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Importance of declaring the correct cargo weight

Shipping and Freight Resource

In a recent article, I wrote about the basics of container stowage planning and why it is so important. In this article, I thought it would be worth reiterating the importance of being accurate in the declaration of the weights. The effect of the overweight units was to impose excessive forces on the lashings.

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The 4 major drawbacks of warehouse design

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Example; (The internal flows of your warehouse may vary as well as the type of unit load. . IV. Take into account that at some time the scope of the warehouse design is exceeded, so you can keep articles, boxes and pallets in the most unexpected places, but do not design to take everything that you do not have.

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ASRS Warehouse Systems: Everything You Need to Know

Conger

This article is all about ASRS warehouse systems. Now, we’ve covered warehousing software systems in our article on Warehouse Automation Trends. There are two main types of ASRS systems: Unit-load. Unit-Load ASRS. Unit-load ASRS systems handle heavy loads like pallets. Mini-Load ASRS.

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Understanding container weight misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

The master’s incident report to the authorities notes that: “ Excessively heavy units loaded in the upper tiers and that the maximum stack weight had been exceeded considerably in some rows. The effect of the overweight units was to impose excessive forces on the lashings.

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Product placement in supermarkets – or: „eye level is buy level“

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Doing the research for an Unit Load analysis for products in supermarkets for the logistics course, I came over a really interested, related topic: the product placement in supermarkets. If you are interested, you can read more in these articles: – [link] – [link] – [link].

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Australian Army unit load ammunition containers in a warehouse ready for delivery to artillery soldiers for the safe transport and storage of projectiles in the field. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?s s 155mm M777A2 howitzer canons.

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Spotlight On: Additional Storage Media

Logistics Bureau

This article, written by Mal Walker , Manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the May / June 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Following from my last article , I have included some additional storage modes. When you have lots of unit loads. When do you use it? When not to use it? Automated Systems.