Unsaleables Reduction

Reduce waste, reduce costs

Product damage happens. The key to minimizing it is finding the root causes - zeroing in on the when, where and why damage happens.

Reducing product damage can be done efficiently and cost-effectively. CHEP has the knowledge and tools to help you get it done. We have visibility into all segments of the supply chain, an ISTA-certified Innovation Center for testing, value stream mapping tools and an extensive product damage database that will allow us to get to the root causes of your damage.

3 ways to reduce product damage.

How you'll benefit

We have experience and visibility into all segments of the supply chain.

Learn about specific conditions
Gain a holistic view of your supply chain to find specific conditions that cause product damage.
Identify hot spots
Narrowing in on exactly where the product damage is happening.
Observe unit loads
Get detailed information on the performance of unit loads.
Find solutions
By stimulating problem areas in our ISTA-certified Innovation Center.

Reducing Unsaleables

Through a strong collaboration with the Trading Partner Alliance (TPA), an industry affairs leadership group formed by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), CHEP worked with companies across the fast moving consumer goods and retail supply chain to document and share Collaborative Value Chain Strategies to Reduce Unsaleables. This report provides the consumer goods sector with proven, tangible solutions to reduce the nearly $15 billion annual cost of unsaleable goods, or products that cannot be sold due to their condition. The industry reference ranks solutions with a track record of success and provides implementation guidance.

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How we helped three grocery retailers reduce damage at the DC and save $300,000 each.

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- Merchandising
  A retail ready-solution provides higher brand exposure and store compliance. Eye-catching and visible – adaptable and shopable units for every store and product category.
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  An efficient in-store operation delivers improved availability and more shopable stores. Reduced set-up time on the shop floor, lower labor costs and quicker turnaround. Faster fulfillment and replenishment. Transforms use of space to revitalize lower shelving space.
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  We can use the expertise we’ve gained from working with supply chains around the world and apply our modeling capabilities to pinpoint the optimal platforms for all of your products.
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- Value Stream Mapping
  We can help you find inefficiencies in your supply chain and fix them by collaborating with you to conduct Value Stream Mapping, a graphical depiction of your entire supply chain that identifies all product, platform and data flows.
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- Unsaleables Reduction
  We can use the expertise we’ve gained from working with supply chains around the world and apply our modeling capabilities to pinpoint the best possible solution.
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  The Automated Systems Optimization solution from CHEP — the company that knows more about how pallets work with automated equipment than anyone else —can help you get the most out of your equipment and your entire supply chain.
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Unsaleables Reduction

Reduce waste, reduce costs

3 ways to reduce product damage.

How you'll benefit

Learn about specific conditions

Identify hot spots

Observe unit loads

Find solutions

Reducing Unsaleables

How we helped three grocery retailers reduce damage at the DC and save $300,000 each.

Retail

Store Fulfillment Solutions

International Solutions

System Wide Solutions

Transportation Solutions

Distribution Center Solutions

Merchandising

Replenishment

Platform Mix Optimization

Value Stream Mapping

Unsaleables Reduction

Collaborative Transport

Platform Management

Automated Systems Optimization

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