Roles and Effects of pallet

Roles and effects of pallets

USEFULNESS

1. Lesser use of manpower lead to reduce delivery and transfer costs

Lesser use of manpower means lesser use of labour required in handling pallets.

But Pallets still require labour to help out in the delivery and transferring of goods in process when delivering the goods to the warehouse/factory.

2. Eliminate manual handling system lead to improvement in productivity and work efficiency

Pallet is useful because it allows the goods to be stored on the pallets so that the Material Handling Equipments can carry the pallets.

It improves the productivity and work efficiently of the Material Handling Equipment and Labour

3. Efficient use of time lead to Save loading and unloading time

As time management is important and there are a lot of goods due to the leadtime, the pallet saves loading and unloading time.

4. Facilities Safety handling lead to Eliminate possible injuries

Handling goods manually may incur injuries.

With the pallet, it is more safe because the labour just put the goods on the pallets then the pallets will transport the goods by being carried by Material Handling Equipments.

5. Provide more capacity lead to Allow for more storage of goods on the pallet

There are a lot of goods waiting to be transported or handled so the pallets allowed more storage space for the goods to be handled.

6. Reduce Labour cost and storage costs lead to Minimise cost

In Logistics and Supply Chain, the key objective is the Minimise cost. When you minimise costs, it also minimise labour and storage costs.

7. Fewer errors incurred as the goods are standardized lead to Accuracy

The pallets allow fewer errors to incur as there is a standardization of pallets. Counting is also easier when there is quantity check

8. Can be customised.

It can be customized as pallet specifications can be designed to accommodate any unique automated equipment performance requirements.

9. Save Packaging cost.

If you are over-packaging your product to compensate for non-uniform pallets, it will cost you more money.

CONSTRAINTS

1. Damanged of other properties/Injuries

If forklift is not properly handled when moving the palletized goods from a place to another, it may cause damage to other properties or injuries to the person handling it.

Also, as most pallets are made of wood, it can contain splinters

2. Pallet can get mouldy

Wooden pallets can get mouldy if they are exposed to moisture

3. Waste of storage space

This is when pallet is not fully utilized. Waste of storage space will in turn lead to increase of storage cost.