How To Avoid Product Damage in Shipping
Avoidable distribution hazards are impacting the products you ship. The best way to ship? Design a unit load for your product. A unit load combines multiple items into a single “unit” that can easily move through the distribution process. Packaging your product as a unit load requires organizing and restraining items to allow shipping as a single mass. Many of the hazards that loom in the shipping process can be avoided simply by using a correctly designed unit load. Here is our list of the most common unit load mistakes. Pallet to Product Size: The footprint of your unit load should match the footprint of the pallet to avoid extra costs and unnecessary damage. If your product has excessive overhang, the product is at risk of damage because it is not fully supported. On the other side, if the product does not fill the footprint of the pallet, you are paying for more space than necessary. Pallet Strength/Stiffness: Economy-grade pallets save you money... or do they...