it? The executive group within Quaker Oats needed to understand that a lot of money and service issues are involved in pallets. And all of those at different levels throughout the organization have to understand the same. Why Bring in the Suits? Executive support in container and pallet program implementations is necessary for several reasons.

While the opportunity for cost savings and increases in efficiency may be substantial, it may require significant capital outlay. Leasing options increasingly are available, but where disposable packaging was previously expensed, reusable packaging may involve a significant new financial investment.

Winning the support of everyone in the supply chain can be difficult especially when a new program requires procedural changes. The executive plays an important role at each step along the journey, starting at the planning stage, as well as through the stages of design, implementation, sustain, and renewal.

One way that top management plays a key role is in making their operations managers aware of new packaging concepts. Palletized storage and shipment are key considerations in modern logistics.

First of all, we define a pool as a group of assets that are shared among participants in the system. In the case of pallet pools, we include pallet hire and rental systems, as well as exchange or interchange pools. While pallet exchange does help to control costs , it has been problematic in terms of companies not taking responsibility for repairing pallets, as well as problems with failure to return, and indeed the logistics of empty pallet return.

Exchange still exists elsewhere. With respect to pallet recycling , which after all is our main topic, recycling activities include reverse logistics, pallet sorting , and repair. PECO offers a pallet rental service to the consumer products industry in the United States and has expanded to offer pallet rental in Mexico and Canada as well.

It continues to grow, providing an alternative to CHEP for pallet rental services for 48xinch pallets. Full disclosure: Several links in this article go to www. Euro Pool System is well known as a provider of reusable packaging in Europe. In conjunction with its reusable container business it also rents pallets on a much more modest scale.

Euro Pool System pallets are shown above. In cooperation with European retailers, Euro Pool System focuses on providing optimal, cost-effective and sustainable logistics solutions. The company employs people in ten countries and operates in fifteen countries, in which they manage more than million round trips of returnable trays per year. The company has a network of 45 service centres across Europe.

In , Euro Pool System had a turnover of million euros. It revolutionized the pallet rental industry by offering a plastic rental pallet in the 48x40 inch size, competing against other pallet rental companies including CHEP and PECO.