Shiloh Produce Inc., a leading packer/shipper of onions, has extended its contract for shipping platform services with CHEP, an industry leader in pallet and container pooling solutions. Shiloh Produce uses CHEP pallets to transport its yellow, red and white onions from processing facilities in to supermarkets, wholesale clubs and distributors … [Read more...]
Wave Reaction Provides Returnable Container Management Solutions
June 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Wave Reaction, Inc, is located in historic Galena, Illinois, and is a leading provider of web-based EDI, Supply Chain, 3PL, and custom software solutions for returnable container management. Wave Reaction provides returnable container management software and RFID tracking hardware used solely for reusable packaging solutions and green initiatives, … [Read more...]
Brambles Limited appoints Richard Anicetti to USA Advisory Board
June 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Brambles Limited is pleased to announce the appointment to its USA Advisory Board of leading retail executive Richard Anicetti, with immediate effect. Brambles CEO Tom Gorman said: “Rick is among the USA’s most capable retailers and has more than 30 years’ experience building and improving businesses in the USA food supply chain. We are … [Read more...]
New Pharma Recall Leaves More Bad Smell, Points to the Value of Effective Pallet Management
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here we go again with musty smelling pharmaceutical products, and at $900 million in lost sales and running, what arguably is turning into the most powerful serial case study ever chronicled on the downside of poor pallet management. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc is recalling some 40,000 bottles of pills. These include 16,000 bottles of … [Read more...]
Is Another Pallet Pool in the Offing?
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bob Trebilcock of Modern Materials Handling has posted an introduction to the PIMS pallet pool. PIMS (http://www.pimspallet.com) would establish an independent, free market pallet pool to compete with leading rental providers CHEP, iGPS and PECO. Read more. … [Read more...]
How I Learned to Love 3rd Party
September 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Many years after the fact, I can finally face up to it. I just didn't like the idea of 3rd party pallet management, especially when it seemed like my raison d'etre was on the line. I didn't need CHEP, and I certainly didn't need the Canadian Pallet Council (I ran a program in Canada) to show me how to improve things. After all, I had inherited a … [Read more...]
CHEP Renews Pallet Depot Contract with Norbert Dentressangle
September 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CHEP – the global leader in pallet and container pooling services – has once again renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle. Norbert Dentressangle’s relationship with CHEP - the global leader in pallet and container pooling services - began in 2005, when it was appointed to manage the company’s service centre in Dunstable. In … [Read more...]
First Alliance Logistics Management Celebrates 15 Years
August 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This month, I reported on First Alliance Logistics Management for Pallet Enterprise. First Alliance was founded 15 years ago on the premise of expandingnational procurement programs, in conjunction with increased pallet and packaging reuse. The firm continues to offer services in this area, as well as a number of others. Find the story … [Read more...]
AIAG Pallet and Lid Survey Reveals Opportunity for Improvement
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Why is it that the words "pallets" and "problems" are so often found in the same sentence? According to at least one comment from last November's AIAG Call to Action, the analogy fits in the automotive supply chain as well, saying that the challenge of managing reusable pallets and lids is not just a "pain point" but an "eternal struggle." That … [Read more...]
