- Upon arrival of Pallet shipment – Visually inspect pallets while on the truck
- Do not offload truck if you see 15 – 20 bad pallets (Nails, broken stringers, missing boards)
- Reject the load of pallets
- Call plant buyer to discuss quality of pallets and rejection of load
- Plant Buyer to communicate with supplier on new shipment date and quality of deliveries
- Plant Buyer to work with supplier to improve quality of product
- Visually inspect all incoming shipments for damaged pallets
- Do not stage or reuse pallet if, pallet doesn’t meet the GOOD pallet criteria. Swap out BAD for GOOD pallet before staging material in racks or designated location
- These shipments include, boxes, raw mat, buy for resale and all other various items delivered on a pallet
- Stage and return all Pallets for Credit
- Most pallet suppliers will pickup and issue credit for all bad pallets
- Identify a staging area and work with Sourcing or Plant Buyer to initiate a return for credit program with pallet supplier
Grade B – #2 Pallet
Primarily for warehousing or shipping where it is likely the pallet will not be coming back.
- 6 or 7 boards on top (⅝” nominal thickness but no less than 7/16”)
- 4 or 5 boards on bottom (⅝” nominal thickness but no less than 7/16”)
- Average top deck spacing 2 ½” to 4”
- 3-4-stringers 3 ½” tall (1¼” nominal thickness but no less than 1”)
- Lead board chip back breakage of up to 1.75” x 25” acceptable
- Interior board chip back breakage of 1.5” x 40” acceptable
- Block/Plug repairs to stringers included
- Block/Plugs can be various length and location
- Wood may have multiple blemishes and color degradation
