| Poor tracking and money lost in pallet | | | | still in your name! |
| management should not be accepted as the | | | | Sometimes, they are damaged and thrown away, |
| norm. If this seems like the norm for your | | | | with the cost being transferred to you. Part of |
| business, consider an outsourced company that | | | | recovery is the repair and recycling of these |
| deals with pallet recovery and management. This | | | | damaged pieces. Once they are fixed, you could |
| recovery and management process may also deal | | | | likely request the refurbished ones from your |
| with recycling older pallets as well as the repair of | | | | hired pallet company for a fraction of the price. |
| damaged ones for reuse. If you do not know | | | | This is just one of several ways to save money. |
| where each and every piece of shipping | | | | Hire a Professional |
| equipment is, then you are definitely losing money | | | | When you allow the practise of paying for pallets |
| in the logistics side of your business. | | | | you no longer have to go on, it can be tough to |
| Saving Money is the Bottom Line | | | | break the cycle. You simply do not have the |
| You are in business to make money but when it | | | | resources to follow up on each and every |
| is leaking out of your logistics budget your balance | | | | individual piece. Outsourcing to a pallet |
| sheets are not going to be healthy. Part of the | | | | management company makes good fiscal sense. |
| problem may be that you are paying for | | | | With the money your professional recoverer |
| equipment that you technically no longer have. | | | | saves you, you could easily pay their retainer and |
| Hiring pallets for your shipping needs makes good | | | | still realise great savings. |
| business sense. However, once your product is | | | | A professional pallet recovery and management |
| delivered, that should be the end of your fiscal | | | | company has the resources, manpower and |
| responsibility for the pallets. This is not always the | | | | software to track your shipments, removing your |
| case. | | | | financial responsibility for equipment you don't |
| What happens to the pallets after your product is | | | | need and are not using. This outsourced company |
| delivered? Sometimes, the paperwork transferring | | | | can inspect your operations as well as that of |
| them to another entity does not get processed in | | | | your clients. They can inspect each invoice and |
| a timely manner. This means you are still paying | | | | verify against their findings to ensure you are not |
| for them even though they no longer transport | | | | paying erroneous charges. Between recovery, |
| your product. In fact, they are often picked up | | | | recycling and repair, you will save money. |
| and used in another job, while the paperwork is | | | | |