Cutting Costs and Carbon Footprints

A Class On Sustainable Unit Load Design

Agenda

6 pm – Dinner at Pints & Quarts

950 W Norton Ave
Roosevelt Park, MI 49441
231.830.9889
Directions From Hotel

UFP LX Center
1271 Judson Rd,
Norton Shores, MI 49456
Directions From Hotel

8 am – Introduction / UFP Packaging/PalletOne Staff and Dr. Marshall White 

8:30 am – Introduction to Unit Load Design Concepts / Dr. Marshall White

  • Unit load design and supply chain sustainability 
    • Three pillars of sustainability
    • Corporate initiatives
  • How to design more sustainable unit loads
  • Systems based design principles

9:30 am – Break

9:45 am – Introduction to Unit Load Design Concepts  (cont’d) / Dr. Marshall White

  • Mechanical Interactions: The Key to optimizing unit load designs
    • Vibrations – unit load stability
    • Compression – packaging cost
    • Shocks and impacts – product damage

11 am – Testing demonstration / UFP staff

  • Introduction to Lab
  • Compression – Warehouse stacking, complies with ISTA/ASTM
  • Vibration testing: Natural frequency and ISTA/ASTM Steel
  • Spring Spectrum
  • ISTA  3B/3E edge drop
  • ISTA 3B forklift handling course
  • Q&A/Discussion

12 pm – Lunch

1 pm – Best Load™ & The Role of the Pallet In Optimization / Dr. Marshall White

  • Reducing Compression
  • Increasing Stability
  • Reducing Product Damage

2 pm – Testing demonstration (cont’d) / UFP staff

  • Pallet Compression
  • Inclined Impact
  • Drop Test
  • Conclusions “Stiffer pallets are better”

3 pm – Short Break

3:15 pm – Achieving Sustainability Goals / Dr. Marshall White

  • Audit
  • Analyze
  • Design
  • Test
  • Design examples using Best Load™

5 pm – Adjourn

6 pm – Dinner at Kirby House

2 Washington
Grand Haven, MI 49417
616.846.3299
Directions From Hotel

8 am – Final Discussion and Implementation / Dr. Marshall White 

8:30 am – UFP Packaging / Kevin Freeman

9 am – Q&A Discussion

10 am – Adjourn

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