For the average retail store
pallet management can lead to nothing but headaches. Pallets are needed in order to ship products from the manufactures to the retailers. Unfortunately once a pallet reaches the retail store it becomes a problem. Pallets take up storage space and once they enter a retail store it becomes the stores responsibility. Broken pallets must be disposed of and empty pallets must be either returned or disposed of. Plus pallets come in many sizes depending on the product manufactures needs or specifications. This may seem like an insignificant problem for large retailers but one needs to remember that every product on the shelf in a retail store was most likely transported on a pallet. Pallet costs can run into millions of dollars for retailers.
Pallet Management – The Solution
The easiest solution is to outsource
pallet management to a logistical service company. In the long term this is often the most fiscally sound decision. By placing pallet management responsibilities in the hands of pallet experts’ time, labor, and waste can be saved.
Pallet Management – Removal
The first thing that a pallet management company will do is to set up times to remove the excess pallets from the storage areas. By having regularly scheduled pickups of the pallets stores can reduce the space needed to store empty pallets and increase the storage space for fast moving retail items. Pallet management companies can work based on retailers schedules so holiday season rushes will never be a problem.
Pallet Management - Repair
Pallets are often dropped or broken but it doesn’t mean that have to be thrown away. In most cases it is cheaper to repair a broken pallet than to throw it away. With repair services available pallets longevity increases reducing both waste disposal and replenishment costs.
pallet management – Retail Ready Pallets
The latest innovation by pallet management services is to offer retail ready pallets. These are pallets which both function as a shipping device and as an in-store display. The pallets are easy to set up for display and can be designed with promotions for either the product or the retail store. These pallets greatly reduce labor and storage costs. Plus because they are designed to display only for a specific product, producers will be more interested in absorbing the costs of having the pallets returned.
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