3PL Pallet Planning

Questions

What should a 3PL store on a client SKU?

The deck, cartons per layer, orientation, layers, cartons per pallet, and the height and weight caps that were used.

Why not one boxes-per-pallet number for the building?

A 12-inch cube is 12 per layer on a 48x40 and 6 per layer on a Euro pallet. The deck changes the count.

What if an import arrives on a Euro pallet?

Unload and recalculate the carton on the deck the building racks. Do not scale the foreign layer count.

How does payload change a 40ft plan?

Eighteen 3,500-pound pallets are over the 58,820-pound payload. The floor count of 18 becomes 16.

Does PalletIQ quote a savings percentage?

No. It returns the count. Freight uses the rate the client already has.