Best practices: Build a better load
Rising labor and transportation costs along with the drive to do more with less are just a few of the reasons efficient load building is more important than ever. In this month’s best practices newsletter, we look at some of the best ways to build a load.

best practices articles of the month

• Building a better load
  How you build your pallet load, and how you build a truckload, can go a long way to getting your product to your customer most efficiently.
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• 3 ways to automate load building processes
  Cartonization, store ready pallets and trailer optimization are three of the load building processes that you can automate for efficiency.
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• Stuffing a 70-pound bag into the overhead
  With rising transportation costs and an emphasis on sustainability, load building is more important than ever.
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other recommendeD items

• Green Supply Chain Conference focuses on costs and paybacks
  “Greening The Supply Chain” conference took place in California but had a message for logistics managers throughout the United States.
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• Materials handling education: NA 2008 seminars available online
  Educational seminars from this spring’s materials handling and logistics trade show are ready for viewing.
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• Stretch hoods help stabilize pallet loads
  Virginia Tech researchers say stretch hooding may provide advantages over stretch wrapping and strapping.
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• U.S. service sector reports second month of modest growth
  The overall service sector grew in May, but business for transportation and warehousing service providers contracted.
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blogs

• Fat, agile and green
  If you want to see true craftsmanship in making silk purses out of sows’ ears, look to a logistics pro. The sow’s ear I’m referring to is the trend of carrying more and more inventory. This used to be a sign of weakness and cause for shame because it indicated you didn’t have a good handle on supply chain information. Now managing more inventory seems to be the new “best practice.”
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• Voice is loud and clear in the supply chain
  A couple of years ago, when everyone’s focus was on RFID, Steve Banker at ARC Advisory Group asked me what seemed to be a no-brainer of a question: Name the data collection technology first championed by Wal-Mart that’s really taking off in the supply chain.
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