Mid term internship presentation detailing pallet ordering procedure, deficiencies and recommendations for improvement.

1. 2014 MAS200 Compatibility
Pallet Ordering Procedure
Presented by Ryan Dreyer

2. Overview
 Types of Pallets
– CHEP
– White Wood New
– White Wood B Grade
– Heat Treated
– IGPS
– CHEP
– Damaged pallets
– Used pallets from incoming packaging supplies

3. Pallet Usage July 2013 - June 2014
 IGPS
– 2,185
 CHEP
– 49,582
 White Wood New
– 67,506
 White Wood B Grade
– 11,240
 Heat Treated
– 396

4. Pallet Cost July 2013 – June 2014
UPDATED
 Pallet Co (White wood new and heat treated)
– $773,870.35
 iGPS (iGPS pallets)
– $22,486.10
 API (B grade pallets)
– $126,302
 CHEP (CHEP pallets)
– $266,468.40

5. Assessment of Pallets Needed
 Physical counts taken each morning
 Once threshold is met for minimum inventory level, a new
purchase order is issued
– White Wood New – 200 (5 stacks)
– White Wood B Grade – 200 (5 stacks)
– iGPS – 240 (3 stacks)
– CHEP – 240 (3 stacks)
– Heat Treated – 20 (checked when sales order received)

6. Lead Times Required
 IGPS – 4 to 5 days
 CHEP – 4 to 5 days
– Next day delivery possible if needed
 White Wood New – day of order
 B Grade – day of order
 Heat Treated – day of order

7. Procedure for Issuing Purchase Order
 Contact supplier and notify of needs
 Enter purchase order in MAS200
 Email purchase order to supplier
 Receive email confirmation of order from
supplier
 CHEP and iGPS orders are submitted on
website

8. Receiving Pallets
 IGPS – unloaded and stacked in factory by
shippers
 CHEP – unloaded and stacked in factory by
shippers
– Inventory is logged daily in CHEP website
 White Wood
– Drop trailer program

9. Pallet Location System
 Tracks finished goods
 Monitors location of pallets from production
of tote to location in warehouse to shipment

10. Damaged Pallets
 Taken when new load is delivered
 Average 2 times a week, can be 3
 Anywhere from 50 – 200 pallets taken each
time
 Not logged in inventory

11. Inventory Control Deficiencies
 Damaged pallets are not counted / removed
from inventory
 Incoming supplier pallets are used to
augment pallet inventory
– They are not added to pallet inventory in MAS
– Provides inaccurate representation of inventoried
pallet usage

12. Recommendations
 Set minimum inventory threshold
notifications in MAS
 Manually relieve damaged pallets from
inventory in MAS
 Implement program to utilize pallets received
from suppliers