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Complete news and information on the use of pallets in materials handling and warehousing from the industry experts.
Shipping Pallets: The science behind unit load design
Posted 08/07 · 12:00 AM · MMH Editorial
Based on new research from Virginia Tech, there are savings from a system-based approach to unit load design.
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Packaging Corner: Government regulations for food supply chain to affect handling, pallet use
Posted 08/01 · 11:14 AM · MMH Editorial
The packaging industry braces for new regulations resulting from the Food Safety Modernization Act.
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Pallets: 9BLOC to offer new pallet pooling options
Posted 07/16 · 10:00 AM · MMH Editorial
The North American pallet industry is responding to the changing needs of its customers by offering fully independent pools of nine block pallets nationwide.
Pallet industry mourns loss of Scholnick
Posted 07/12 · 02:37 PM · MMH Editorial
Bruce N. Scholnick, who has led the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) as its president and CEO through a number of dynamic industry shifts, has died.
Pallets: Industry introduces a new pallet pool
Posted 07/03 · 08:49 AM · MMH Editorial
Coalition of pallet and logistics providers aims to compete with other poolers
Pallets: A core problem
Posted 07/03 · 06:29 AM · MMH Editorial
A shortage of used pallets is driving prices through the roof.
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IFCO opens RPC service center in Portland, Oregon
Posted 05/23 · 06:54 AM · MMH Editorial
The new facility is IFCO’s fifth U.S. service center, extending the company’s network in North America in support of the continued expansion of RPC use by leading grocery retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Pallets: New supply chain certification from CSCMP supported by CHEP
Posted 04/27 · 08:04 AM · MMH Editorial
CHEP, a industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, has joined with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and other industry members to develop and test a new qualification for managers.
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Earth Day, every day: How Federated Co-operatives practices sustainable distribution
Posted 04/01 · 04:59 PM · MMH Editorial
A Canadian retail co-op has embraced sustainability to reduce its costs and return the savings to its members and customers.
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Federated Co-operatives: Lean, green machine
Posted 04/01 · 12:57 PM · MMH Editorial
Federated Co-operatives uses technologies that are environmentally and worker friendly in its Saskatoon warehouse.
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