Reduce supply chain costs with modular bufk containers

摘要

With recent economic pressures forcing companies to seek more ways to drive costs out of the supply chain, the desire to minimize the number of touches throughout manufacturing and distribution has attracted more attention to the advantages of bulk packaging."Companies have shown a renewed interest in bulk containers for discrete component shipping, driven by the high costs of both multiple handling touches and transportation," says Jack Fillmore, director of engineering and product development for Buckhom.Of particular appeal, says Rllmore, is the ability to move from traditional modular handheld containers to a pallet-based bulk load, including 40 x 48-inch and 45 x 48-inch footprints in varying heights. Such a system employs variously sized modular containers that work together as subsets of the standard pallet sizes.