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You love the sofa on the floor at Pickering and Clydesdale Furniture Emporium so you plunk down your credit card to make the purchase. Nine months? Nine months??? That's an entire school year. Think about that. A kid meeting his new teacher today may be starting summer vacation before you're sinking into that comfy new couch. Welcome to the post COVID-19 supply chain nightmare.  Is it time to rethink the miracle of the US supply chain?
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Every so often a speciality pallet is the right choice for the job. Sure, we can say most plastic designs are strong. They're resistant to moisture and less likely to harbor smells or mold. Those are generally fine specs for nearly all applications. But in stricter circumstances, we sometimes need to consider how the pallet is engineered. Let's find out why and when that matters.  A one-piece plastic pallet is completely closed significantly limiting opportunities for pest infestations, water intrusion and structural failures. Everything from raw materials to finished goods are sitting on pallets in warehouses around the world just waiting for their next move. How they're sitting and where they're going are both important details for choosing the right plastic warehouse pallet. Let's take a look at some questions that will help point you in the right direction.  Choosing a plastic warehouse pallet depends on your storage environment and handling equipment as well as where it is going and the type of load it is carrying. If you’ve been trying to source plastic pallets in 2021, you already know it ain’t pretty. The reality right now is that prices are on a steep trajectory. And, it may be some time yet before we see any relief. What gives? If you’re pointing the finger at COVID-19 (and who isn't), you’re part way there. Let's take a look at more factors contributing to this chaotic ride.  Market prices for polymer resin used in manufacturing plastic pallets continue to increase due to strains within the global supply chain. To understand nestable pallets better, think about coffee cups. When you're not using these cups at home, you probably store them in a way that saves space in the cupboard, right? The shape of most coffee cups lets one cup to rest inside another to take advantage of vertical storage space. It's the same with plastic nestable pallets. They're just a lot more stable.  Similar to a stack of empty coffee cups, nestable pallets save space when not in use. Is your brewery storing and aging beer in barrel racks? What if we told you pallets can increase your warehouse efficiencies - both in space and time. If you're stacking casks and barrels of brew, swapping out barrel racks for pallets can introduce a 15% product density increase. That's because pallets let you move 4 barrels at a time. As an added bonus, more beer on a pallet saves time by reducing the number of handlings or trips needed to the barrel house.  Use pallets instead of barrel racks for barrel-aged beer to save space and money. |
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